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Sagrada Família Barcelona (1974)

Catalonian architect, Antonio Gaudí’s greatest work, the Cathedral of the Holy Family is still under construction. Part one took 43 years to build. Gaudí felt that architecture and religion were inseparable. [read more]

Come, follow Me (1992)

Nuns from the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy order discuss why they became nuns and some of them reveal why they left the order. Vocations are a call to serve God. [read more]

Up periscope (1995)

Action stations on board a submarine during the Second World War. After attacking enemy shipping the submarine is under attack from depth charges. Emotional veteran submariners recall being under attack from depth charges. [read more]

Half caste, plaster cast (2000)

Historical footage of a plaster cast being made of an Aboriginal man’s face by anthropologists. Henry Reynolds and Marcia Langton provide historical framework for government policies implemented through the history of the colonisation of Australia. [read more]

‘Single people’ (1995)

Children of divorced parents express their distress at the outcome. Sister Aileen Shanahan of the Aquinas College says that children often suppress their feelings with bad psychological results. [read more]

Debts to pay (1971)

Kevin’s new secretary (Patricia Condon) tells him she must leave the job if he can’t give her her wages. A debt collector takes a more direct approach, attacking him in the street. [read more]

‘Shakes after a heavy night’ (1991)

Alwyn Peter started drinking at age sixteen. He has periods of sobriety but these are rare. He shows his two children the horses at the rodeo. He says that his riding skills are affected after heavy drinking. [read more]

‘Keep our children’s natural inheritance’ (1995)

A community of ferals in northern NSW dance and sing at a gathering. They talk about their philosophy of child rearing, and the advantages they see in the way they have chosen to live. [read more]

‘Cornish gets his payback’ (1974)

Inmate Darkie returns with a broken leg, after a beating from Mr Cornish (Bill Hunter). In the evening, Darkie kills Cornish with his crutch, in front of all the inmates – who show little emotion. [read more]

Maurice Chevalier impression (c1931)

On a stage inside Frank Thring’s Efftee Film Studios, veteran stage performer Minnie Love impersonates French comedian and singer Maurice Chevalier singing the songs 'Valentine’ (1924) and 'On Top of the World, Alone’. [read more]

Heroic virtue (1994)

To become a saint you must live a life of heroic virtue. [read more]

Dr Philip Nitschke (2004)

Seventy-nine-year-old Lisette Nigot has decided to end her own life. She consults euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke to make sure she is successful. Interviewed separately, Dr Nitschke says he is sad about her decision but understands it. [read more]

Parental lock out (1995)

Two parents explain how they restrict their children’s televsion viewing. [read more]

‘Variation on variation’ (1989)

Choreographer Graeme Murphy and dancer Kim Walker rehearse together and talk about how they collaborate. [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]

Two rescues (1975)

Michael Fitzhubert (Dominic Guard) has spent the night on Hanging Rock, looking for clues. When his servant Albert (John Jarratt) finds him the next day, he is exhausted and unable to speak. As he’s stretchered off the mountain, he hands ... [read more]

Barry Humphries’s ode to Arthur Boyd (1994)

Australian comedian, Barry Humphries recites an ode to painter Arthur Boyd at the opening of a Boyd retrospective exhibition. [read more]

Spanish spiritual architecture (1974)

Spanish architect Antonio Gaudí believed that architecture and religion were inseparable. The clip shows detailed coverage of Gaudí’s Parc Güell. [read more]

‘Hell on earth’ (1984)

A group of alcoholics gather in the park and discuss life and its hardships. [read more]

Country talent starts at 10 years old (1995)

Ten-year-old Chantelle Delaney has come from Toowoomba in Queensland to compete at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. [read more]

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