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Beyond belief (2007)
In interviews, two Jordanians – journalist Rana Husseini and Dr Amal A Sabbagh (experts on honour killings) – both dispute Khouri’s claims in the book and enumerate factual errors. Interwoven with these interviews are re-enactments, animations and Khouri reading from ... [read more]
History (1982)
A villager efficiently recounts the colonial history of Papua New Guinea. His comments are illustrated with archival stills. [read more]
Triumph (1992)
At the Pan Pacific championships, Doug Hastings (Barry Otto) starts a handclap in support of son Scott (Paul Mercurio) and his partner Fran (Tara Morice). Scott and Fran give a thrilling exhibition of their rule-breaking paso doble. The crowd goes ... [read more]
Capulets and Montagues (1996)
A TV news reporter describes a bitter rivalry in the city of Verona Beach. Engaged in the deadly feud are Romeo’s Montague family and the Capulet family of Juliet. [read more]
November victory (1955)
On 8 November 1954, Federal Parliament authorised a Bill to secure the right of employers to recruit labour for the waterfront, overturning the tradition of waterside labour being picked by the union. This clip dramatises the campaign that made the ... [read more]
Ernie gets an idea (1979)
Cassie McCallum (Louise Howitt) takes a call from Tooraglen Stud and alerts Peter Ramsay (John Hargreaves) that his help is required there – Maurice Morpeth (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) has allowed the stud’s prize bull Ottoman to escape. His employer Russell Scott ... [read more]
‘Togetherness’ (1964)
In this regular segment, Mavis Bramston stars Gordon Chater, Barry Creyton and Carol Raye present satirical ‘news items’ before launching into a rendition of ‘Togetherness’. Written by Barry Creyton, the song was performed every week, interspersed with spoken verses about ... [read more]
Second World War (2005)
In this track, 'World War 2’, narrator Jack Thompson gives an overview of the involvement of Australian armed forces in the Second World War. The music is 'Mars Reprise’ from Holst’s orchestral suite 'The Planets’. Also featured is an extract ... [read more]
Making a steam train (1969)
Following the original opening titles, presenters Don Spencer and Anne Haddy introduce the first activity: making a steam train out of a washing basket, plant pot, two ‘clean’ rubbish-tin lids and part of a garden rake. This sequence segues into ... [read more]
I Should Be So Lucky (1987)
This is a 30-second clip from I Should Be So Lucky, a pop-dance song performed by Kylie Minogue. The song features a wickedly catchy chorus, of the kind writer-producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman were famous for in the 1980s and ... [read more]
‘Some special disappointment’ (2007)
Tim Jarvis is now alone on the ice. His companion, John Stoukalo, representing Xavier Mertz, has left the walk at the same point at which Mertz died in the original expedition, after 320 km. Jarvis must go on alone for ... [read more]
HMAS Sydney’s Carley float (2004)
A tiny, war-ravaged liferaft from the HMAS Sydney is our only physical link to Australia’s worst-ever naval disaster. [read more]
Rockers and surfers clash (1963)
A short newsreel item from 1963, outlining police efforts to curb gang violence between suburban ‘rockers’ and surfers at Manly beach. [read more]
Mary MacKillop (1994)
Using stills, interviews and voice-over, this clip describes Mary MacKillop as a woman of initiative and leadership, with a vision for providing services to the needy on a national level. Her independence raised the ire and resentment of the bishops ... [read more]
Flying friar (1994)
Saint Joseph of Cupertino levitated regularly while praying, occasionally requiring the use of ropes to anchor him. [read more]
‘Don’t cut ’em to pieces’ (1975)
Foley (Jack Thompson) discovers he has competition from an unknown, Arthur Black (Peter Cummins). Shearing contractor Tim King (Max Cullen) gives Jim the learner (Graham Smith) a second chance. [read more]
‘Who’s Juanita Nielsen?’ (1981)
After her father’s death, his friend Tom Riley (Reg Lye) tells Jessica Simmonds (Liz Alexander) that he was murdered. In the pub, he explains the similarity to the disappearance of heiress Juanita Nielsen. [read more]
‘We shall only be gone a little while’ (1975)
After their picnic lunch, school friends Miranda (Anne Lambert), Marion (Jane Vallis) and Irma (Karen Robson) ask permission from their French mistress Mademoiselle de Portiers (Helen Morse) to go for a walk around the base of the rock. Overweight Edith ... [read more]
‘Paradise is youth’ (1981)
After the coup has been foiled, Stacey (Ray Barrett) meets Cathy, the child/woman (Janet Scrivener), at a café. As her godfather, he had given her a golliwog, when she was eight. Now he buys her another and ruminates on what ... [read more]
Goodbye Somoza (1984)
Set to a jaunty song about having fun in Nicaragua, Bradbury uses stills and black and white archival footage to describe Somoza’s rise to power, backed by the US who provided military training and weapons as well as links to ... [read more]
