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City girls on an adventure (1983)
Ian Stapleton and his latest recruits have arrived at a remote bush setting after hiking into this wilderness. He talks about teaching all these city kids to become more self-reliant, especially the small number of disadvantaged girls who have been ... [read more]
‘It just ain’t penguin’ (2006)
After a long winter, Memphis (voiced by Hugh Jackman) prays for the return of the sun. As the thaw begins, the Emperor penguin eggs hatch all over the colony – except for Memphis’s egg. Newborn penguin Gloria (voiced as a ... [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]
‘I know nothing about these soldiers’ (1990)
Prosecutor Captain Cooper (Bryan Brown) and accused Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi (George Takei) clash in court. Takahashi claims his subordinate, Captain Ikeuchi (Tetsu Watanabe), was the officer in charge of Japanese troops on Ambon. Takahashi also claims to know nothing about ... [read more]
Doggie departures (2000)
The Animal Memorial Cemetery and Crematorium is the final resting place for people’s pets. [read more]
Spider (2002)
The colour of the landscape blends with the vibrancy of a painting superimposed onto the ground. The lone figure of Spider, a Wangkatjungka man, emerges into the frame. [read more]
‘I love to look at movie stars’ (2008)
Dominick Dunne recalls his meetings with soon-to-be famous actors while working at NBC Television in the 1950s. [read more]
Gough’s world tour (1974)
This clip begins with Prime Minister Gough Whitlam drawn as a giant airship. He is being held down by a large group of people, including then Labor Party President Bob Hawke, who is holding on by one hand. Queensland Premier ... [read more]
Bush coconut (1999)
A group of women are collecting bush coconuts, with a younger woman climbing the tree to collect them. She throws them down to the older women. A woman breaks one open whilst holding it in the palm of her hand, ... [read more]
Empowerment (1978)
Naked women jump into a swimming pool and play while one of the women in voice-over tells a story about a group of young ‘size 10’ women shivering miserably on a cold beach waiting for their boyfriends to finish surfing. ... [read more]
‘Hinky pinky parlay-voo’ (1931)
An Australian soldier says goodbye to his French sweetheart (Eugenie Prescott), the beautiful daughter of a local café proprietor, as the troops march up to the lines, singing ‘Mademoiselle from Armentières’, a popular hit of the war. He will never ... [read more]
Sexy pheromones (1994)
Cockroaches attract each other by pheromones. We get to witness the male in a mating ritual and copulation process that takes one to two hours. In one year the happily married couple can produce 400,000 descendents. [read more]
‘I’ll rip your bloody arms off’ (1974)
Each week the closing credits were played over this sequence as Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond), with Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue) in the side car, rode aggressively over the top and into her royal domain of Wollongong, to the signature tune ... [read more]
Cornflakes versus beer (1967)
Wally Stiller (John Meillon) is adamant that economies have to be introduced, starting with McGooley’s (Gordon Chater) ‘addiction’ to cornflakes. Also featured in this scene are his wife, Rita Stiller (Judi Farr), and sister, Rosemary Urkin (Noeline Brown), better known ... [read more]
Young offender David deteriorates (1999)
Young offender David is back in remand, once again in trouble with the law. His case officers prepare him for court. David’s partner Iona says she will be working soon. David offers to 'minimise’ his dope smoking. [read more]
Naughty creature – trying to escape? (1990)
Agnes (Melanie Boomer) the young maid is grumpy about the hard work she has to do while Ada (Christen Cornell) sleeps on in her warm bed. Martha (Judith Stratford) the housekeeper behaves very strangely, giving Ada the creeps. [read more]
Boomerang kid (2006)
Glenn A Baker talks about the success of Jimmy Little’s single Royal Telephone and how this song was competitive in the market place. Other musicians Bobby McLeod and Archie Roach talk about Jimmy Little as an inspiration. [read more]
‘Strictly confidential’ (1988)
While searching the damaged house at Raven’s Gate, police sergeant Taylor (Max Gillies) is surprised by Dr Hemmings (Terry Camilleri), an astrophysicist attached to Special Branch. Hemmings tells Taylor that whatever they find at Raven’s Gate is strictly confidential. [read more]
South African anarchy (2003)
Glory is a black South African mother who suffered from the wide spread urban violence in Johannesburg. A neighbour sexually assaulted her twin four-year-old daughters repeatedly over three weeks. The offender was released on bail and allowed back in the ... [read more]
‘Surfie chick or nobody’ (1981)
On the bus to school, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her best friend Sue (Jad Capelja) try to suck up to the head of the surfie chick clique, Tracey (Sandy Paul). When she gets into a fight on the floor of ... [read more]
