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‘Optimism wears out with your boots’ (1938)
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has been out of work for months when he runs into two old university acquaintances. They take a drink at a city bar, where a man selling shoelaces approaches. Joe Larkin (Alec Kellaway) is actually an ... [read more]
‘The societal moral norm’ (2006)
Karen Willis from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre reflects on what she sees as the double standards between acceptable male and female sexual behaviour. AFL fan Christie talks to camera about the culture surrounding footballers and ... [read more]
True service of the British Empire (c1939)
This clip consists of two newsreel segments cut together, the first showing Prime Minister Robert Menzies enthusiastically addressing the crowd at the Keel Laying of the River Clarence, a cargo steamer, on 19 July 1941. This is followed by a ... [read more]
‘No baby’s breath’ (2002)
Visiting a florist to order flowers for the funeral, Anna (Maria Theodorakis) and Charlie (Vince Colosimo) argue over Gavin’s stipulation that there be no baby’s breath. At the funeral Anna is angry when she sees that baby’s breath flowers have ... [read more]
Manuk, ‘the little soldier’ (2004)
Manuk (voiced by Joshua Ahn), pretending to shoot a gun, exchanges a few battle cries with his absent father, and throws a rock at a man on a bicycle, who crashes. It is the postman, who nevertheless has delivered a ... [read more]
The artful dancer (1989)
George Plimpton sits with Vali Myers to speak about her life in Paris in the late 1940s and early ‘50s, her wild days and downward spiral and what saved her. This clip contains photographs of Vali in the 1950s and ... [read more]
The Great Leader (1997)
At a celebration at Kim Il Sung Square for the founding day of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK or North Korea), a woman speaks to camera about her happiness and her devotion to the Great Leader, ... [read more]
Medicine (1987)
Sophia Whist (Robin Laurie) opens the pages of her evidence book and imparts the story of women’s historical exclusion from medical practice. Marjory Thomas talks about the difficulties faced by Jessie Freeman, one of the first women to study medicine ... [read more]
Debt collecting on deck (1928)
HMAS Sydney rushes to engage the Emden off the Cocos Islands, after picking up the alarm signal sent from the wireless station at Deception Island. The Sydney crew man their stations, but one crewman decides it’s time to collect ... [read more]
Not for Sunday drivers (1954)
Between Townsville and Mount Isa the roads become more rugged and difficult to negotiate as the cars’ suspension and shock absorbers are pushed to their limits. The action is shot from a number of positions: on the side of roads, ... [read more]
The departure for Egypt (1915)
Having said goodbye to his family, Will (Guy Hastings) marches out with his unit to board a transport ship. As his ship sails, he reads his farewell letters. His mother (Ruth Wainwright) prays for his safe return as his girlfriend ... [read more]
You become what you eat (1998)
Little Kevin (voiced by Philip Joseph) is busy licking his snotty face at the supermarket. He hides from his mother, opens a packet of lollies off the shelf and gobbles them greedily. An old lady trips over the lollies he’s ... [read more]
Loggers versus greenies (c1990)
Loggers and greenies discuss issues as the environmentalists set up a blockade to prevent logging. Confrontation leads to accusations like 'parasites’ as the two sides confront each other at the logging site. [read more]
‘Welcome to Manila’ (2002)
Linda Phillips, a volunteer law student from Australia, is met by Hoi Trinh, an Australian-Vietnamese lawyer at Manila Airport. Hoi has volunteered to help the Vietnamese boat people who are living in the Philippines as stateless persons. Linda has joined ... [read more]
‘You can’t take my photograph’ (1985)
At a bush camp, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) is at first spooked by the quiet arrival of an Aboriginal man in face paint. Mick (Paul Hogan) introduces Neville (David Gulpilil), a 'real city-boy’, and then goes with him to a ... [read more]
‘One little hit ain’t gonna do no harm’ (1975)
At a party, Gerry (Carol Porter) runs into Linda and Toby (Bert Cooper), two friends trying to stay off heroin. Lou (Gary Waddell) offers Linda a free hit, to prove her lack of resolve. [read more]
The dreams of our pioneers (1958)
As the Eucumbene Dam (then called Adaminaby Dam) nears completion, the final building arrives at the new Adaminaby, and the waters of the new Lake Eucumbene begin to rise. [read more]
Triumph and tragedy (2003)
At the height of his success in discovering the significance of what was once called 'junk DNA’, or non-coding DNA, Dr Malcolm Simons is diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer. [read more]
Petrouchka (c1936)
Three puppet figures – the Moor (Thadee Slavinsky), the Ballerina Doll (Helene Kirsova) and Petrouchka (Leon Woizikovsky) – suddenly come to life and dance onto the stage. They perform a Russian-style dance amongst the crowd at the fairground. [read more]
Post-Second World War challenges (1947)
This clip begins with workers walking and cycling to work at the start of the day. As the narrator talks about the ‘working man’s paradise’, the images show scenes of negotiations between businesses and workers, labour disputes and conflicts between ... [read more]
