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Ambo stress (1998)
While waiting for a call, paramedic Paul McMurtrie talks about the stress ambulance officers experience in the course of their work. He says that while officers can separate their emotions while at the scene, they can feel the effects later. [read more]
Proper representation (1998)
Barrister Liz Gaynor in her rooms after appearing at a trial, makes the point that allegations are only that and all citizens are entitled to proper representation. She speaks about her passion for the justice system, and the need for ... [read more]
‘Maternal instinct in hibernation’ (1997)
Baby Lee’s mother, Tracey, suffered from a lack of emotional connection with her child immediately after his birth. She recalls her lack of feeling at the time. Lee’s husband Simon, and her grandmother talk about the difficult time during Tracey’s ... [read more]
Government party boards SS Lucinda (1899)
This clip of actuality footage was shot in 1899. It shows Queensland politicians boarding the paddle steamer Lucinda, moored at a wharf on the Brisbane River. The parliamentarians walk the gangway onto the boat, which moves away from the wharf. ... [read more]
SS Katoomba unloading (1899)
This actuality footage shows the unloading of materials from the SS Katoomba at a busy wharf in Brisbane. Men unload large sacks and crates onto trolleys and wheel them down a gangway off the ship. In the foreground, workers use ... [read more]
‘Made in Australia’ (1992)
As Mr Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) takes a tour of Ball’s Moccasin factory, Carey (Ben Mendelson) finds an excuse to go to the front office, to look at Cheryl (Rebecca Rigg) the boss’s daughter. His friend Wendy (Toni Collette) sends him ... [read more]
‘You white fella or black fella!?’ (1996)
As police reinforcements arrive at Wala Wala, Constable Larkin (Bryan Brown) realises he’s in trouble. In the desert, Pastor David (Ernie Dingo) realises he’s in trouble too – of a different sort – as old Poppy (Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie) tells him ... [read more]
‘I don’t hate Aboriginal people’ (1996)
Ray (Bryan Brown) finds David (Ernie Dingo) asleep at a waterhole after both men have spent the night in the desert. Ray talks about his father who was also a Northern Territory policeman, who used to take children from their ... [read more]
‘The TV war’ (1979)
Tasmanian Neil Davis recalls how he went to Vietnam as a cameraman and correspondent in 1964 at the start of the war, and remained there for all the war, working for Visnews. He talks about his first experience under fire, ... [read more]
The captain meets his ship (1997)
The captain (Steve Vidler) has reluctantly accepted control of a ship that is to be sunk at sea, for insurance. On the dock he meets the surly crew members – all of whom know the score. Chief officer Heckle (John ... [read more]
The contestants (1911)
Against the backdrop of foliage, the first 15 contestants sit for the camera. The girls, dressed in their best attire, are seated next to large numbered cards. At what seems to be the prompt of an off-screen suggestion, some of ... [read more]
Green gold (2004)
People at a market are seen buying and consuming the psychoactive drug, betelnut, also called green gold. It is chewed with lime and mustard. It is used by millions of people in the Western Pacific and East Africa. [read more]
Fast forward (1989)
Gribble Junior (Lachlan Jeffrey) has stolen the magic remote control from Pete (Sam Vandenberg) and is now wreaking havoc with it at school. As Pete struggles to get the remote back, innocent bystanders are caught in the crossfire with comical ... [read more]
Continuing the discussion (1999)
The Reconciliation Learning Circle group have just held their last meeting at a social venue. As they get up and disperse, an Indigenous man speaking in voice-over predicts that the group members will now go back to their busy lives ... [read more]
Worlds apart (1999)
In the underground world of North Col, Noah’s sister Becky (Kate Keltie) helps Dr Pretorius (Gerard Kennedy) try to work out what has happened to Noah (Jeffrey Walker). At the same time, Noah is trying to rescue Sundance (Daniel Daperis) ... [read more]
Skiing and tobogganing on Mount Buffalo (c1930)
A couple ski in tandem down a small incline before the woman jumps off and the man falls over. Another couple toboggan down the incline by sitting on their skis. The final shot shows three women toboggan down a hill ... [read more]
Looking for answers (1995)
At Ubri, the rival scientific research station, Hellegren (Nicholas Bell) is determined to find out what or who travels and communicates with the whale. He brings in Mr Forsyth (William Gluth) to help him. Neri (Marzena Godecki) reflects on her ... [read more]
Human rights (2002)
Yvonne Margarula and Jacqui Katona, at an environmental award ceremony, talk about the human rights of the Mirarr people. They talk about the frontier approach of the mining companies in the taking of the Mirarr people’s land. [read more]
The ruined Saturday (1991)
Arthur (Garry McDonald) wants to spend a quiet Saturday morning at home reading the paper while he drinks a cup of tea. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door and Maggie is accused of stealing a clock from the house ... [read more]
What’s Robbie plotting? (1991)
Brother Robbie (Henri Szeps) has arrived at the Beare family home with a most uncharacteristic offer. He wants to take his mother out to the art gallery. Of course this would have nothing to do with his desperate attempt to ... [read more]