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Chauvel’s cyclone (1949)

Shane (Michael Pate) rushes out into the forest during a cyclonic storm. The cattle have broken out of their pens and Cathie (Wendy Gibb) has ridden after them. A falling tree knocks her from her horse, and she stumbles and ... [read more]

Burgess Tannery (1906)

A fixed camera shows employees emerging from the entrance to the Burgess Tannery for their lunch break. Many of the employees smile, tip their hats, wave or mock fight for the camera. The men range in age from young boys ... [read more]

1930s China (c1932)

This clip shows the harbour and esplanade area of a 1930s Chinese city, including streets, rickshaw pullers and a Chinese junk on the harbour. [read more]

‘We’re happy little Vegemites’ (1959)

A children’s chorus promotes the health properties of Vegemite, a popular Australian yeast spread, in this radio jingle from the late 1950s. [read more]

Thursday Island cross-dressing (1937)

Soon after arriving on Thursday Island, Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) pays Mendoza (Ronald Whelan) 1,000 pounds for his boat and his house on the island. While the crowd follows Mendoza to the nearest hotel to knock down his cheque, Daubenny meets ... [read more]

This pig ain’t no Babe (1985)

Bertie (Anthony Richards) enrages a boar, which then escapes and chases him up a tree. Cranky Frank Phillips (Martin Vaughan) unwittingly distracts the boar and becomes its next target. He and his wife Shalagh Phillips (Carole Skinner) flee to the ... [read more]

Greek Orthodox wedding (c1954)

This clip shows a bridal party making its way on foot through a small town in Greece. The parade is headed by musicians, with the bride, dressed in white, following behind. At the end of the parade, family and friends ... [read more]

Billycart race (c1920)

This clip shows a group of boys riding on the back of goats and children riding in billycarts down a street in Rockhampton, Queensland. The camera films them moving down the street and gathered in a group posing for the ... [read more]

Mick and Phillip argue (1999)

Evelyn Spence (Maya Stange) asks the pearl trader Mick Carpenter (Rufus Sewell) what brings him to the Trobriand Islands. Carpenter then argues with Evelyn’s husband, Dr Phillip Spence (Martin Donovan), over whether Phillip’s research into the nature of human society ... [read more]

Activist group meeting (1972)

A meeting of the Black movement, with speaker Dennis Walker. [read more]

Beatings (1990)

An amnesia-afflicted Australian soldier, Private Jimmy Fenton (John Polson), has finally remembered what happened prior to his brother’s death in the camp. He retells the story in court. His evidence is illustrated by the film’s first flashback, showing Captain Ikeuchi ... [read more]

Pay and conditions (1988)

Faith Bandler, an Indigenous woman, tells of her experience of the Women’s Land Army. [read more]

Balinese paranormal (2003)

Natalie’s Balinese husband, John, was killed in the Bali bombing. Natalie consulted a paranormal to make contact with her dead husband and help come to terms with her loss. [read more]

First game (1995)

The newly formed under-16 soccer team from Melbourne’s Clifton Hill Soccer Club play their first game against a better Turkish team. Their coach, Alex Facos, gives them a pep talk. [read more]

Home garden displays (1953)

Out of town visitors come to see the floral displays in private gardens across the city. Sweeping pans of the gardens and close ups of flowers show just some of the gardens on display and in competition. The ‘champion house ... [read more]

Language first (1991)

Freda Glynn (director of CAAMA) talks about broadcasting in Aboriginal languages in areas where Aboriginal languages are the first language spoken. Phillip Batty (deputy director of CAAMA) talks about utilizing the national satellite in a way useful to ... [read more]

Living in a film script (1996)

Two villagers explain the confusion they experienced upon the first sighting of white people in the area. Filmmaker Robin Anderson speaks about arriving in the village and the way the villagers remembered them. Footage from Joe Leahy’s Neighbours (1988) ... [read more]

Alpine holiday (1932)

This clip shows the gathering of people, probably members of the Farey family, at an alpine lodge. They are all well dressed in suits and hats. [read more]

Queen Street and Victoria Bridge (1899)

This actuality footage shot in 1899 shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane, with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background. [read more]

Wedding (1988)

This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the Lettergram service as a replacement for the congratulatory telegram, traditionally sent to a couple just married. [read more]

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