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The tunnelling crews (1963)
The crews involved in hard rock tunnelling in the Snowy Mountains Scheme are introduced. [read more]
‘It was my 98th day on the wagon’. (1981)
Michael Stacey (Ray Barrett) introduces himself and his milieu – the beautiful beach of Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast and a town full of ugly buildings. He is a once drunken, now disgraced, former senior cop trying to write ... [read more]
The Australian cricket team in Ceylon and Naples (1930)
The Australian cricket team walks onto the field in Colombo, Sri Lanka, captained by Bill Woodfull. The next shot is of the players – formally dressed in three-piece suits and hats – on the streets of Port Said mingling with ... [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]
‘I’m dying to see the sights’ (1975)
The building’s wine bar is about to open up for the evening rush but Norma Whittaker (Sheila Kennelly) can’t figure out why Jane Chester hasn’t turned up for her shift (she’s too busy dealing with her druggie sister Debbie). Norma ... [read more]
Maps of the country (2000)
Aboriginal paintings feature maps of a specific area, mythology, personal history and storytelling. [read more]
The possibility of divorce and remarriage (1991)
Frances’ parents are separated and her mother has found a new partner whom she loves and wants to marry. Frances (Naomi Watts) is worried that her mother’s optimism that the church will accept the divorce and her remarriage might be ... [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]
Swanston St Shamble (1944)
This is an excerpt from 'Swanston St Shamble’, one of the first jazz recordings of Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band, from a session in January 1944. [read more]
Painting the dunes (1992)
Peter Garrett visits the untouched Shoalwater area with Army major Sam Hassall. They examine the sands that are proposed for mining. The sand contains iluminite, rutile and titanium used in the manufacture of white paint. Footage of sandmining in New ... [read more]
Come the revolution (1985)
When the men arrive at the pub to celebrate the end of the strike at the factory, Mick Mendel’s younger brother, the firebrand communist agitator, Jakob (Swawomir Wabik), is furious, and calls them scabs for not holding out. The men ... [read more]
On the tracks (c1940)
The Spirit of Progress train is filmed from different angles as it passes the camera, followed by a tracking shot of the train tracks taken from on board the train. The next section is a dramatised sequence which shows a ... [read more]
Surfie chic (2003)
Australia is a world leader in surf wear and surf culture. Robert Moore has been designing for Mambo for many years and is one of the best in the business, despite very little art school training. [read more]
Bill the housewife (1996)
Bill Lew and his wife and children talk about the effect on the family when Bill lost four restaurants in the 1990–91 recession. Bill was ashamed by his inability to provide for his family but his children were more resilient ... [read more]
Continuing the discussion (1999)
The Reconciliation Learning Circle group have just held their last meeting at a social venue. As they get up and disperse, an Indigenous man speaking in voice-over predicts that the group members will now go back to their busy lives ... [read more]
The shoe uppers (c1924)
The leather uppers are sewn by machine and stitched together before being trimmed. A machine punches eyelets into both sides of the upper. This is demonstrated for the camera by a female worker. The uppers are then lined and stuffed. [read more]
The defence case (1977)
Professor Gordon Hawkins plays the role of McLeod Lindsay as he walks through the night he came home from his work at the pub and found his wife brutally bashed. [read more]
Selling the drugs (2008)
Nabil (Buddy Dannoun) and Tarek (Les Chantery) have successfully stolen drugs from the gym junkie’s flat where Nabil was cleaner. Now Nabil asks Tarek’s cousin, a low-level drug dealer named Sam (Waddah Sari), to help them get rid of the ... [read more]
The great debate (1984)
This clip lampoons the National Press Club lunch with its invited guests, the egotistically preening Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Max Gillies) and the pompously patrician leader of the Opposition, Andrew Peacock (Max Gillies). They are being challenged by well-known members ... [read more]
