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Ram-raid (1997)

It’s early morning. Teenagers Joe Pelluci (Paul Pantano), Heidi Benson (Rose Byrne) and Glen Murdoch (Omar Baladjam) have carried out a ram-raid on a clothes store. A high-speed police chase ensues. After officers ignore radio orders to call it off, ... [read more]

Footscray Railway Station (c1911)

This clip features a crowd of people near the footbridge at Footscray’s railway station. [read more]

From Poland to Australia (2003)

Harvie Krumpet wishes for things to change, and they certainly do. The family home burns to the ground, his parents are frozen to death, the Germans invade and he escapes to Australia. [read more]

Lettergram (1988)

This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and its Lettergram service. [read more]

Safety first (c1936)

This 11-minute short drama, seen here in full, teaches children about the road rules and road safety. [read more]

‘This is number 96?’ (1975)

A mystery man (Curt Jansen) arrives at the delicatessen looking for Herb Evans (Ron Shand). Arnold Feather (Jeff Kevin) sends him upstairs where the residents of Flat 3 are enjoying their evening meal. Dorrie Evans (Pat McDonald) is scheming to ... [read more]

‘White man, black man be friends’ (1950)

Wally King (Chips Rafferty) and his stockmen ride to the waterhole on the land they have come to occupy at Bitter Springs. Tommy (Tommy Trinder) gets a shock as he takes a drink from the spring: the Aborigines are there ... [read more]

‘We are at war’ (1985)

On 8 December 1941 John Curtin announces Australia is at war with Japan. He declares Australia must look to the United States rather than the United Kingdom for security. [read more]

‘You’re scum!’ (1990)

Will Barnes (Tamblyn Lord), Ned (Nathan Croft) and an assortment of boys being sent to Fort Queenscliff, are marched to the train. Scratch (Lachlan Jeffrey) reads from the newspaper giving Government and public opinion about the desire to have young ... [read more]

Barred (1993)

The 'blue heelers’ are relaxing at the Imperial Hotel after work when Bruce McLaren (Josh Picker) arrives. He’s just been released on bail after being charged with the rape of his girlfriend Sally-Anne. When Chris Reilly (Julie Nihill) orders him ... [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]

Circus song (1993)

A song 'The Last Circus’ plays under a montage of circus scenes, including clowns, acrobats, animals performing and kids reacting. [read more]

A delivery to King Billy (1956)

The crooked publican has tricked Smiley (Colin Petersen) into making a delivery of opium to the blacks’ camp across the river. This is supposed to be 'out of bounds’ to whites, but Smiley has clearly been there before. He gives ... [read more]

Yakutat, Alaska (2008)

Jonno and Stefan travel to Yakutat, Alaska. They are welcomed by Jack, proprietor of the Icy Waves surf shop. [read more]

Jackson stops a protest (1980)

China Jackson (Bryan Brown) stops a sit-down protest in the exercise yard, after prison officer Norton (Max Phipps) promises there will be no reprisals. In the middle of the night, his cellmate, old Bob (Syd Heylen), is dragged out and ... [read more]

Dog training (c1930)

This dog training exercise takes place amongst obstacles placed around an oval. Uniformed men lead alsatians around the course. One dog navigates through hoops, tunnels, over planks and ladders as people watch from the perimeters. This clip ends with the ... [read more]

Not so Fairweather (1990)

The quiet rural farmhouse, where the pregnant Clare Fairweather (Noni Hazlehurst) has been enjoying a nap, is instantly transformed into bedlam as the first visitors arrive amid a rainstorm. Clare’s female friends Sandy (Helen Jones) and Therese (Fiona Press) quickly ... [read more]

Unemployment queues (1984)

The hard times are biting and when workers are put off it’s always the migrants who go first. Then there’s a desperate wait for work in a long and humiliating queue. [read more]

Aftermath (1986)

The storm has subsided and Connie Hampton (Tracy Mann), Steve Parry (Chris Haywood) and Connie’s father Mick Brennan (Tony Barry) emerge from their hiding places to the sight of a city in ruins. [read more]

A fond farewell (1985)

Robert O’Hara Burke (Jack Thompson) addresses a large crowd as his expedition prepares to leave Melbourne in August 1860. He thanks the expedition committee of the Royal Society of Victoria, and his chief benefactor, the businessmen Ambrose Kyte (Hugh Keays-Byrne). ... [read more]

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