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Serving the troops (c1919)
This clip shows a range of assistance and relief activities that the Red Cross undertook around the First World War including: preparing linen; serving tea and biscuits to troops; providing relief to convalescing soldiers; and packing and loading supply bundles. [read more]
Correct brushing and the right toothpaste (c1944)
Mrs Howard and her daughter Nancy visit a dentist for a check-up. As they sit in the waiting room, the narrator asks Mrs Howard if Nancy brushes her teeth correctly. A close-up of Nancy brushing her teeth in a sideways ... [read more]
Bali and the colonial gaze (c1933)
A group of Balinese dancers perform a traditional Balinese dance in an open rectangular space. The camera follows the movements of two female dancers dressed in Balinese costume with elaborate headdress. The Europeans are dressed in colonial-era attire and quietly ... [read more]
Start a cycle (1975)
Australian-born Hollywood studio executive Al Daff says film producers need to find scripts that will succeed with an audience in two years time. He discusses the popularity of disaster movies at that time (the Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno era) and ... [read more]
‘Boys club’ (1996)
Detectives Frank Holloway (Colin Friels) and Rachel 'Goldie’ Goldstein (Catherine McClements) interrogate the 'negligee bandit’ at the station. When some of the other officers try to get a glimpse of the suspect, Goldie is not amused. [read more]
‘You must love the freedom’ (2005)
Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) has rescued the stranded travellers, after their car has broken down at a meteorite crater. He tows them back to his desert camp, promising to fix their car. They talk about his life as a shooter ... [read more]
‘The occasional, odd chilled glass of amber fluid’ (1972)
Aunt Edna (Barry Humphries) takes Bazza (Barry Crocker) to meet distant upper class relatives, the penniless and pompous Gorts. Sarah Gort (Jenny Tomasin) takes Bazza to a country ball, where he is constantly insulted by an upper class twit. Barry’s ... [read more]
The trauma of Bali (2004)
A split-screen shows images of the Bali bombings memorial service in Canberra in October 2002 and Brian Deegan, who lost his son Josh in the bombings. As the images of the memorial service unfold on the left of screen, Deegan ... [read more]
Hogg sees a massacre (2007)
George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is typing in a war-torn building. Just as he writes ‘The city is quiet’ he hears activity in the street. He goes to the window and sees Japanese troops herding Chinese civilians into a park ... [read more]
Islam in the West (2003)
Tarik Ramadam is one of the West’s most articulate Muslims. He lives in Geneva but was born in Egypt. In an interview for Compass he is outspoken and honest about the freedoms offered Muslims in the West in contrast with ... [read more]
‘What do we do now?’ (2003)
A group of mothers talk about how they deal with the ubiquitous television set in the centre of the living room, led by the journalist and mother of two, Rebecca le Tourneau. They swap ideas on how to pick and ... [read more]
Paper city (2006)
Woodman (voiced by Paul Fletcher) speaks to the Department of Debt about an outstanding payment they think he owes them. He believes it is a mistake. [read more]
Wounded soldiers, Bécourt Château (c1917)
Stretcher bearers bring wounded soldiers into the Bécourt Château dressing station, during the battle for Pozières. From here they are loaded on trucks and taken to a Casualty Clearing Station. As shells burst in the distance, the camera examines some ... [read more]
Therapy (1997)
Ray (Shane Feeney-Connor) was one of the only survivors of the gas station mass shooting. After convincing him to walk through a police re-creation of the crime scene, Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is worried about the lapsed alcoholic’s wellbeing. She ... [read more]
Arriving in town (2007)
Jason (Gregory Cross) arrives in town. His Pop (Kelton Pell) is there to greet him and show him around, reminiscing, but Jason is not easily impressed. [read more]
I don’t want your lousy money (1969)
Tony (Rod Mullinar) tears up a cheque given to him by his lover, Paul (Sean McEuan). Tony says he already has everything Paul aspires to. [read more]
‘I stumbled onto something’ (1986)
Sam (Gary Day) and his best friend Jack (Gerard MacGuire) follow a lead on a murder case involving Slaney, a fellow Vietnam veteran. Watched by crooked cop Calhoun (Tony Barry), Jack and Sam leave Jack’s party to investigate. [read more]
The role of the public servant (1970)
Dr HC Coombs, the great Australian public servant and advisor to six Australian prime ministers, talks about whether it’s possible to be an entirely neutral public servant. [read more]
‘Now I understand why you work in this place’ (1982)
Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) discovers Dr Eric Linden (Chris Haywood) is gay. A religious zealot (Mark Minchinton) creates a disturbance in Dr Linden’s office. [read more]
Alma enters the picture (2006)
Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) is having trouble selling his film to production houses. As unimpressed studio executives watch his film in the cinema, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill), a secretary, enters with cups of tea and eagerly watches the footage. Brooks ... [read more]
