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Seasons in the gardens (1967)
The clip highlights the way in which a European-style garden, very viably established in the Snowy Mountains, accentuates the seasons. [read more]
The English cricket team (1932)
The English captain, Douglas Jardine, practices his driving techniques at the Perth cricket ground. Maurice Leyland stands at the wicket and works on his batting form. Herbert Suttcliffe stands in front of the camera before walking across the ground. Other ... [read more]
Before the revolution (2006)
Four Australian women remember the world of their youth. They are from different backgrounds and cultures and yet for each of them the future meant finding Mr Right and settling down to raise a family. There was no information readily ... [read more]
Facing the bully (2003)
An extraordinary reunion after sixteen years between a woman who was bullied at school and her tormentor, the school bully. In year seven, Massiel was a young immigrant to Australia who tried to turn the other cheek when Richard called ... [read more]
The Golden Jubilee Carnival (1927)
The stage is set for the Stawell Gift. Intertitles explain it is the ‘greatest professional footrunning meeting in the world’ with prize money over £1,000 and with 560 competitors. A brass band plays in Stawell’s main street as thousands of ... [read more]
‘The underpants king’ (2006)
Taylor Fry (Marny Kennedy) is worried. She knows that her extremely embarrassing parents Don (Andrew Blackman) and Glenda (Rachel Blakely) will humiliate her in front of the whole school if they get to know about the parent talent quest. [read more]
Mini beat-the-buzzer (1971)
A mini beat-the-buzzer competition takes the teams into the last advertisement break before the final round. [read more]
Stretching the sausages (2000)
Lauren (Jasmine Ellis) is very worried about what Horace (Frank Gallacher) might be up to, and when she finds him stealing the sausages out of the kitchen she knows she was right. Her behaviour is making her stepfather (Matthew Parkinson) ... [read more]
At the river (1980)
Joanna (Anna Ralph) follows Manganinnie (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) into the forest. Anna’s father, Edward Waterman (Phillip Hinton), calls out to her in vain. [read more]
The Friends’ School (2003)
Peter Jones is a teacher of comparative religion at the Friends’ School in Tasmania. He feels that only by understanding each other’s religion can we truly accept other people’s differences. [read more]
The Completion of Geehi Dam (1967)
This footage, shot between 1965 and 1967, details the final steps that were involved in the construction of Geehi Dam and the testing of the regulating valve. [read more]
Before the boom (2008)
Prior to its film revival in the early 1970s, Australia was occasionally used as a setting for international productions such as Wake in Fright (1971), directed by Canadian Ted Kotcheff. Sweeping new federal government policies led to a dramatic increase ... [read more]
The singing stops (1998)
Over home movie footage of the young Emily, her parents tell how preschooler Emily had no sight in one eye. Just as they were coming to terms with this, they were shocked to discover that Emily is also profoundly hearing ... [read more]
Family conference (2010)
A family conference in a deserted café about what to do in the wake of the murder of two cops in which the brothers have been involved. Family matriarch Smurf (Jacki Weaver) reminds her criminal sons Craig (Sullivan Stapleton), Pope ... [read more]
The killer is cornered (1951)
With a group of men on his tail, the killer climbs further upwards through the scrub. Meanwhile, the victim’s felt hat continues its way down the river. When the killer makes it to the road at the top of the ... [read more]
Construction of the Snowy Scheme (1974)
In 1956 the Eucumbene Dam was constructed to divert water to the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The project was officially opened in 1974. [read more]
The singing bullet (1955)
This clip is from the start of Smoky Dawson and the Singing Bullet. In this episode, Young Billy (Ray Hartley) is kidnapped by Crogan and Gilmore, Smoky’s old enemies. They take him to an isolated hut to lure Smoky (Smoky ... [read more]
Child soldiers of the UK and the USA (2002)
The UN has defined a child as under 18 years. In the USA 17 year olds are recruited for military service. In the UK 16 year olds are sent into active service. Gary Hope was sent to the Gulf ... [read more]
Facing the demons (2003)
Georgina was a state ward from the age of 3 until she was 14 years old, when she was sent as a domestic to work in a family until she turned 18. Her mother wouldn’t release her for adoption, which ... [read more]
‘The best lemon tree in the street’ (1996)
Having sold his millionth nail, Uncle (voiced by John Flaus) retires from his hardware store. He and his wife become surrogate parents to their nephew (narrator William McInnes). After Aunt dies, Uncle relies on his dog Reg for company. In ... [read more]
