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Residents’ demonstration (1974)
On 12 December, at the beginning of school holidays, Balmain families assemble down at Mort Street for a demonstration to stop the containers being trucked through their streets. Children hold up signs, a representative from the transport committee speaks to ... [read more]
Ifs and buts (2001)
Narrator and filmmaker Mike Rubbo interviews Professor Andy Gurr, Director of Research at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. They discuss whether Shakespeare had the time to write the plays or not, as his life was extremely hectic. The only time he would ... [read more]
Collecting roots and dye (2005)
A group of women walk through bush collecting Merrepen and natural dyes to make dilly bags. The women tell us a good time to collect Merrepen is during the wet season when the spear grass is very dense and long. ... [read more]
‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie’ (2000)
Gold medallist for the men’s 100 metres relay, Jon Drummond, and Lawrence Johnson, silver medallist in the men’s pole vault, express their appreciation of the brand of Aussie humour typified by The Dream to hosts Roy (John Doyle) and HG ... [read more]
MV Tampa and September 11 (2004)
News footage of the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa carrying over 400 rescued asylum seekers off the coast of Australia is accompanied in a split-screen by barrister Julian Burnside QC who outlines the international laws protecting asylum seekers. The events of ... [read more]
Kookaburra laughs no more (1966)
Local police sergeant Tom Hicks (Bob Haddow) looks for two missing boys accompanied by the boys’ friends, Anne (Jacki Weaver) and Linda (Juliana Allan), and Anne’s father (Brian James). As they enter the hills, they see a radar on a ... [read more]
‘I’m coming to get you’ (2010)
At the very start of the film a young man (J, played by James Frecheville) is on the couch watching a TV game show while an older woman sits slumped – apparently asleep – beside him. A few seconds later ... [read more]
‘A broad and noble river’ (1984)
Using the whaleboat the party had carried with them on all their overland journeys, Captain Charles Sturt (played here by Steven Grives) and his team were finally able to put it to good use when they came upon the Murrumbidgee. ... [read more]
No future (1996)
Night-time. White lines disappear into the darkness as a solitary car drives along a lonely stretch of country road. Files stacked beside the driver tell us that he is a field officer for the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody. ... [read more]
Taking on New York (2001)
When Rupert Murdoch took over The New York Post he was already an institution in the UK and Australia. The former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, reminisces about those times and how Rupert Murdoch handed him the Mayor’s job. [read more]
An ancient trade (2004)
Another well designed item in this always interesting series. Reporter Joanna Savill talks to the crew who dive for the elusive trepang, interspersed with a little history, while later in the program, we visit a Chinese Australian chef, to discover ... [read more]
Arkhand Path Festival (2004)
For the Sikhs of northern NSW, the religious tradition of Arkhand Path has been celebrated in the area since a Sikh community came from the Punjab to Australia in the 1880s to farm bananas and sugar cane. [read more]
Soon to be dreaming in Broome (2004)
While living in Adelaide and homesick for Broome, the Pigram brothers wrote a famous song celebrating their mother’s wonderful fish soup and rice. Home again, we see the whole family working together to catch their fish and clean it, then ... [read more]
Greek village (c1954)
This clip shows the rocky seaside village on the Greek island of Kythera where the Gerakiteys family are from. It contains scenes of daily life including villagers and family members walking towards and waving to the camera; a man drawing ... [read more]
Dr William Maloney MLA (c1934)
In an address to camera, 80-year-old Labor Parliamentarian Dr William Maloney comments on some of the achievements of his 45 years of political life, including helping to introduce the vote for women and removing the word 'illegitimate’ from the birth ... [read more]
A prize for everyone (1959)
After advertisements from sponsor companies, four contestants from the studio audience prepare to play ‘True or False’ for their chance to become the next contestant. [read more]
Elliott and Jessica ask for trouble (1981)
Jessica (Liz Alexander) teams up with Communist union leader Elliott (John Hargreaves) to try to stop the demolition of Angel Street. Elliott provokes a reaction from Collins (Allan Bickford), the casino operator who’s behind the intimidation. [read more]
Loggers versus greenies (c1990)
Loggers and greenies discuss issues as the environmentalists set up a blockade to prevent logging. Confrontation leads to accusations like 'parasites’ as the two sides confront each other at the logging site. [read more]
Music (2003)
Kathy Mills talks about her children and the closeness of her family and the role music plays in it. Allyson Mills talks about how her father called their attention to different sounds and rhythms. [read more]
Animated vaudeville (1960)
An animated ‘poster man’ arrives at the front of a building on his bicycle – glue tin, paintbrush, ladder and posters in hand – to erect a poster on its facing wall. In a series of clumsy mishaps, the man ... [read more]
