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A case of apples (1980)

The soldiers wait for their weekly designated phone call. Keghead (Tony Barry) discovers that, as usual, it’s a frustrating experience. [read more]

The Women’s Auxiliary (1983)

At a public meeting, Agnes Doig (Carol Burns) announces the formation of a Women’s Auxiliary to help the miners. Company manager Birch (David Kendall) angrily interjects. [read more]

‘The right time and place’ (1975)

Marion (Jane Vallis) tries to make sense of her changed perspective, as she looks down on the sleeping picnickers. Miranda (Anne Lambert) leads the girls higher, to the foot of a series of strange monoliths, where all four girls lie ... [read more]

Uncle Arthur home movies (1988)

Uncle Arthur (Glenn Robbins) screens a home movie of a backyard BBQ. [read more]

‘Beer for the workers’ (1972)

As the office picnic progresses into the night, the partygoers get drunker, exposing simmering tensions. Clyde, a frustrated musician, tangles with a drunken colleague (Byron Kennedy), then punches the youngest member of staff, Peter (Philip Deamer), who leaves with his ... [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 fire (2006)

At the end of the day, Frankie’s teacher (Renee Newman-Storen) apologises for not taking him on the excursion. Frankie (Antionne Forrest-Yarran) picks up the box of matches she leaves behind. On the way home from school, he sets fire to ... [read more]

Raising children during the Great Depression (1981)

Four women recall the hardship of raising children during a period of mass unemployment. The government provided a 'baby bundle’ consisting of poor quality clothing. [read more]

‘No thought for the mothers’ (2008)

Sue Gordon AM of the Yamatji Nation describes her experience of being removed from her family and what is recorded in her file. Author Steve Kinnane of the Miriworng Nation attempts to understand his mother’s experience of removal as a ... [read more]

The boys came out (2001)

In this clip, we hear from people who have lost direct family members in the Coniston Massacre in 1928. A map of the area from Coniston to Jarra Jarra shows the territory in which whites massacred Indigenous men, women and ... [read more]

Wading through the floods (1955)

Residents outside their homes wade knee-deep in water. Front lawns have disappeared completely, and houses are quickly engulfed. Water is seeping through the sand bags in place to hold back the flooding banks of the Hunter River. In one disorientating ... [read more]

The island (2005)

Dr Claude Belgon (Helmut Bakaitis) watches from the shadows as Jasper Morello (Joel Edgerton) is attacked by the creature they discover on the island. [read more]

Out on the wing (1964)

During another of Smithy’s pioneering flights in the Southern Cross, one of the engines died and another had almost used up all its fuel, although the engine itself was still running. They were still several hours from Sydney, so Gordon ... [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]

The wet and the dry (1964)

This clip, shot in various regions of Thailand, juxtaposes footage shot during the wet season with footage shot in the same place during the dry season. [read more]

Hunting during the calm (2005)

The two elders with their spears straightened and smoothed, make holes in the ends with a stone knife for the woomera. The elders tell us the Antarrengeny people are still making spears this way today. The elders speak about the ... [read more]

The Shell Touring Service (c1956)

A couple, about to embark on a holiday, are not quite sure which route to take. A friendly voice-over points out that ‘motoring isn’t just a matter of having a car or a truck, it’s a matter of knowing about ... [read more]

The year in review (1971)

This clip includes scenes of anti-apartheid demonstrations against South African sporting teams; John Gorton’s tour of Vietnam; William McMahon becoming Prime Minister; a wool fashion parade staged in the New Guinea Highlands; an unusual wedding celebrated underwater at Sydney’s Marineland; ... [read more]

Cancer in the bush (2006)

Chrissey and Lindsey Newton live back of Bourke. They’ve battled drought to save their property and now they must battle with Chrissey’s cancer and the lack of rural health services for cancer sufferers. [read more]

‘Next up, the ladies’ (1971)

It’s the turn of Holy Cross College contestants Maree, Deborah and Nazife to answer ten questions in one minute. [read more]

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