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Newtown ride (1899)
This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a shot of commuters on a railway platform approaching an incoming train. A man holds a folded newspaper, while one woman carries a parasol. The clip cuts to the view from the back ... [read more]
‘There’s nothing going to stop him.’ (2002)
The price paid by Peter Andrews and his family for his pursuit of an idea has been enormous. Andrews, his wife and his son describe that time when Peter’s obsession lost them the farm and his marriage. [read more]
Imaginary two-up (1994)
Australian Korean War veterans recall their experiences as prisoners of war, including the efforts made by the enemy to indoctrinate them with communist propaganda. A veteran describes how one Chinese solider got so involved in an imaginary game of two-up ... [read more]
You’re on your own (1999)
Australian aviator Sidney Cotton was given a special unit in wartime Britain to photograph German installations and activities. Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall and future James Bond author Ian Fleming, who was then personal assistant to the Director of ... [read more]
‘Why did you do this for me?’ (2005)
Eddie (David Wenham) has been sacked, but hasn’t yet told his wife. At Flinders Street Station in Melbourne he uses a payphone to line up an interview at a placement agency, but an elderly woman falls on the pavement as ... [read more]
Love goods go cheap (2002)
Marnie and her boyfriend walk by the TAB. They stop and observe Marnie’s father inside. Marnie and her boyfriend are sitting in a car. They talk about where they are going and what they want to do. [read more]
Two pounds of butter (1934)
George (George Wallace) has to mind the grocery store while his boss is out. He has no training for the task and almost destroys the shop with a succession of demanding customers, starting with Mrs Doyle (Marie La Varre). [read more]
Dreamtime versus Christianity (2005)
Gordon Syron and Elaine Pelot-Kitchener discuss their forthcoming wedding arrangements. The issue of a Christian pastor is a contentious one. [read more]
Access by water (1967)
This clip looks at the waterways – river and sea – in what was then known as Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. [read more]
‘Boot Boys Wanted’ (1914)
This clip from a silent Kiwi Shoe Polish cinema advertisement shows boot staff from the Imperial Hotel resigning from their work to join the war. Having all his staff resign, the hotel manager makes a sign that says 'Boot Boys ... [read more]
Jenolan Caves (c1929)
A tour group visits Jenolan Caves, New South Wales in 1929, and observes the extraordinary stalactite and stalagmite rock formations. [read more]
‘Two words’ (1999)
Gavin Sykes (Brett Partridge) and his mate discuss work as they leave the gym. Gavin’s mate Ben (Andrew Hill) suggests Gavin quit the force and join him in his rubbish skip business. They are interrupted by the sound of a ... [read more]
Superhero (1998)
The narrator (William McInnes) introduces us to his Cousin, who has cerebral palsy, and describes some of their boyish adventures. [read more]
Roma Street Station (1899)
This actuality footage shows a train pulling up to Roma Street Station, Brisbane in 1899. Commuters disembark and exit the platform via a side gate or walk up the stairs towards the camera. [read more]
No soft option (2005)
We go 'inside the circle’ to see Circle Sentencing in action. Robert is an Aboriginal man who has been in trouble many times for domestic violence. Now he’s face-to-face with the victim and four Aboriginal Elders who are about to ... [read more]
2nd Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment (c1963)
This clip looks at the infrastructure maintenance and construction work, and training of local New Guineans, carried out by Army personnel stationed in East Sepik Province. [read more]
Cockatoo Island dockyard 1936 (c1939)
This clip is made up of three newsreel segments cut together to illustrate activities at the Cockatoo Island dockyard, in Sydney Harbour, 1936. [read more]
Swanston St Shamble (1944)
This is an excerpt from 'Swanston St Shamble’, one of the first jazz recordings of Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band, from a session in January 1944. [read more]
An average day: out of control (2011)
Tom (Matthew Goode) fields repeated phone calls from two different women as he goes about his daily work of selecting food for his restaurant from the wholesalers. [read more]
‘Just to prove that I met him’ (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australia’s Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with Mrs Clementine Churchill in curlers waving out a window to the camera. It then shows Sarah Churchill in the garden, Mrs Randolph Churchill getting ... [read more]
