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Rising waters (1955)
A bridge is quickly overtaken by fast flowing and rapidly rising water levels. Two people run across the bridge before it becomes completely impassable. The camera pans along the submerged city streets and half-visible houses. [read more]
Buckin’ bull (1995)
Bull riding is a dangerous sport. Riders are mounted while the bull is restrained in a chute. This bull tries to get out of the chute. After release the roughrider breaks his leg. [read more]
Local woodchopping competition (c1954)
This clip records one of the feature events of a local show in Canberra – the woodchopping competition. Male competitors, dressed in their Chesty Bonds singlets, take part in a race for the quickest woodchop. [read more]
A baby cries (1989)
A mother sits holding her daughter, cradling her on her lap. A soft light falls over them. Beyond the light is darkness. Then the woman, now older, lies on her back, her daughter in a foetal position curled by her ... [read more]
Bean tree (c1926)
Two men inspect a tree which has large bean pods hanging from its branches. A close-up of the men holding the pods (one of them snapped in two to reveal the inside) ends this brief segment. [read more]
Crowds at Portsea Beach (c1926)
The camera pans across crowds of bathers and holiday-makers at Portsea Beach in Victoria, capturing their activities on the shore and in the water. An intertitle is used in this clip. [read more]
Coming of age (1931)
Men and women dance inside a hall decorated with streamers and horseshoes. They move around the room past a static camera positioned at the edge of the dance floor. [read more]
‘I gotta go’ (1969)
Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) tells his mother (Lyndall Barbour) that his appeal has failed – he must join the army on Monday. In the pub where he’s the 'SP’ bookmaker, his friends toast him before he leaves. [read more]
Abducted children speak out (1994)
Children and parents are interviewed about the psychological effects of abduction. [read more]
Eternity calls (1994)
God calls on Arthur Stace to write 'Eternity’ on the pavements of Sydney. [read more]
True Love (1998)
Mae (Trisha Morton-Thomas) is wearing mother’s wedding dress. Nona (Deborah Mailman) wants to bottle the ashes so they can take them to the island to scatter. Mae and Nona enter into a tug of war over the ashes, and the ... [read more]
Franklin River rapids (1980)
Amateur botanist Antonius Moscal rafts down the Franklin River in south-west Tasmania. [read more]
10,000 miles around Australia (c1926)
Mr and Mrs F Dean arrive in Melbourne after their trip around Australia by touring car, sponsored by Shell. Buffalo horns are shown on the front of the car and their collection of Indigenous artefacts is shown. It ends with ... [read more]
Little girl lost (2005)
It is dark on the mining plain, and Sam (Ngaire Pigram) drives her car towards home. Sam fiddles with something near the passenger seat, her eyes momentarily averted from the road. When Sam again looks up, the apparition of a ... [read more]
Scenes of village life (c1955)
This clip includes vignettes of village life on the Greek island from which the Gerakiteys family came, including: family members gathered around a table piled with food, locals gathered in a square for a celebration, and a group of people ... [read more]
Young David Williamson (1994)
Australian playwright, David Williamson, returns to his country school. He recalls the embarrassment of being tall and the beginnings of his interest in writing. [read more]
Pandemic panic (2005)
A ‘what if’ scenario is outlined day by day in the event that the H5N1 strain of flu virus, 'bird flu’, became airborne worldwide. [read more]
