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‘Let’s try to put it all behind us’ (1988)
Richard Eastwick (Hugo Weaving) has a second son, Richie (Robert Menzies), who has returned from the Second World War a broken man. He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and seems unable to settle to life back in ... [read more]
Rain makes me sad (1986)
Rain falls on the fringe camp where the family are sheltered in their humble home, having been evicted from the housing commission house. The attempt to move up in the world has proven to be unsuccessful. Old Eva (Kath Walker) ... [read more]
Education and public health (1947)
The voice-over describes Australia’s education and health services in positive terms. It mentions the challenges of educating children over Australia’s vast distances. Children play in a sandpit in a playground; others play on swings in a school ground; and ... [read more]
‘Victims’ justice is going to prevail’ (2000)
President Rau of Germany publicly apologises to the forced and slave labourers used by German industry during the Second World War. German lawyer Dr Michael Vitti says that getting closure is difficult for the Holocaust victims. US lawyer, Ed Fagan, ... [read more]
‘By the hundred thousand tons’ (1957)
This clip depicts life for Australian miners prior to the Second World War. Mine pits and shafts are abandoned because of fire or flood and coal miners move to the next job, leaving behind ghost towns in their wake. Mine ... [read more]
Troops head to the docks (c1915)
On a damp Sydney morning, during the First World War, lines of Australian cavalry and infantry march down to the docks while others arrive by tram. The bustling crowds – umbrellas in hand – are shown waiting around and walking ... [read more]
Red Cross charity bazaar (c1915)
Filmed in Sydney during the First World War, this clip shows a Red Cross bazaar held in Martin Place to raise money for the troops at Gallipoli. The camera holds still on a sign which says ‘Red Cross Produce workers ... [read more]
‘We want an apology’ (2000)
The organisation The Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany seeks to compensate the victims of slave and forced labour by German industry during the Second World War. Karen Heilig works for victims and points out that her organisation ... [read more]
The docklands (1984)
Max (Jack Thompson) and his wharfie mates set off in the early morning to work on the docks. Along the way, we’re introduced to their world as working men with wives and children, lovers and mothers. When the wharfies arrive ... [read more]
The breakout (2008)
Kamimura (Kuni Hashimoto), the Japanese prisoner leading the outbreak, addresses his fellow prisoners and prepares them for the glory of imminent death. The men then begin their breakout in a brief sequence that quickly segues into a flashback set in ... [read more]
‘Our saviours have arrived’ (1995)
As the Battle Hymn of the Republic ('Glory, Glory Hallelujah’) plays on the soundtrack, the American submariners arrive secretly in Fremantle south of Perth, Western Australia. Though deemed 'secret’ everyone knew that the 'Yanks’ were in town. Early in the ... [read more]
‘The price of profit’ (1953)
This clip argues the dangers of working on the waterfront by highlighting excerpts from the Report on the Medical Examination of Waterside Workers (1945) about high blood pressure, lung disease and hernia. X-rays of workers’ lungs demonstrate a significant incidence ... [read more]
No kissing allowed (2005)
Yuri (Ewan Leslie) helps his grandmother Minnie (Naomi Wilson) as she clears up in the kitchen. Her forearm has the tattoo given to those who were sent to concentration camps during the Second World War. At the synagogue Yuri is ... [read more]
Before the revolution (2006)
Four Australian women remember the world of their youth. They are from different backgrounds and cultures and yet for each of them the future meant finding Mr Right and settling down to raise a family. There was no information readily ... [read more]
Billy Hughes saves a life (1946)
Just after the First World War, Charles Kingsford Smith (Ron Randell) secures the backing of the Blackburn Aviation Co for his entry to the inaugural England to Australia Air Race, but he is dismayed when he meets the Australian Prime ... [read more]
Finish (2005)
Cars race through the dusty outback. Warwick Thornton talks to camera about the preparation for the race and the need to just finish it. He also speaks about how at the age of 34 he belongs to the demographic that ... [read more]
How to shoot down the enemy (1919)
Australian Flying Corps cadets learn the art of machine-gun shooting with model targets in a training camp in England, during or just after the First World War. They practise on a range at first, then seated in an aeroplane. Trainee ... [read more]
White river of life (c1950)
This 10-minute film, seen here in full, extols the health benefits of drinking and cooking with milk. At Parramatta Girls’ Home Science School, one girl daydreams what a world without milk might be like. Dairy is advocated as one of ... [read more]
What is a woman? (1992)
Andrea Stretton is talking to Germaine Greer about her new book The Change: Women, Ageing and the Menopause (1991), which is proving just as controversial as her previous work. In the interview, Greer suggests that a woman’s mental state might ... [read more]
Winter in Oahu (1972)
On Oahu’s north shore, some of the best competitive surfers in the world take off on winter’s big surf. [read more]
