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‘It’s not safe’ (2009)
José Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) announces he is leaving Dili and urges Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia) to follow him. East refuses. He waves goodbye to Juliana (Anamaria Barreto). [read more]
APEC motorcade (2007)
Julian Morrow, playing a security guard, leads a fake Canadian motorcade into the APEC restricted area, carrying Chas Licciardello dressed as Osama Bin Laden. [read more]
‘The Altyerra is their life and their law’ (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins tells the Dreamtime stories of the desert people in Central Australia. The importance of the belief system and sacred law of the Arrernte people, Altyerra, is explained by Herman Malbunka of the Western Arrernte Nation. Perkins then ... [read more]
Constructing the expressway (1968)
Aerial shots of section one of the expressway show work completed by mid-1964, a year into construction of the Sydney-Newcastle expressway. A map illustrates the first two sections of the expressway including the interchange at Mount White. The Department of ... [read more]
Yindi goes exploring (1996)
After overcoming an earlier threat to his survival from a car accident, Yindi the koala emerges from his mother’s pouch. He starts to explore the world, unaware that a new threat to his safety is just around the corner. [read more]
Embedded bomb (2007)
Laith Stevens is speaking to his team members while others are digging around the bomb. Stevens explains the danger and calls to speak to the teachers. [read more]
Cost-efficient but ‘human stupid’ (2000)
This clip covers the end of the 20th Century, where we learn that East Timor voted and Indigenous Australians wanted their land back. ‘When Iraq wanted oil-producing Kuwait back again, car-driving America drew the line’. Computers are cost-efficient but 'human ... [read more]
‘This is your domestic staff’ (1982)
On her first morning at Elsey Station, Jeannie Gunn (Angela Punch McGregor) meets the three Aboriginal women who are supposed to be her domestics. The 'boss’ girl Rosie (Mawuyul Yanthalawny) speaks very little English, and Jeannie knows no Pidgin. [read more]
Looking for Mr Holt (1967)
This is mute unedited black-and-white footage showing members of the beach party retracing their steps soon after losing sight of Mr Holt. [read more]
‘We know everything’ (2007)
Constable Graham McGahan (Brendan Cowell) receives his first visit at the police caravan from Lucky Phil (Simon Laherty), who’s mildly retarded but has a great skill with numbers. McGahan kids him about the police knowing everything; Phil asks him if ... [read more]
Pets (2005)
The theme song for this episode, ‘What do you get when you bring home a pet?’, accompanies a documentary film clip showing people and their pets. This sequence then cuts to Dumpster’s segment where he interviews young Australian children about ... [read more]
Wally’s fifth birthday party (c1921)
This clip contains shots of children playing in a garden for the fifth birthday of Wally Albion. It begins with a fixed shot of five-year-old Wally sitting on a table playing with a train set. This is followed by a ... [read more]
Testing for disease (1992)
Bryan Smith is in Denmark to report on the latest research into the prevention of cervical cancer. The pap smear test is used to pick up early signs of cervical cancer in women. There is a much more accurate means ... [read more]
Not a domestic mouse (1976)
Harry Butler is handling a native mouse he’s found in the grasslands of northern Queensland. He explains what makes this creature different from the house mouse. [read more]
The wrong fence (2002)
Mr Neville (Kenneth Branagh) tells the police inspector (Roy Billing) that the three escaped girls must be following the rabbit-proof fence north, to their home. He devises a plan to catch them, sending police troopers down the fence from the ... [read more]
Aftermath (1986)
The storm has subsided and Connie Hampton (Tracy Mann), Steve Parry (Chris Haywood) and Connie’s father Mick Brennan (Tony Barry) emerge from their hiding places to the sight of a city in ruins. [read more]
Jimmy Little’s final word (1964)
In this clip Jimmy Little talks about the importance of the recently passed Civil Rights Bill in the Northern Territory, the destruction of Aboriginal peoples’ cultural landscape and way of life, the impact of pastoralism on their land, the role ... [read more]
‘Life is a big struggle’ (2011)
In this clip, three Australian participants visit Dao and other relatives of a family they met in Australia – the Masudis – who remain ‘in limbo’ in Africa. They bring with them a video message from their Australian-settled relatives which ... [read more]
‘A real partnership’ (1982)
Australian correspondent Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) thinks he’s alone in his office in Jakarta, but freelance cameraman Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt) has his own key. Billy offers to help Hamilton to get an interview with the head of the read more]
The straining downpipes (1920)
Gilbert Galloway (Rawdon Blandford) has become a tramp after disgracing himself in the city. He gets caught in a bushfire near Wallaby Station. Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) rides out to rescue him, unaware of this tramp’s identity. Back safely at ... [read more]
