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Sharing culture and country (2002)
A clip from Mike Willesee’s The Hunting Party (1990) shows David and others in a swamp hunting for goanna. The group convince Willesee to enter the water on the premise of there being no crocodiles. Gulpilil in voice-over tells us ... [read more]
Gerald Stone (1983)
A newspaper reporter, Gerald Stone immigrated to Australia in the early 60s. He became a reporter on Sixty Minutes, eventually becoming the program’s executive producer. [read more]
Stanwell Park and surrounds (c1960)
A title card with a background of campervans announces this section as ‘Stanwell Park’. From a high vantage point, the camera pans across Stanwell Park’s distinctive small beach below and the curve of the foreshore with a speckling of houses. ... [read more]
Credit rating (1992)
American Bill Squire says that hackers can access many databases. He indicates that credit ratings can be manipulated to the advantage of the individual. [read more]
Taxi drawing (1989)
Australian artist Brett Whiteley is drawing in the back of a London taxi, explaining that this is his image of London. He draws his view from the back seat, including the legs of his companion Janice Spencer, seated in the ... [read more]
Rescue boats (c1929)
Teams of lifeguards ready their wooden boats on shore. One lifeguard is shown in close-up wearing a life jacket and swimming cap. The boats are pushed out to the surf while spectators watch from the beach. The teams of five ... [read more]
Abracadabra-bunkum (1936)
A young man (Doug Rosenthal) attempting to sleep in his front yard is woken by the loud noises in his neighbourhood. Across the road, a motorist (Jeff Sabine) is trying to start his car engine without success. The young man ... [read more]
Stan Ray and George Moon Jnr (1931)
The censorship rating title card is followed by the Efftee Film Productions logo (featuring a koala in a tree), the Efftee Entertainers credits and the name of the first act – 'specialty dancers’ Stan Ray and George Moon Junior. A ... [read more]
Shell road maps and services (c1956)
Shell road maps are shown coming off the printing press. A series of Shell road maps show the main and supporting roads, tracks, railway lines, distances and cities and towns. Voice-over explains that the maps are reprinted with corrections every ... [read more]
‘A rose in every cheek’ (1959)
This cinema advertisement from 1954 shows Bob Gibson and his four-piece ensemble performing Happy Little Vegemites with the Vege-Mites singing group: Anne Edwards, Denise Simpson, Irene O’Brien and Marilyn Taylor. The scene changes to a boy and girl eating Vegemite ... [read more]
Redeveloping Pyrmont (1994)
Pyrmont is the peninsula suburb immediately west of the city of Sydney. It has heritage housing, affordable apartments and semi-industrial buildings. Traditionally working class, the suburb has moved upmarket. It is close to the city and Darling Harbour, a tourist ... [read more]
‘Happy Holland’ (c1948)
The clip shows part of a plane journey from Sydney to London by DC-3 in the late 1940s. Passengers are three seats across as they fly over the Mediterranean and 'take tea’. Landing in Amsterdam allows us to see the ... [read more]
Fighting to survive (1998)
The Simpson brothers from Dubbo New South Wales are boxing champions. Their parents, Lyn and Henry, are very supportive. In an interview from 1994, the boys and their parents explain the boys’ commitment to giving up seeing girls for the ... [read more]
‘I’ve never met anyone who voted Liberal!’ (1976)
As the TV mentions the importance of Vince Gair and the DLP (the Democratic Labor Party) in the election, Labor 'insider’ Mal (Ray Barrett) talks politics with Macka (Graham Kennedy) and Don (John Hargreaves). Liberal voter Jody (Veronica Lang) ... [read more]
Eureka (2005)
The two – Sam (Aaron Pedersen) and Peter (Wadih Dona) – meet in their office (the toilet). Peter says he knows where a Grange ’51 is. The two, now on a dangerous trajectory from which it seems there is no ... [read more]
‘A nut disguised as a screw’ (1974)
Bill (Robert McDarra) and inmate Richard (T. Richard Moir) plant a story with another prisoner that one of the patients has a knife and will attack Mr Cornish (Bill Hunter). Cornish searches the two Aboriginal inmates (Bob Maza and Zac ... [read more]
Devils Marbles (1943)
Naturalist Philip Crosby Morrison is filmed setting up his camera at the Devils Marbles in the Northern Territory. He inspects some swallows nests under a rock overhang, walks through the formations and large boulders and is shown filming with his ... [read more]
Kostas’s wall falls (1998)
Local resident Kostas has decided to have exclusive use of part of a building on the park. He did not consult neighbours. Neighbour Kerry demolishes it and puts the building materials on Kostas’s lawn. They come to blows and the ... [read more]
Never being able to touch (2005)
At the taxi depot, Yuri (Ewen Leslie) asks Sarita (Leah Vandenberg) for a drink at the pub. They talk about the Hasidic rules against touching. Yuri suggests they go away together, but she is shocked by his suggestion. [read more]
Coasting (2005)
Clinton (Michael Tuahine) is sitting forlorn in a bar. He sees a pick-up truck drive by. Driving the truck is Crystal, the woman he met on the beach and whom he has suspected stole his precious laptop. Clinton breaks into ... [read more]
