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A brief sketch of Walter Burley Griffin (c1976)
Using voice-over, interviews, sketches and still shots of buildings, this clip gives a biographical overview of Griffin and describes the stylistic influences on his development as an architect. [read more]
‘Why don’t you go back to your own bloody country’ (1966)
A drunken Anglo-Australian (Keith Petersen) abuses an Italian migrant family on a Sydney ferry. Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) watches in discomfort. [read more]
Coming out to the family (1997)
This is a searingly honest moment in which Adam’s parents truthfully tell how they felt when Adam told them he was gay. They had anticipated the continuance of the family name and a mess of grandchildren. Nevertheless they stood by ... [read more]
What is love? (2005)
All the main characters are introduced in this clip, and all offer their own definition of love. [read more]
Boys’ boarding school (1981)
Michael Blakemore remembers that excellence in sport was the main criteria for success in his boarding school. [read more]
‘I’m going to cross the river’ (1976)
Morgan (Dennis Hopper) has been shot while stealing a horse. He is rescued by an outcast Aborigine, Billy (David Gulpilil), who nurses him back to health in the mountains. They decide to seek safety across the border in New South ... [read more]
‘The gentleman’s war is over’ (1979)
In a lonely, windswept hill camp, far out in the veldt, Captain Hunt (Terence Donovan) instructs Captain Taylor (John Waters) to execute Boer prisoners brought in by Morant (Edward Woodward). When Morant queries the order to shoot prisoners, Hunt tells ... [read more]
£70,000 production nears completion (1926)
This newsreel clip from 1926 shows a scene from the film For the Term of His Natural Life in production at the Australasian Films’ Bondi studio, Sydney NSW. A cameraman on a moving platform, or dolly, shoots the scene ... [read more]
Bridge of brotherhood and unity (1997)
To the sound a Bosnian vocal group performing, people stream back into Sarajevo at the end of the Bosnian War as United Nations peacekeepers and international media look on. It is an emotional reunion between friends and relatives after a ... [read more]
No more pretty shoes (2004)
Shah reveals the irony of having planted landmines as an Afghan soldier then subsequently being the victim of a mine. His wife, Habiba, has lost a leg to a mine and regrets that she can no longer wear pretty shoes. ... [read more]
Day nine (1984)
Wollongong miners are on a sit-in strike after retrenchments. They have been down the mine for nine days. We see them visit the pit-top, where their families greet them. Miner’s wife, Ngaire Wiltshire, talks about the effect it is having ... [read more]
Musical paralysis (1995)
Australian composer Ross Edwards went to London to study composition. He worked obsessively in a damp flat and began to feel claustrophobic, which affected his work. He moved to the countryside of Yorkshire in Northern England and slowly began to ... [read more]
Dreams of whiteness (2000)
Historical news footage of Aboriginal girls removed from their families and being adopted by a white family as a result of the assimilation policies. Henry Reynolds tells us why Aboriginal children were removed from their families, and the policies that ... [read more]
Never the same again (2000)
Footage of Beagle Bay Mission. Historical black-and-white footage of Aboriginal children. Daisy Howard tells us of her experience of being removed, and being robbed of the opportunity of having a strong relationship with her sister May. [read more]
Senseless murder (1999)
Senior Sergeant Terry O’Connell is arranging a restorative justice group to bring the murderers of Ken and Joan’s son and the family together hoping to repair some of the harm done by the murder. He explains the nature and purpose ... [read more]
Australia’s constitution (1998)
The 'separation of powers’ means that Australia is administered by the Parliament, the Executive comprising the Department of the Prime Minister and other departments, separate to the Judiciary. [read more]
‘Why was I adopted?’ (1985)
Le explains to Lindy how she came to be adopted – he was captured by Viet Cong, their village was bombed and her mother was trying to walk to Saigon with all the children and no food. She gave baby ... [read more]
Talisman Sabre (2005)
The clip details the relationship between Australia and the US regarding weapons testing. A 20-year memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Australia in 2005 allows the two countries to carry out exercises in Australia including the use of ... [read more]
US military in Philippines (2005)
The US Clark Air Base in the Philippines was vacated after 45 years. A US army study found the area was polluted by solvents, acids, petrol and other toxic substances. Harry Kelso, environmental attorney and base closures consultant, and Tara ... [read more]
Imperfecta (2006)
When Connie took her first steps, she broke both her legs. The doctor informs Mummy Nora that Connie had osteogenesis imperfecta, commonly known as ‘chalky bones’ and is sometimes mistaken for rickets. Aunty Connie sits by a window and speaks ... [read more]
