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Insulin (1997)
Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company supplies six million people with insulin each day. Twelve-year-old diabetic James Jarvis interviews Dr Richard Di Marchi about insulin. [read more]
Blair’s marriage (1994)
Dorothy Blair recalls how she met and fell in love with Harold. Mixed race marriage was unusual in the 1950s and both families objected. Dorothy’s sister Florence Trevail expresses her views on the marriage, while Harold’s sister Meryl Thompson recalls ... [read more]
The Adams family (1956)
Keith F Adams, his wife Audrey, his sister Margaret and their dog Tiger prepare for the long journey north to the Northern Territory. The equipment and provisions are laid out on the lawn of the family home in Perth. The ... [read more]
A 1950s ‘costumed crime fighter’ (2002)
When they meet The Silver Shadow (Tayler Kane) for the first time, Josh (Alex Hopkins), Alex (Hannah Greenwood), Campbell (Aljin Abella), and Gretel (Sage Butler) find his being a 1950s superhero funny and old-fashioned. He realises that he must be ... [read more]
Painting the Dreamtime (1998)
Adrian Newstead, director of the Coo-ee Gallery in Sydney hopes that the art works will develop with the young Aboriginal painters and last forever. Aboriginal artist, Barbara Weir, says that she is painting to record the dreamtime for her grandchildren. [read more]
Petrouchka (c1936)
Three puppet figures – the Moor (Thadee Slavinsky), the Ballerina Doll (Helene Kirsova) and Petrouchka (Leon Woizikovsky) – suddenly come to life and dance onto the stage. They perform a Russian-style dance amongst the crowd at the fairground. [read more]
Mermaids swim well (c1931)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1931 shows highlights of the Bondi Ladies’ Annual Carnival at the local Bondi baths, at the south end of Bondi Beach. Edna Davey is shown well in front in the mile championship. The Bondi ... [read more]
Trans-Australian Railway (1940)
A stationary train sits on the tracks while workers carry out maintenance. Intertitles and a map show the route across the Nullarbor, followed by shots of sparsely occupied landscape. From on board the train, Alma films houses, red dirt and ... [read more]
Violins not guns (2005)
The Australian Chamber Orchestra under its leader, renowned violinist Richard Tognetti, has set up an outreach program for mentoring young teenagers. The musicians bring their music practice and music appreciation to a high school at Cabramatta in the western suburbs ... [read more]
Measuring the cost (2003)
While the Australian government has agreed to fund the vaccine for meningococcal C for the 1 to 19 age group, there’s another deadly strain called pneumococcal meningitis for which the vaccine is not subsidised by the government. [read more]
Walking on water (1988)
There’s a brooding calm before the next storm breaks over the paperbark swamp. The jacana chicks are hatching, watched over by their concerned male parent, while the mother is protecting her patch from other predatory female jacanas. [read more]
‘You hold your nose and you jump in’ (1997)
Robert Hughes describes the long hard slog of writing. He says that all his books, except for The Culture of Complaint (1993), would never have been written if he’d known what was ahead of him when he first sat down ... [read more]
Inspired detective work (1999)
In June 1997, an inspired piece of scientific investigation by paleoanthropologist Dr Ron Clarke and his team resulted in a remarkable discovery in a cave in South Africa. [read more]
Warmth and happiness (c1924)
On a sunny winter’s day, Reverend Robert Williams from the South Melbourne Methodist Mission issues weekly rations of firewood to needy families as part of the mission’s important work. [read more]
Mr Neville says no (2002)
At the Moore River Aboriginal settlement, Molly (Everlyn Sampi) is called out of the assembly to be inspected by Mr AO Neville (Kenneth Branagh), the Protector of Aborigines. Mr Neville checks the colour of her skin, to see whether she ... [read more]
Beatlemania (1964)
This clip begins with news footage of the Beatles standing on a balcony in Melbourne, waving to fans in the streets below. Paul McCartney plays with a boomerang and laughs with the crowd. The Beatles song 'Love Me Do’ is ... [read more]
‘Damned yankee’ (1977)
Mr Pym (John Meillon) sees an unexpected and unwanted visitor as he struggles with a bogged wagon – his former protégé Pete Palmer (Rod Taylor), now his chief rival. Disgruntled piano player Lou (Garry McDonald) decides to join the opposition. [read more]
Blackfella church (2005)
Tommy E Lewis talks about Frog Dreaming, and becomes passionate about the Dreaming as a religious belief, and the sacrilege committed by Western culture in their destruction of the land. Tommy arrives at Tennant Creek. [read more]
‘I died that night with my son’ (1999)
Mother of murdered teenager Michael Marslew, Joan Griffiths recalls the day she identified her son’s body in the morgue. She hoped that it was a mistake and when she saw him he looked asleep. She sees that image every night. ... [read more]
Families (1985)
Carol is making coffee for Angie (Alyssa Cook) in the kitchen with her mother Alison Trig (Veronica Lang). Peter Trig (Terence Donovan) won’t let the rather overawed Angie walk home so drives her. Angie gets out at a fake address ... [read more]
