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Ends justify the means (1991)
Major Crime Squad members, including Jock Brennan (Paul Sonkkila), Ian Cochrane (Sean Scully), Lochie Renford (Andy Anderson) and Peter Faithful (Simon Westaway), plan and execute a raid on premises belonging to the brother-in-law of suspected armed robber Johnny Mercer (Christopher ... [read more]
The jumper (1990)
The squad is too busy to take on any more work and their boss (John Clayton) is trying to deflect any further commitments for his overworked team. Suddenly there’s a call – someone is threatening to jump from a tall ... [read more]
Life stages of the lobster (1998)
Shows the early life stages of a lobster: thousands of eggs hatch into larvae, which struggle to survive ocean currents for over a year before returning as juvenile lobsters. [read more]
Introducing the storyteller (2007)
This clip shows images of the night sky as the storyteller (Mavis Malbunka) introduces the story and herself. [read more]
Sailing the high seas (1984)
A group of mountaineers and scientists take an old whaling vessel a record 850 miles in Antarctic waters to port using improvised sails. [read more]
Making it to the top (1993)
A group of climbers finally makes it to the top of a remote mountain in Irian Jaya. They are expedition leader Lincoln Hall, biologist Geoff Hope, Dutch Indonesian Rini Sulaiman, and filmmakers Chris Hilton and Sue Fleming. [read more]
Play the game – floating and sinking (2002)
Host Sam (Angela Kelly) explores floating and sinking with parrot Muppet Portia, testing various objects in a basin of water. It is from the 'Play the game’ segment, designed to encourage parents to try some of these activities with their ... [read more]
Cutting the ribbon (1932)
The Premier of NSW, Jack Lang, and a large party of officials, walk towards the ribbon at the approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. As the ribbon is cut, the commentator John Harper remarks on the crowd who are ... [read more]
The director speaks (2004)
David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz interview Rolf de Heer who is quite frank about the delays and overruns of the film which caused him such heartache, despite the film turning out so well in the end. [read more]
The radicalised Reverend (1987)
Father Brian Gore blesses the new chapel on Negros Island in the Philippines. In voice-over Father Gore recalls his conservative Catholic upbringing in Australia, his initial experience as a priest serving the rich middle class and his radicalisation as he ... [read more]
The debate (1990)
At an inter-school debate, Danny (Noah Taylor) and Thandiwe (Thandiwe Newton) speak to opposing sides of a motion that ‘intellectual pursuits are the highest form of human endeavour’. [read more]
The art of the interview (1996)
With over 20 years experience presenting for television, Melvyn Bragg obviously loves what he does. In a relaxed interview with Andrea Stretton, he recounts some of the more memorable moments, including an interview with an almost blind and quite deaf ... [read more]
Extracting the ore (1936)
The crushed rock is carried to the milling plant by conveyor belt and weighed. The ore is crushed further before being fed into a 'classifier’ which separates the sand from the slime. To recover the lead mineral, the ore is ... [read more]
Giving peace a chance (2003)
This clip features an interview with Sarah Davies, a Quaker who comes from a family of Quakers. Her grandfather was a conscientious objector during the Second World War. Sarah herself has travelled with the World Council of Churches to Israel ... [read more]
Coconut diesel (2000)
When Bougainville Island was blockaded in the struggle for independence, fuel quickly ran out. The local people, who had traditionally used the coconut tree for building and the fronds for roofing, also discovered a creative new use for the coconut ... [read more]
‘Voices in the dark’ (2006)
John (Mark Constable) believes he has seen Tom (Don Barker), his dead uncle. He hides his thoughts from wife Emily (Victoria Hill), who begins to suspect something is wrong. [read more]
‘Make your money fight’ (c1941)
A black-and-white animated propaganda advertisement which uses patriotic slogans, a stirring music score, a commanding voice-over narration, recognisable Australian symbols and clever animation to persuade the Australian public to contribute to the war effort by investing in the Commonwealth Government’s ... [read more]
The ‘Dreadnought’ versus the ‘Slogger’ (1933)
Tommy (George Wallace) has to fight the gigantic and very nasty criminal Slogger Lee (John Dobbie) in the ring, after bragging to the sergeant (Marshall Crosby) that he would fight anybody. The sergeant tries to referee a bout that has ... [read more]
The first long march (2004)
In June 2002, Trish Kirby, her husband Rob and their four children travelled thousands of kilometres from their home in Melbourne to Port Hedland Detention Centre to meet fifteen-year-old Ali, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. Trish reads extracts from an ... [read more]
Harvesting the bark (1980)
Djiwul (Jack) Wunuwun cuts bark from a tree in the bush, with an axe. The narrator (David Gulpilil) says the best time to get the bark is in the wet season. [read more]
