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Bush tucker (2004)
Aboriginal brother and sister (Luke Carroll and Kyas Sherriff), who are used to life in town, are trying to find and cook bush tucker for the German tourists they’ve offered to look after. The menu will include witchetty grubs and ... [read more]
Wading through the floods (1955)
Residents outside their homes wade knee-deep in water. Front lawns have disappeared completely, and houses are quickly engulfed. Water is seeping through the sand bags in place to hold back the flooding banks of the Hunter River. In one disorientating ... [read more]
Chopping down a tree (1920)
This clip shows two lumberjacks chopping down a eucalyptus tree in 1920. [read more]
Luna Park (2011)
Basil (Geoffrey Rush) takes a Sydney Harbour ferry after visiting his mother for the first time. [read more]
Danger in the night (2007)
The interviewees speak about the dark, where hidden possibilities and danger lurk, the fear of night shadows, and horror films. There are images of dark areas, streets, people walking alone, shadows and shots from horror movies. [read more]
‘A state of confusion’ (1978)
Naomi Kelly, a documentary subject being filmed by Beth (Margaret Cameron, offscreen voice), believes that the psychosexual evolution is speeding up. [read more]
‘A real lost world’ (2004)
In 1903 geologist William Ferguson found the claw of a carnivorous dinosaur while searching for coal in south-eastern Australia. [read more]
‘Ask the Leyland Brothers’ (1976)
The Provost Brothers theme tune accompanies the opening credits to Ask the Leyland Brothers. The episode begins with an introduction from Mike and Mal Leyland. [read more]
A seaplane circles a continent (1924)
This silent newsreel shows the triumphant arrival of aviators Wing Commander SJ Goble and Officer IE McIntyre at St Kilda, Melbourne, in their RAAF Fairey 111D seaplane after completing the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia in 1924. The clip ... [read more]
Disturber of the peace (c1945)
This five-minute film, made for the NSW Department of Health and seen here in full, emphasises the importance of sleep in maintaining good health and advises the people of New South Wales to reduce their noise level, particularly in ... [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]
’Who am I?‘ (1980)
Tony Barber introduces ‘The Fame Game’, explaining to the contestants that a correct answer to the next question will earn the player a pick of the board for a prize or possible $25 score bonus. ‘I had a dream’, the ... [read more]
‘We can’t go back in the cells’ (1980)
The prisoners stage a full-scale riot, aiming to burn down the jail. As Jackson (Bryan Brown) takes a hammer to the doors of the isolation cells and the warders open fire, the prison governor (Robert 'Tex’ Morton) assures his superior ... [read more]
‘The man’s a lunatic!’ (1979)
Maurice Morpeth (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), an accident-prone stranger, hits town – literally. He’s the unwitting cause of injuries to Ray Turner (Serge Lazareff), his dog (Matilda) and damage to Lucky’s (Luigi Villani) car, his eggs and his hens. Peter Ramsay (John ... [read more]
Songs in the paints (2007)
The artist explains that he thought his use of the image, including his choice of colours, was pretty harmless, but the traditional owners highlight the laws and customs surrounding the reproduction of the Wandjina imagery including the use of colour. [read more]
White baby fly out, black baby fly in (1955)
The infant Jedda, snuggled in a coolomon, is carried into the squatters’ kitchen. Two Aboriginal women fuss over the infant, and are the ones who name her Jedda, because she’s like a 'wild Jedda bird’. The mistress of the house ... [read more]
The expat (1997)
Robert Hughes is dismissive of anyone who says you can see the great art works online or in books. He says that it is important to travel to the world’s art galleries to see the real thing. He insists that ... [read more]
The pilgrims’ progress (2006)
This is the pretitle sequence in which the protagonists are sketched for us and the program’s theme established. There’s a young and adventurous backpacker, a soldier and his father and a family who are following the trail of a relative ... [read more]
‘Dad is going to kill you’ (1990)
Gordon Farkas (Steve Bisley) has been pulled over after a big night out at a girlie bar. While he was there, Danny (Ben Mendelsohn) and his mates Vangeli (Angelo D’Angelo) and Mark (Damon Herriman) have switched engines on Farkas’ car, ... [read more]
Makings of a good leader! (1996)
Chased by The Brolga (John Stanton), with Arrow (Rhys Muldoon) in hot pursuit, Thowra (John Higginson) and Storm (Doug Tremlett) jump over the ravine, leaving a humiliated Arrow to face the wrath and ridicule of The Brolga. [read more]
