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The beach and swimming hole (c1922)
The camera pans across Sorrento’s back beach and rocks area capturing people wading in the shallow pools of water. A kidney shaped rock pool is filled with onlookers and swimmers alike. Close up shots of the ‘ole swimmin’ hole’ capture ... [read more]
The Browning machine gun (c1940)
An animated cross-section of the Browning machine gun illustrates the mechanics of operation, including the springs, cams and levers which facilitate firing. Text boxes highlight the various components and the clip is animated to show how each component contributes to ... [read more]
‘Get with the strength’ (1971)
Host Andrew Harwood introduces the three teams contesting the New South Wales final of It’s Academic. He outlines the object and rules of the game as well as prizes to be won, including a Commonwealth Bank scholarship and passage on ... [read more]
The monster’s lair (2007)
Inside the cave the crocodile uses for its lair, the creature is coming for Pete (Michael Vartan), who finds himself trapped in a rock crevice. [read more]
Re-enacting the story (2007)
Anmatjere elders Patsy and Jane Briscoe tell the story of Bungalung around the campfire at night. Two young men act out the story. They travel through the bush and come across a fireplace. [read more]
Building the ‘iron horse’ (c1925)
This clip begins with the iron frame of the steam engine being lowered down onto its base, guided by workers standing below. A series of dissolves into close shots detail the men tightening bolts and securing fittings onto the cylindrical ... [read more]
Medicine (1987)
Sophia Whist (Robin Laurie) opens the pages of her evidence book and imparts the story of women’s historical exclusion from medical practice. Marjory Thomas talks about the difficulties faced by Jessie Freeman, one of the first women to study medicine ... [read more]
Bali and the colonial gaze (c1933)
A group of Balinese dancers perform a traditional Balinese dance in an open rectangular space. The camera follows the movements of two female dancers dressed in Balinese costume with elaborate headdress. The Europeans are dressed in colonial-era attire and quietly ... [read more]
The beaches, bays and rivers (1957)
This clip shows various leisure activities in the beaches, rivers and bays of the Geelong area. At Eastern Beach swimming pool hundreds enjoy the waters. Only a few miles from the city, at some of the ‘best surfing beaches in ... [read more]
The city of Geelong (1957)
Against a series of scenic shots of the city and its bustling streets, a voice-over introduces the 90,000 strong seaport city of Geelong on the shores of Corio Bay. As the voice-over explains the reasons for the city’s prosperity, images ... [read more]
Thinking for itself (2006)
Reporter Hayden Turner is meeting ASIMO, the world’s most sophisticated robot. It has been created by a car company in a secret laboratory in Japan, where the reporter is not even allowed to show the faces of the engineers ... [read more]
Riding on the sheep’s back (1976)
Bill Peach takes us inside the great shearing shed at Dunlop Station where we talk to the owner, Barney Murray. The clip shows the old sheds and rusted farming machinery, as well as the site of Dunlop’s old wharf. Dunlop ... [read more]
The dragonfly super skimmer (2004)
Inventor brothers explain a pool cleaner they’ve invented that picks up leaves and other debris from the surface of the pool before it settles onto the bottom to finish the job. [read more]
Falling from the sky (2004)
Warren H Williams introduces us to his aunt Mavis Malbunka who tells us the Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) story. Mavis Malbunka is a senior custodian and tells us that Tnorala was created when a baby in a coolamon (or turna) fell ... [read more]
The South Mine, Broken Hill (1936)
At the South Mine in Broken Hill, horses are lowered into the mine in cages at the beginning of each shift. The cages are powered by electrical winding machinery which is filmed in close-up by Frank Hurley. The men who ... [read more]
Nostalgia for the land (1996)
Showing clips from Dad and Dave (1938) and The Hayseeds (1933), Miller describes how Ken G Hall’s films created the character of the humorously naive country bumpkin. [read more]
The charm of Jørn Utzon (1973)
The charismatic architect of the Sydney Opera House, Jørn Utzon, is initially enthusiastic about undertaking the construction of Australia’s most famous building. [read more]
The Spirit of Progress (1937)
Embodying the most modern developments in railway construction at the time, the all-steel air-conditioned passenger train Spirit of Progress boasted ‘comfort, strength and safety’. [read more]
Preparing the printing machine (1911)
Workers at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1911 furnish one of the main printing machines in the pressroom with curved plates and large rolls of paper. [read more]
The father of graffiti (1994)
Artists discuss the influence of Arthur Stace’s 'Eternity’ graffiti on their work and its meaning to Sydneysiders. [read more]
