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The sliding tunnel floor (1969)
The workings of the sliding tunnel floor in hard rock tunneling are shown. [read more]
The Fluid Mechanics Laboratories (1967)
A demonstration of how the hydrology testing and experimentation, carried out by the Snowy Mountains Scheme, was directly applied to the construction of the Geehi Dam. [read more]
The great unknown (1984)
As the navigators gaze on the arid coastline of this great south land, they dream about what might be beyond the forbidding cliffs. Was there a great inland sea, or a passage for ships to travel through, or was there ... [read more]
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1909)
A horsedrawn fire brigade unit drives along King William Street in Adelaide, watched by people from the sides of the street. The camera follows events from a fixed position at one side of the road. The vehicle with the extendable ... [read more]
The First World War begins (2000)
The clip describes Germany’s military build up prior to WW1, including the widening of the Kiel canal, commenced in 1907, to enable its new fleet of dreadnoughts to be able to enter the North Sea easily. The assassination of Archduke ... [read more]
Scenes of village life (c1955)
This clip includes vignettes of village life on the Greek island from which the Gerakiteys family came, including: family members gathered around a table piled with food, locals gathered in a square for a celebration, and a group of people ... [read more]
‘The acoustics are pretty good’ (1989)
Ted Egan introduces us to Redbank Gorge in the Northern Territory. [read more]
Come the revolution (1985)
When the men arrive at the pub to celebrate the end of the strike at the factory, Mick Mendel’s younger brother, the firebrand communist agitator, Jakob (Swawomir Wabik), is furious, and calls them scabs for not holding out. The men ... [read more]
The Great Depression (1976)
With the country in the grip of the Depression, Caddie (Helen Morse) has to be smarter and quicker than everyone else if she wants to secure a job. She rises before dawn to read the 'situations vacant’ ads, posted outside ... [read more]
Selling the drugs (2008)
Nabil (Buddy Dannoun) and Tarek (Les Chantery) have successfully stolen drugs from the gym junkie’s flat where Nabil was cleaner. Now Nabil asks Tarek’s cousin, a low-level drug dealer named Sam (Waddah Sari), to help them get rid of the ... [read more]
The Kokoda Trail (1972)
This clip shows students from Scots College on the final leg of their seven day trek through the Owen Stanley Ranges towards Kokoda in Papua New Guinea. They navigate their way across a makeshift log bridge over a fast flowing ... [read more]
Painting the Dreamtime (1998)
Adrian Newstead, director of the Coo-ee Gallery in Sydney hopes that the art works will develop with the young Aboriginal painters and last forever. Aboriginal artist, Barbara Weir, says that she is painting to record the dreamtime for her grandchildren. [read more]
The Jennings Germans (c1960)
Bricklayers lay the foundations of a house while others carry out masonry work on a rough stone wall. Dimpel’s child, Annemaria – a toddler in a pink dress – explores part of a worksite while her mother – Dimpel’s wife ... [read more]
The three musketeers (1968)
As a bigger swell hits Noosa Heads in the winter of 1966, Nat Young, Bob McTavish and George Greenough try out their new boards, getting playful on the waves. [read more]
The hopes for irrigation (1954)
The clip illuminates the hopes and dreams for irrigation in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Valleys, which turning the waters of the Snowy westward will achieve. [read more]
The fighting highlanders (1982)
The western lakes of Tasmania are being opened up to expert trout fishermen. They have travelled over bush tracks in a 4-wheel drive to find the perfect fishing spot where plump trout called 'the fighting highlanders’ are caught. [read more]
The boomerang maker (1962)
This clip is from the first episode of Wambidgee, 'The Boomerang Maker’. Wambidgee the boomerang maker decides to take his latest boomerang to the chief of his clan. En route, he is stopped by a crocodile and then Gerribung, the ... [read more]
The magic bullet (2006)
An Australian invention is set to revolutionise the vehicle security industry and it’s already paying off. A tiny microdot with vehicle identification details is being stamped all over the underside of some of the most prized cars. [read more]
The Adams family (1956)
Keith F Adams, his wife Audrey, his sister Margaret and their dog Tiger prepare for the long journey north to the Northern Territory. The equipment and provisions are laid out on the lawn of the family home in Perth. The ... [read more]
The hole in the ozone layer (1998)
John Clarke has agreed to appear on ABC TV’s Lateline, hosted by Maxine McKew. He is hoping to address the scheduling concerns of the swimmers, represented here by Linley Frame, but is ambushed by Maxine’s third guest, Simon Palomares. ... [read more]
