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The South Bank Show (1996)
Melvyn Bragg reveals the secrets of the South Bank Show’s longevity. It first aired in 1978 and continues to this day as an eclectic mixture of popular art as well as great art and artists. He says the variety of ... [read more]
The disappearing Dakota (1961)
As spring brings warmer temperatures, preparations begin for the summer exploration season. The Royal Australian Air Force Dakota is made ready for flights into the interior, in support of a ground team travelling in a ‘tractor train’. The Dakota ferries ... [read more]
Albert Namatjira (1953)
The Sundowner/Ted Simpson (Chips Rafferty) and Dancer (Henry Murdoch) meet artist Albert Namatjira (as himself) en route to Kim Marsden’s cattle station. Namatjira tells the Sundowner he has heard that Kim’s father was murdered. [read more]
‘Can you call me back?’ (2009)
The phones – Fiona’s mobile, the hotel landline – keep ringing. Ben (Joel Edgerton) is irritated by the fact that Fiona (Radha Mitchell) is taking work calls and further annoyed by her refusal to let him answer the landline. He ... [read more]
Espionage and subversion (2006)
Because of their connections with the Communist Party of Australia, members of the Realist Film Unit were monitored closely by ASIO for many years, even after they had left the unit and their relationships with the ... [read more]
The muddy aftermath (1955)
In the aftermath of the floods, the water levels recede to reveal the muddy debris left behind. The extent of structural damage to the town is shown in the scenes of collapsed houses and bridges. [read more]
HMAS Sydney comes home (1993)
Prior to its naval disaster, HMAS Sydney sails into Sydney Harbour after seeing action in the Second World War. A Cinesound newsreel report shows Sydneysiders giving its crew an enthusiastic welcome. Veterans recall the high emotion of the day. [read more]
Now showing: final day (2009)
This clip looks at the closure of Canberra’s independent Electric Shadows art-house cinema in December 2006. Dr Paolo Cherchi Usai, former head of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, says that Electric Shadows was an intellectual and subversive ... [read more]
‘What about the oysters?’ (2004)
Jack (Alex O’Loughlin) returns to his shack on the river to find Pearl (Diana Glenn) there, hoping for a lift up the river. He asks her about a man called Slug, with whom she argued at the pub. Jack does ... [read more]
Women volunteers (1943)
A woman leafs through a Women’s Weekly magazine and shows her two friends. A picture of a Volunteer Aid Detachment nurse (VAD) is on the front cover. This fades out and back in to a shot of the women ... [read more]
Baptism (1994)
Henry Warburton (Peter Coyote) baptises Ort (Jamie Croft) and his mother, Alice (Lisa Harrow). Tegwyn (Amanda Douge) refuses to accept Henry’s brand of faith and salvation. [read more]
‘My mother told me...’ (2007)
A woman recalls the things her mother told her about village life in Cambodia and the onset of war. [read more]
‘I take you now!’ (1977)
Burton (Richard Chamberlain) rushes home in a panic. He has sent his wife and children away because he fears the coming flood. A violent storm damages the house as he calls to Charlie (Nandjiwarra Amagula) to show himself. The owl ... [read more]
Bev and Bob Birtles (1996)
Presenter Greg Grainger visits the home of Bev and Bob Birtles. They are caring for Yindi after he was rescued from a bushfire and will eventually return him to the wild. Grainger then introduces us to some of the problems ... [read more]
Where Australian films go wrong (2009)
This clip considers whether filmmakers and funding agencies should take some of the blame for the industry’s problems because they make the kinds of films that Australians don’t want to see. Industry figures interviewed include Brendan Cowell, Phillip Adams, Alan ... [read more]
‘A fair go for the working people’ (1955)
This is a partly dramatised, newsreel-style sequence depicting the WWF’s appeal to the broader labour movement for help in fighting amendments to the 1954 Stevedoring Act. Waterside workers’ wives prepare food parcels and union organisers conduct rallies ... [read more]
Unusual pets (1989)
Vali introduces her eel and frog and speaks about how the frog needs to be treated. [read more]
Escaping from the Taliban (2002)
Three Afghans have escaped from the Taliban and arrived in Australia as asylum seekers. They express their views of life in Australia and the reasons for escaping from Afghanistan. [read more]
A critical housing problem (1957)
In Sydney in the mid-1950s, a housing shortage forces large families to live in dilapidated houses and single rooms in run-down tenement flats. Leonard Teale’s voice-over narration emphasises both the physical and psychological impact of living in such conditions and ... [read more]
The Straford family (1927)
This silent 9.5mm home movie footage is of the Straford family, filmed mostly by Vivien Straford in the late 1920s. [read more]
