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Our Don Bradman (1982)
In an excerpt from the 1931 Australasian Films featurette That’s Cricket, Don Bradman, regarded as the greatest cricketer of all time, addresses the camera. We hear the popular song Our Don Bradman written by Jack O’Hagan and performed by Art ... [read more]
Trains in Australia’s development (1991)
Trains played a major part in Australia’s economic and social development. Development followed the railway line and exports boomed. [read more]
Beginning of The Rocks (1983)
This clip uses old paintings and engravings to trace the early history of the Rocks area from its inception. [read more]
‘Look and put’ (1988)
Australian landscape painter Clifton Pugh explains how he approaches painting the Australian bush from a subjective viewpoint. [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]
Forging a road (1952)
The early crews on the Snowy Mountains Scheme forge their way into the more formidable mountainous territory of the Snowy-Tumut Development. [read more]
Fourth Liberty Loan (1943)
In close-up a soldier screams ‘fire’ and a barrage of bombing in a nightscape is subtitled with text while voice-over urges the public to contribute to the Fourth Liberty Loan. ‘War costs big money: the boys are ready. So back ... [read more]
Stereotyping at Fairfax (1911)
This clip shows two men at Fairfax creating a block for a page of the Sydney Morning Herald, then making a matrix from the type with the use of a stereotyping technique. [read more]
Preparing the printing machine (1911)
Workers at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1911 furnish one of the main printing machines in the pressroom with curved plates and large rolls of paper. [read more]
Folding mechanism of print machine (1911)
The folding mechanism of the printing machine at the Sydney Morning Herald is shown in operation, and then a mechanical hoist transfers the papers to the publishing room. [read more]
Civil administration training (c1963)
This clip outlines achievements in training of local Papua New Guineans by the Australian civil administration. [read more]
The first inhabitants (1982)
Wandjuk Marika, the great artist and poet of the people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia, speaks to the historian Geoffrey Blainey of being one with the land and of his passion for land rights to assist his people to ... [read more]
Back to country (2003)
Zita is sitting on a stool feeding a poddy calf. In voice-over Aggie Abbott says most children who were taken away never returned to their country. Zita on the other hand has sought her family and is committed to learning ... [read more]
Introduction to Kiwi Boot Polish (1914)
The hotel manager of the Imperial Hotel, London, pins a sign on the front window that says 'Boot Boys Wanted’. Two young boys see the sign and lament that they 'can’t polish boots for nuts’! An Australian soldier overhears them ... [read more]
An evening at home (1950)
This is taken from a sequence depicting the domestic routine of a family evening spent at home. Clarke arranges it into a narrative which begins with a train pulling into Wahroonga station, and includes scenes of shopping, driving, cooking, and ... [read more]
Surfers Paradise (c1960)
A Surfers Paradise title card opens this segment which includes shots of typical Queensland holiday units, hotels and motels, and swimming pools. The main streets are filled with billboards and signs, motels, cafes and pubs. The ‘Beachcomber’ nightclub is shown ... [read more]
War bonds march (c1941)
This black-and-white segment shows part of a war bonds march held in Adelaide in 1941. The march includes tanks and floats displaying slogans to buy more war loan bonds; floats covered with Australian flags and Union Jacks; and one float ... [read more]
Blue mountains scenery (c1930)
Various scenes in and around the Blue Mountains are shown including: bathers in a pool; Leura gardens; holiday homes; Leura golf course; the Katoomba cascades and the Three Sisters rock formation. [read more]
Digging an oil well (c1923)
As the camera travels along a river, it captures oil rigs and wells built in the forested hillsides. This is followed by a closer shot of one of these wells. In a sequence which uses live-action and animated segments, a ... [read more]
The city of Broome (1940)
After showing us the 'lovely homes of the white residents’ the voice-over declares that living in the main street are 'no less than 17 different races of people’. The footage shows a group of young children posing for the camera, ... [read more]
