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The Wintergarden Theatre (c1929)
This silent clip begins with a title card announcing that the Wintergarden Theatre is the 'first theatre in the world to present a completely new invention in Talking Picture Equipment’. This is followed by an exterior shot of the Wintergarden ... [read more]
Starring – the house (c1988)
The real estate agent (Peter Felmingham) comes to look over the Georgallis family home and makes a few suggestions on how it could be improved for sale, upsetting most of the family along the way. His reaction to Con’s masterpiece ... [read more]
The biggest vet practice in the world (1984)
Veterinary surgeon, David Bradley, lives in Kununurra in north Western Australia. His practice stretches from Port Hedland Western Australia to Mt Isa Queensland and to Darwin and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Bradley flies himself to work, the distance ... [read more]
‘Make it yours’ (1968)
This advertisement for the 1968 Holden HK Premier, narrated in voice-over by John Laws, features young people and city life over the course of a day and evening. Beginning with shots of city buildings and streets, it concludes with scenes ... [read more]
‘The colour of the bricks’ (1999)
Surfer Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) is about to return to Japan to work for his father, a butcher. He captures the people and places around him on camcorder, including his housemates Hana (Mikiko Ooka) and Tetsu (Jun Iwasaki). [read more]
‘This is the real world, Eddie!’ (2005)
Eddie (David Wenham) and his wife Tanya (Frances O’Connor) argue one morning about money. She has lost her contract at the university, and hasn’t been able to tell him. He has always been the practical one of the two, but ... [read more]
The service begins (1965)
This clip is from a black-and-white live broadcast of a Catholic church service in the Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church in Rose Bay. The cantor begins a hymn and the congregation join in as the choirboys and the clergy arrive ... [read more]
Unprotected forests in danger (1991)
Over footage of a beautiful old growth forest, narrator Noni Hazlehurst explains that, at the current rate of deforestation, Australia’s unprotected forests could no longer exist in 250 years’ time. The forest’s native animals are shown as the narrator explains ... [read more]
The drawbridge skit (1972)
Sir Lancelot uses a novel way to solve the problem when the drawbridge is up. He is followed by Merlin who also gets into the castle fairly easily but the unfortunate Jester is not so lucky. [read more]
The tunnelling crews (1963)
The crews involved in hard rock tunnelling in the Snowy Mountains Scheme are introduced. [read more]
The Holy City (1944)
Daily life in the streets of Jerusalem unfolds as it has for centuries. Muslims, Jews, Christians – from pilgrims to Bedouin tribesman – mingle in the narrow alleyways and open-air markets. Jews from all over the world pray at the ... [read more]
‘Turning the neighbourhood into a tip!’ (2003)
The local rubbish collection is a bonanza for the recycling ‘ferals’ Marian (Ross Pirrelli) and Spike (Matthew Waters) but it’s too much for Rachael Oakley (Nathy Gaffney) who complains to the local council. The Oakley’s old lawn mower takes on ... [read more]
Crossing the threshold (2007)
The daytrippers are inside the entrance to the spectacular Kingston Gorge and preparing to return to base when Everett (Robert Taylor) thinks he sees a flare in the distance, ahead of them through the gorge. The others look and see ... [read more]
Touring Service reps and mapping expeditions (c1956)
A Shell representative makes notes describing the construction occurring in his area to pass the updated information to the Shell Touring Service. A landslide and floods are shown as the voice-over continues to explain how the Service contacts Shire Councils ... [read more]
‘Dad got the sack, did he?’ (1985)
John Riordan (Tony Llewellyn Jones) has lost his job. Joe (Christopher Schlusser) hears about a job as a paperboy selling newspapers on the street. He is warned that is a rough job – the last boy ended up in hospital ... [read more]
‘The Aboriginal problem’ (1984)
Talking head newscast discussing the 'Aboriginal problem’. In this instance, Lang Hancock offers sterilisation as a solution to 'the problem’. [read more]
The sixth round (1916)
This clip shows highlights from the sixth round of a boxing match between Les Darcy and Dave Smith in Sydney on 24 June 1916. The camera pans slightly with the action and films square-on to the boxing ring. [read more]
Larry Sitsky comments on the Sydney Opera House (1973)
Composer Larry Sitsky comments that the opera theatre has many faults. Opera director Sam Wanamaker suggests that the space is manageable. [read more]
‘The wife ship’ (1935)
The tiny settlement at Sydney Cove comes alive with news of a ship bringing single women to the colony. James Morrison (Franklyn Bennett) incurs the wrath of pretty young Biddy O’Shea (Peggy Maguire) when he tries to ‘carry her bundle’. ... [read more]
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]
