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Placing the first arch rib (1931)
An 80-tonne arch rib is placed on top of the main bearing as a worker guides it into place. Another man, who appears to be on a cable phone, also supervises the work. A view back across the harbour shows ... [read more]
Danger in the night (2007)
The interviewees speak about the dark, where hidden possibilities and danger lurk, the fear of night shadows, and horror films. There are images of dark areas, streets, people walking alone, shadows and shots from horror movies. [read more]
The Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca (1945)
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj. They come by boat, on foot and on camel. On reaching Mecca, they gather at the holy Kaaba and begin their ... [read more]
Men’s opinion of women (2000)
Presenter Rachael Oakes-Ash asks men in the street what they look for in a woman. Media personality Amanda Keller says she has given up picking fault in other women. [read more]
‘It’s just us’ (1972)
Aliens broadcast a warning on the radio. Shirley’s mother Rita (Marion Johns), her father Reg (John Llewellyn) and suitor Harold (Helmut Bakaitis) don’t take any notice. Shirley tells the gang it’s up to them to help the aliens. [read more]
The Vegies meet the Pioneers (1974)
The townsfolk of Paris gather at the annual Pioneer’s fancy dress ball. Doctor Midland (Kevin Miles) brings his patients, the so-called vegies, for a dance. These are part of the town’s road carnage harvest. The mayor (John Meillon) makes a ... [read more]
‘Working on the home front’ (1943)
This clip tells the story of a civilian worker who joined the war by helping to make engines and aircraft for the allies. His address to camera – filmed at a workbench against back projection of a factory floor – ... [read more]
A woman in charge (1990)
At a car accident scene, Georgia Rattray (Sonia Todd) finds herself having to make a decision about whether to move a car that might crush an injured passenger who is a known drug dealer, or first save the injured driver, ... [read more]
Sun rises on the memorial (2001)
The sun rises from the darkness, its yellow and red falling across the country. An elder in voice-over speaks of his experience of working in a cemetery. As he speaks, he is pouring concrete. He is making a monument. He ... [read more]
Roly ‘visits’ Honolulu (1986)
Nurse Ophelia Cox (Gosia Dobrowolska) discovers Wally (Philip Quast) and Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) have created a fake Honolulu for their father, Roly (Allan Penney). Ophelia threatens to tell Roly but Wally convinces her to join the hoodwink. [read more]
‘He calls it the Dreamtime’ (2008)
Rachel Perkins, as narrator, and Max Stuart of the Arrernte Luritja Nation, explain the origin of the term ‘the Dreamtime’ and its importance in Arrernte life. Historians Dick Kimber, Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation, Gordon Briscoe, a Maraduntjara ... [read more]
A question of breeding (1936)
Now that Stormalong is a champion racehorse, Tommy (Frank Leighton) has a Sydney address with a harbour view. When Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) invites old friends Bill Peel (John Longden) and his father, Sir Russell (Harold Meade), Tommy behaves badly. He ... [read more]
‘A knockout for German trade’ (c1915)
This animated clip begins with a profile sketch of wartime Prime Minister Billy Hughes wearing a hat. Cut-out animation is used to lift the hat off Hughes’s head as an accompanying caption reads ‘what Billy Hughes has under his hat’. ... [read more]
The dream house (2003)
Rob arrives for a tour of the house he designed and built for his own family but was unable to finish for financial reasons. It’s now owned by another family who love it dearly. [read more]
Benefits of mechanical harvesting (c1925)
A man manually harvests wheat with a scythe while women bundle up what’s left behind. This system is then contrasted with harvesting using horse-drawn Australian made machinery which is pulled through the field with greater speed and efficiency. [read more]
Travelling up the Strickland River (1979)
Malcolm Douglas travels up the Strickland River, a tributary of the Fly River, and meets the Bagwa men of Papua New Guinea. The Bagwa pull Douglas’s motorboat through the thick grassy swamp and invite him to join them on a ... [read more]
The biggest award (2001)
Bookseller John Hunt speaks about novelist-poet Calvin Hoffman’s theory that Christopher Marlowe did not die in 1593 and was the author of Shakespeare’s works. Hunt’s wife’s responds with an intriguing comment about crying when reading Shakespeare but not when reading ... [read more]
The editing experiment (2001)
Using Sophie (Gemma Bishop) in her wheelchair to shoot dolly shots ends in tears when Ross (Alex Tsitsopoulos) accidentally tips her out. Meanwhile Oscar (Damien Bodie) shows Anna (Lucia Smyrk) how he has edited the footage he shot of her ... [read more]
London, the Blitz, April 1941 (1941)
This clip from a home movie taken by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, captures London during the Blitz. It begins with an intertitle that introduces the subject and records that is ‘London the Blitz April 16th, 1941,’ 25 days ... [read more]
Telegraphists spread the news (1913)
The intertitles at the beginning of this clip explain it all: ‘Telegraphists at work sending the news to Sydney. 200 words a minute. A record’. [read more]
