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The flip side (1993)
A young boy is suddenly awoken from his sleep. Before him stand two spirits, a man and a woman. They clasp hands, and disappear through the wall of the boy’s bedroom. The boy follows them. They are the spirit of ... [read more]
‘Our first days at the beach’ (1941)
It is Spring 1941. An intertitle introduces this segment as ‘our first days at the beach’. Three children, the two eldest with model boats, come out of the backyard and walk down to the beach. On the beach, a woman ... [read more]
Defining boundaries (1988)
Speaking to camera, Lorraine Mafi-Williams introduces us to Mrs Millie Boyd, the custodian of three major tribal boundaries in the far north coast of NSW. The Bundjalung (around Lismore), Githabul (Kyogle to Woodenbong), across inland over to the coast ... [read more]
‘I like Aeroplane Jelly’ (1959)
A spaceship enters the Earth’s atmosphere and lands amongst a crowd of curious humans. Two aliens bounce out of their rocket-shaped craft. A journalist quickly pounces on the duo and asks: ‘why have you come down from outer space?’ to ... [read more]
‘I have a wife’ (2003)
Sandy (Toni Collette) touches Hiromitsu’s face as he’s sleeping. They are in bed together. In the morning, at a petrol station, she sees a picture of his family in his wallet. He tells her that he’s married, with two children. ... [read more]
Living and working on the Snowy (1957)
A woman emerges from one of the Snowy Mountain huts to fetch some firewood. Her two children, rugged up against the cold, leave the hut and ski down the hill past the other huts in the camp. Down at ... [read more]
Touring car champion (1970)
Engine trouble with Beechey’s car leads to the hard decision not to race in the final of the championship. As Beechey looks on from the sidelines, the final race at Symmons Plains is run on a wet track damp with ... [read more]
The fire service (1949)
Shots of bushfires burning are followed by a forest destroyed by fire. The voice-over explains that, to minimise the effect of bushfires, organised firefighters practice emergency response with ‘properly designed’ equipment. Entering a forest on an access road, the team ... [read more]
The dreamer wakes (1953)
The new family car has broken down only a few miles from home after a pleasant outing. Unable to fix it, they are forced to push their car the rest of the way. This dissolves into a picture of ‘today’ ... [read more]
The start of the trouble (1928)
Mary Davis (Dot McConville) upbraids some Chinese miners for doing their washing in the creek that everyone must draw their drinking water from. They chase her and she falls, knocking herself out. As two Chinese men crouch over her body, ... [read more]
The departure for Egypt (1915)
Having said goodbye to his family, Will (Guy Hastings) marches out with his unit to board a transport ship. As his ship sails, he reads his farewell letters. His mother (Ruth Wainwright) prays for his safe return as his girlfriend ... [read more]
‘I’m coming to get you’ (2010)
At the very start of the film a young man (J, played by James Frecheville) is on the couch watching a TV game show while an older woman sits slumped – apparently asleep – beside him. A few seconds later ... [read more]
‘We don’t like Hendersons’ (1985)
In their local café hangout, the gang drink Coke, chat and play pinball. Ted Morgan (Ben Mendelsohn), son of a striking mill worker, looks forward to the ‘fireworks’ which will result from a walk out at the mill owned by ... [read more]
American hotdogs (1957)
On a beautiful day at Bondi, two members of the American surf lifesaving team and one from the Hawaiian team take to the water to show off the latest surfing techniques. They are in Australia for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, ... [read more]
The discovery (1982)
Alinta (Naykakan Munung) and her friend walk along the beach as two other children are playing nearby. They discover a white man lying semi-conscious in the sand. They think they’ve seen a ghost and run back to the camp to ... [read more]
Harvesting peanuts (1954)
This clip shows the harvesting of peanut plants. The harvester’s blade cuts the tap roots of a line of plants, which are then removed from the soil by hand and stacked in stooks to dry. A newly picked peanut kernel ... [read more]
‘Know where the line is’ (2006)
Rugby league cheerleader and fan Hayley talks to camera about how she sees footballers as potentially unfaithful partners. Nightclub footage accompanies her story about a woman she knows who found herself in a difficult situation with two footballers. Hayley reflects ... [read more]
‘I’m getting out of everything’ (1981)
Lou (Judy Davis) has kicked heroin and moved into the room that her friend Lisa rented before her death. She listens to a song that Lisa recorded as a demo. That night she goes to see Pete (Baz Luhrmann) who ... [read more]
Laying sewer pipes (c1922)
The Board of Works digs up ground in Melbourne’s northern suburbs to lay sewerage pipes. A large section of pipe is lowered into a trench beside railway tracks. Men above ground watch the pipe lowered by crane as workers in ... [read more]
‘All good fun’ (1986)
The 'Great Desert Boat Race’ is followed by the 'Annual Bar-room Brawl’ witnessed by Police Sergeant Carruthers (Terry Gill) and the Two Old Codgers (Frank Otterson and Herb Krause). Dr Tom Callaghan (Andrew MacFarlane), Dr Chris Randall (Liz Burch) and ... [read more]
