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Watsons Bay (1962)
Title cards introduce this segment which begins with panning scenes of Watsons Bay and its adjacent park and pier. Families wade happily in the water. A shot looking back to the houses on the hill ends this clip. [read more]
Sister (2007)
Yuma (Cassandra Glenn) and her father (Myles Pollard) have arrived in Alice Springs. Walking the streets, people treat Yuma with familiarity. Aaron (Tyrone Wallace) leads her to the local basketball court where the other young people hang out. There she ... [read more]
Grange 51 (2005)
A young Koori boy, Willy Jackson is on the stand. Sam (Aaron Pedersen) is his defense lawyer. It becomes clear that the magistrate is unsympathetic to Sam’s position. Sam offers the magistrate his non-existent bottle of vintage Grange 1951 as ... [read more]
‘I’ve got smokes’ (2005)
The nearest neighbour (Gerard Kennedy) to Sam (Ngaire Pigram), is somewhat of a recluse and abrupt. Sam knocks on his door and offers him smokes in exchange for information about the history of the young girl whose ghost is haunting ... [read more]
Workers on site (c1949)
This clip begins with a pan across a row of expatriate workers on one of the APC exploration sites at Kuru. Local and expat workers are then pictured at the drilling rig site. A ‘no unauthorised entry’ ... [read more]
Hospital and home life (1948)
Molly trips down some loose stairs (possibly in her home) and falls badly. She wakes up in hospital with a bandaged head, her brother in the room with her. A nurse gives her some medicine before bringing her a tray ... [read more]
‘Sacrifice, while there is still time’ (1941)
Grace (Dorothy Dickson) has received a letter from her soldier boyfriend Jim, who has been blinded while fighting overseas. Filled with inspiration from his letter, Grace reads it to her co-workers at the munitions factory. The letter urges her and ... [read more]
Laying sewer pipes (c1922)
The Board of Works digs up ground in Melbourne’s northern suburbs to lay sewerage pipes. A large section of pipe is lowered into a trench beside railway tracks. Men above ground watch the pipe lowered by crane as workers in ... [read more]
From cannibalism to tourism (1987)
Three Italian tourists discuss the changes brought to New Guinea by 'the explorers’, and debate whether Papuan New Guinean cannibalism was a cultural practice or borne of necessity. [read more]
A room with two dunnies (1985)
At the Plaza Hotel in New York, Mick (Paul Hogan) is amused and confused by the luxuries of a modern hotel room. Nor does he understand tipping – but he soon works it out. [read more]
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]
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]
Slow down (2002)
Shane (John Moore) and Robby (Wayne Munro) kick back and have a few cold beers. Robby is determined to go to Coober Pedy to mine opals but his older brother sounds sceptical. [read more]
