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‘It’s television, dear’ (1995)
Actress Kerry Walker reminisces about the arrival of TV in Melbourne. Television sets were in shop windows and people stood in the street to see the new marvel. [read more]
Tall Timbers (1988)
Ken G Hall talks about directing the 1930s feature film Tall Timbers (1937). He discusses the difficulties of creating a 'spectacle’ in the studio, but says everyone was satisfied by the result. [read more]
Dam burst (1936)
The evil neighbour, Donald Lawton, has decided to blow his secret dam, after Reggie Mannister has spotted it from an aircraft. Lawton’s men light the charge as Dick Drake (Victor Jory) and Mannister (Robert Coote) search for evidence. Marion Hastings ... [read more]
Taxi drawing (1989)
Australian artist Brett Whiteley is drawing in the back of a London taxi, explaining that this is his image of London. He draws his view from the back seat, including the legs of his companion Janice Spencer, seated in the ... [read more]
Family (2001)
In this clip paintings and re-enactments are intercut with interview footage to show what happened to the Indigenous people (family members of the people telling the story). The family are walking through the country in which their old people were ... [read more]
‘Wearing out instead of rusting out’ (1978)
The Dulhuntys are going about their evening chores after a day on the lake. [read more]
Male koala grunting (1968)
The voice-over announces 'the male koala grunting’. We hear a series of deep-voiced grunts similar to the sounds of a large pig. [read more]
Footloose (2002)
Inspired by US movie Footloose (1984), John Safran returns to his orthodox Jewish high school to protest against the school’s ban on dances. In a meeting with School Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, Safran quotes the same lines used by Kevin ... [read more]
Mawson’s testimony (1998)
In 1998 a team of scientists and archaeologists sail to Antarctica. They restore huts built by explorer Douglas Mawson in 1911. It is a remarkable job done in the short summer in Antarctica. The team pack up and join the ... [read more]
On Butterfly Island (1985)
Bob (Gerry Sont) arrives via seaplane to a warm greeting from his girlfriend Sally Wilson (Kerri Sackville). Bob’s arrival is also welcomed by the rest of the Wilson family, including widower Charlie (Grigor Taylor) and his son Greg (Mark Kounnas). ... [read more]
Fathers and sons (1997)
Bill McCoy (Tony Martin) accompanies Joe Pelluci (Paul Pantano), to see his dad Tony (John Brumpton) in prison because he needs an adult present. Joe is upset when his father doesn’t return his affection. After the visit, McCoy gives Joe ... [read more]
Menzies home movies (2006)
This montage of clips from the Menzies Home Movie Collection features footage from Menzies’ wartime tour in 1941, including Tobruk, Palestine, Cairo, Jerusalem, Khartoum and England during the Blitz. It ends with close-ups of the ‘Rulers of England’ including the ... [read more]
No trees (2005)
In a sweeping shot of the mining fields, hills of ore dot the landscape. Mr Norman Hayes Jagamarra, sitting in this landscape, speaks to camera about how he moved to Coober Pedy after first droving, and then brick making work ... [read more]
Madang Resort Hotel (1996)
Effie (Mary Coustas) relaxes in a luxury resort in Papua New Guinea. [read more]
Message (1988)
Mrs Millie Boyd tells the story over re-enactment. She describes how the people sent for Leo, a famous warrior in his time, who trained with his two dogs. Leo’s wife would sing a special song that helped him in battle. ... [read more]
‘Where have you been?’ (1985)
Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) has disappeared, leaving her friend and neighbour Marge (Annie Byron) to look after Fran’s three kids. When Fran returns home after three nights away, she introduces Jeff (Alan Fletcher), a barman she picked up on the first ... [read more]
Legend of dugong (1980)
An elder sits with children around him. He is telling the children about the legend of the dugong, and of a small boy who left his human family to become a dugong. [read more]
North Shore steam ferry (1899)
This actuality footage shows a steam ferry docking at the Milsons Point Ferry Wharf in 1899. Workers prepare to receive the ferry as passengers on board ready for disembarkation. [read more]
Termite string (2001)
A woman shows us how to find termites by following the termite string to the termite bed in the spinifex grass. She shows the young children the termite eggs. She tells us that they rub the children’s tummy by mixing ... [read more]
Local film international success (2005)
Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton are deeply impressed with this new Australian film, yet both are deeply troubled by its sadism and violence. They find John Jarrett’s performance as Mick electrifying and note that he’s the antithesis of that other ... [read more]
