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Chut’s revenge (1936)
Shorty McGee (Harry Abdy) has punished his prize attraction, Chut the boxing kangaroo, by denying him water for two days. In the ring, Chut’s thirst and his hatred for the whip-wielding McGee boil over. Chut attacks the drunken McGee, inflicting ... [read more]
A dancing stagehand (1932)
Tommy Dodds (George Wallace) demonstrates his storytelling skills to an unseen audience of musicians in the orchestra pit, during rehearsals for a new show. He is a stagehand, but he says he learned to dance while working on a pig ... [read more]
‘Then there was Ned’ (1983)
Lee Whitmore narrates her childhood recollection of a regular family visitor, Ned Wethered. [read more]
‘You’ve ruined my children’ (1998)
Ari (Alex Dimitriades) comes home to a hostile reception from his father Dimitri (Tony Nikolakopoulos) and his mother Sophia (Eugenia Fragos), after being out all night. His father calls him an animal and tries to physically intimidate him; his mother ... [read more]
Keeping Australia posted (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and its range of postal services. [read more]
Protecting Kakadu (2001)
Peter Wellings, Jacob Nayinggul, George Chaloupka and John Christopherson talk about Bill Neidjie, a traditional owner of Kakadu. We see people arriving for Bill’s wake. [read more]
‘God bless you. Please make it quick’ (1993)
In a dramatic re-creation Ronald Ryan (played by Colin Friels) is hanged in Pentridge prison. Radio journalist, Brian Morley, recalls being a witness to the hanging. In the dramatic re-creation, the priest (John Clayton) gives Ryan’s body the last rites. [read more]
‘Dolly’ shot and skateboard cam (2001)
Mr Long (Matthew Green) teaches the class about the ‘dolly shot’ technique and the class tries it out. [read more]
Picnic (1982)
The mother (Pauline Sedgewick) makes a picnic on a beach for her kids. She hands out pies which they devour. It’s as if they are devouring her. The camera takes off away from the scene as though she is escaping ... [read more]
‘Give it a go’ (1980)
Jean Paget (Helen Morse) tells solicitor Noel Strachan (Gordon Jackson) of her first meeting with Joe Harmon (Bryan Brown) while on an enforced trek across Malaya with a group of fellow Englishwomen and their children. Among others in the flashback ... [read more]
Young music (1986)
The young congregation takes the lead in reading from the Bible and singing catchy songs accompanied by guitar. Please note there are some intermittent audio and visual glitches in this clip. [read more]
Tram chaos (c1926)
A Glen Iris tram causes chaos when electric tram wires fuse, with the wire cutting into the road and tramlines. Passers-by stop to look. [read more]
Rehearse, perform, perform (1988)
Australian dancer Betty Pounder recalls the days when she would rehearse a new show in the morning, dance in a pantomime in the afternoon and dance in a different show at night. [read more]
‘You can’t take my photograph’ (1985)
At a bush camp, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) is at first spooked by the quiet arrival of an Aboriginal man in face paint. Mick (Paul Hogan) introduces Neville (David Gulpilil), a 'real city-boy’, and then goes with him to a ... [read more]
Touring Service reps and mapping expeditions (c1956)
A Shell representative makes notes describing the construction occurring in his area to pass the updated information to the Shell Touring Service. A landslide and floods are shown as the voice-over continues to explain how the Service contacts Shire Councils ... [read more]
Prejudice – alive and well (2003)
Tony Hewson is the Human Resources Manager at the abattoir in Young, NSW. He says that the Hazara refugees from Afghanistan are good workers. He says labour is hard to get in a boom town like Young and he ... [read more]
Conducting Tristan and Isolde (1995)
Conductor Simone Young rehearses, researches and conducts the Richard Wagner opera Tristan and Isolde. [read more]
‘Born for that noose’ (2002)
The veteran (Grant Page) has been wounded by a spear. The fanatic (Gary Sweet) wants to leave him, but the tracker (David Gulpilil) refuses – even when horse-whipped. The tracker knows he is indispensable. [read more]
Aoi’s life (1991)
Thai prostitute Aoi talks about her work and her dislike of it. A man in a bar says he is looking forward to having sex with a Thai prostitute as he has had experience with many nationalities. [read more]
