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According to the Geneva Conventions (1984)
Corporal Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) is still recovering from his war injury when he’s posted to the prisoner of war (POW) camp at Cowra. He assumes he’ll be guarding Italian prisoners. The camp has a relaxed feel about ... [read more]
Quintessential paradise (2005)
Exotic images of the Hula girl continued during the Second World War with the presence of American forces stationed in Hawaii. Joe O’Neil, antiques and souvenir collector, displays his collection of Hula girl souvenirs and explains their fascination. The end ... [read more]
Bruce Samazan (1997)
Bruce Samazan went from brickie’s labourer to soap star in an instant. He won a Logie for Most Popular Talent in Australian TV. He is the only actor to have long running roles in E Street, Neighbours and Home and ... [read more]
Alice without Nanna (2006)
Over a shot of Alice Springs Aaron talks about the town. Alice Springs isn’t the same to the Pedersen brothers without their Nanna. Aaron and Vinnie, sitting in the park, recall the violence of their childhood, and the experience of ... [read more]
Shark attack in Georges River (1939)
This clip shows Beryl Morrin who had both her arms amputated after a shark attack in the Georges River on New Years Day, 1935. She was only 13 at the time. Four years after the attack, Beryl is shown riding ... [read more]
A multicultural marriage (2004)
Dallas and Zabi are getting married. The couple met when Dallas, a law student, was teaching Zabi English. Zabi is a refugee survivor of the MV Tampa and Nauru. Scenes of the wedding are shown, including some of the Afghan ... [read more]
The betrayal (1963)
The lovers (Rosalind Keene and Edward Brayshaw) have been uncovered before the whole community of pearl fishers and the high priest (Frank Lisle) has passed a sentence of death by fire. The pearl fisher chief (Ronal Jackson) intercedes for his ... [read more]
‘And so it came to pass’ (1918)
Ralph Manton (Roland Conway) has taken shelter at Kooringa Station after the road to Melbourne has been blocked by flood. Ralph takes a shine to Joan Stockdale (Evelyn Black), only daughter of the owners of Kooringa, and she to him. ... [read more]
‘We don’t roll over’ (1997)
Patsy (Miranda Otto) comes to visit Boyd (Richard Roxburgh) and Ralph (Matt Day) in jail, somewhere in western Queensland. Boyd thinks she’s pregnant, but Patsy has much graver news. [read more]
‘I’m a bloody drover’ (1981)
This sequence shows the early morning ritual of the chief drover and his crew. They face yet another day of droving to keep the flock alive and moving from one waterhole to another along the long paddock. Apart from a ... [read more]
Escape (2004)
After an ambush by army officers and a shootout on the beach, Mary Bryant (Romola Garai), Will Bryant (Alex O’Loughlin), Martin (Tony Martin), Allen (Stephen Curry) and Cox (Dan Spielman) make a second very narrow escape, leaving behind Sam (Abe ... [read more]
Tom Tiddler’s Ground (1991)
Maeve (Maeve Dermody) balances on the seesaw at Tom Tiddler’s Ground. Humpty Dumpty’s moment of balance and the egg riddle are invoked, as Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert) and the Narrator (Gillian Jones) talk about Beatrice’s newly discovered understanding of purgatory. ... [read more]
Tribal stand (2006)
Black-and-white footage shows Jimmy Little singing on his television show in 1963. Jimmy takes us back to Yorta Yorta country, the banks of the Murray River and Cummeragunja in NSW where he was born beneath a tree. [read more]
Then came happiness (1931)
Taking a narrative form, this advertisement from 1931 begins with Helen hanging out the clothes. Her daughter, Joan, brings her the mail and she opens an invitation to a bridge night which happens to be on the same night as ... [read more]
Hyde Park and Lloyd George (1941)
This home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1941 shows Hyde Park, filled with rubble from the Blitz, then cuts to some close-ups of British Home Secretary, Lloyd George. [read more]
Elliott and Jessica ask for trouble (1981)
Jessica (Liz Alexander) teams up with Communist union leader Elliott (John Hargreaves) to try to stop the demolition of Angel Street. Elliott provokes a reaction from Collins (Allan Bickford), the casino operator who’s behind the intimidation. [read more]
Churchill feeding swans (1948)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1948 shows Sir Winston Churchill feeding swans, smoking a cigar and walking up to, and looking inside, a brick farmhouse. [read more]
One more day (2002)
Luke (Kirk Page) and Grandma Nina (Freda Glynn) pull up at a roadside stop where two Indigenous men are sitting. Luke gets out to talk to them. Grandma Nina stays in the car. [read more]
‘I’ve missed so much of my life, sir’ (1976)
Exhausted and increasingly incoherent, Morgan (Dennis Hopper) bails up a wealthy family, the McPhersons, as the Victorian police close in. He becomes maudlin as he reflects on the life he has missed out on. [read more]
The natural vegetation of the alpine country (1955)
The make-up and ecological function of the alpine country’s natural vegetation is detailed. By the 1950s continual clearing for grazing pasture had destroyed much of this natural environment. [read more]