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Heat of the Pilbara – ‘white with salt’ (2006)
Blue skies, as the camera pans down, the frame rests on 'Wickham, Western Australia’. A Torres Strait man recalls how he came to work on the railway and stayed. As he describes his experiences we see film of black and ... [read more]
The proposal (1973)
Margaret recalls the day that Peter proposed. She knew from the moment they met that they would get together, especially as her mother always adored him and encouraged the relationship. [read more]
Time, the enemy (1987)
Vince Lovegrove speaks of the onrush of time, and how it robs him of moments with his wife Suzi and young son Troy. Over photographs, he describes the 'real Suzi’: her career as a dancer, their meeting in America, the ... [read more]
Part of the team – win or lose (2005)
Holly (Dominique Crawford) convinces a nervous Jacinta Peterson (Greta Larkins) to play, and although intimidated by the comments of the Rams, Jacinta gives it her best and shoots her three-pointers. Her father Coach Peterson (David Roberts) and her brother Joel ... [read more]
‘… the ball got a bit of lift’ (1984)
Now the English cricket captain, Douglas Jardine (Hugo Weaving) is determined to return from the upcoming Australian tour with the Ashes. He’s obsessed with the batting of Donald Bradman (Gary Sweet) and determined to discover his weaknesses. He talks to ... [read more]
‘In the immortal words of Julian Caesar …’ (1988)
Gamma celebrates its newfound tourist attraction (and source of income) with a street parade featuring the Roman boat. Mayor Bainbridge (Paul Chubb) then launches ambitious plans for Gamma’s future – a Roman temple and bubbler complex. Peter (Clayton Williamson) and ... [read more]
The New Holden FE (1956)
This clip shows the whole advertisement minus the opening and closing titles. A curtain parts to reveal the new model Holden FE on display on a turntable in a car showroom. As the car spins around, a male voice-over lists ... [read more]
The wizard of the wire (c1939)
Dressed in Spanish matador costume with flowing crimson and white cape, Con Colleano commences his elaborate Spanish-flavoured circus routine. High upon the tightwire, he dances, bounces, twirls and balances, before executing a backward somersault that reveals crimson pants beneath his ... [read more]
Lake Lodge Holiday (1959)
The competition continues with the final question of a second round as contestant Evan answers a series of general knowledge questions. Host Reg Grundy introduces Evan’s next opponent, Mrs Purdy of South Curl Curl. [read more]
‘The time is now and the car is Holden’ (1966)
A woman lies on a beach, dreamily relaxing under her hat. A Holden HR sedan is parked on the sand nearby. The woman runs to the car, which is filmed from different angles to show off its new exterior and ... [read more]
‘The colour of the bricks’ (1999)
Surfer Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) is about to return to Japan to work for his father, a butcher. He captures the people and places around him on camcorder, including his housemates Hana (Mikiko Ooka) and Tetsu (Jun Iwasaki). [read more]
Rabbit poisoning (1954)
This clip shows a farming property being prepared for the first stage of rabbit eradication – poisoning. [read more]
Battle camp (1983)
As the diggers walked the trails towards the Palmer River near Cooktown at Cape York, the local Aboriginal people were determined to preserve their country from the intruders. The diggers were just as determined to kill anyone who might get ... [read more]
The middle of the end (1982)
Stephen quotes Proust, Angela paints her toenails and the two discuss whether or not to watch Contempt on television. [read more]
The rules of the game (1987)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting Intelpost, the international electronic postal service. [read more]
Administering the Administrator (1990)
Dr Raymond Good (Brian Nankervis) operates on the hospital’s chief administrator (Peter Green) after his mysterious ‘accident’, unaware that his assistant in the operating theatre, Matron Dorothy Conniving-Bitch (Lynda Gibson), caused the accident and wants the administrator dead. [read more]
Dancing in the garden of Eden (1933)
Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) is surprised when his peaceful Sunday is disturbed by a line of tap dancing girls in hiking shorts. He goes to quieten them down and meets the Townleighs, a well-to-do Sydney family enjoying a ramble in ... [read more]
‘Place of thunder’ (2007)
This clip uses voice-over narration by Russell Crowe and a montage of etchings, drawings, photographs and video footage to chronicle the complex social and cultural history of the Maroubra area. It begins by describing first contact between European culture and ... [read more]
A baptism of fire (2006)
Marg’s first placement with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) was in South Sudan where a terrible civil war had been raging for over 20 years. She was thrown into the work from the very first moment she arrived at ... [read more]
A wild and desperate place (1983)
The frozen waste of the Kiandra goldfield was one of the few in Australia to welcome the Chinese diggers. It also witnessed the start to Australia’s ski fields and winter sports industry, with the country’s first ski club opening there ... [read more]