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Inner city redevelopment (1974)
Over a series of still images of the residents, buildings, and community of inner-city Sydney, the voice of community activist Margaret Barry narrates the story of the inner city, one that has outlived her usefulness and been pensioned off to ... [read more]
Shaking the Establishment (2002)
Max has been found guilty and sentenced to death. His appeal to the High Court has also been rejected, on the grounds that the court cannot entertain new evidence. At a city watering hole, David O’Sullivan (Robert Carlyle) and Helen ... [read more]
Dave Sands (1951)
This clip contains a segment on Aboriginal boxer Dave Sands, one of the Sands boxing brothers from Burnt Ridge in New South Wales. He is filmed getting out of bed to commence his daily routine – an early morning run ... [read more]
‘Industrial storm clouds’ (1955)
As men work, narrator Leonard George Teale says 'industrial storm clouds hover on the waterfront’. Newspaper headlines and cartoons depict waterside workers as lazy and prone to striking. At Parliament House in Canberra, a Bill is passed. Shipping interests have ... [read more]
‘The power to win!’ (1942)
In this dramatised sequence, a mining family hears on the wireless that Singapore has fallen to the Japanese. Husband (Marshall Crosby) and wife (Beryl Bryant) look outside despairingly on an inactive coal mine. Industry stakeholders meet with a representative from ... [read more]
Riding, shooting and tackling (1918)
Jack and Jimmy have discovered the gang’s secret city hide-out. Gang boss Bill Warne (Billy Ryan) escapes, pursued by Jack (Snowy Baker). They both commandeer horses as Warne heads to the boatshed where his men guard a cache of arms ... [read more]
Choices (2002)
Anna Yen in long skirt demonstrates her circus skills – balancing a full tea cup, walking the slack rope. She relates a story she would like to tell her grandmother and mother, acknowledging that she has been able to pursue ... [read more]
Village meeting (2007)
The other griot sings about equality and that you can have rights even if you are poor. Men address a meeting and one calls on the women to speak. A woman speaks forcefully about the military hassling the miners, that ... [read more]
Grandma’s letter (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) advertising the use of the correct postcode in addressing letters. [read more]
Monitoring devices in place (1963)
International observers arrive and inspect the Operation Blowdown test site. Instrumentation and photographic equipment to monitor the effects of the explosion are secured in place. [read more]
Child road accident (1998)
The ambulance is called to assist fifth grader Peter, the victim of a car accident. Paramedic Tony Cuthbert comments on the need to insist on hospital care sometimes. [read more]
Hilton bombing evidence (1983)
Three members of the Ananda Marga sect are convicted of bombing the Hilton Hotel during a CHOGM event. One of the convicted, Tim Anderson, says that he was convicted on false evidence. Another one of the convicted, Ross Dunn, ... [read more]
Young offender David deteriorates (1999)
Young offender David is back in remand, once again in trouble with the law. His case officers prepare him for court. David’s partner Iona says she will be working soon. David offers to 'minimise’ his dope smoking. [read more]
Defining boundaries (1988)
Speaking to camera, Lorraine Mafi-Williams introduces us to Mrs Millie Boyd, the custodian of three major tribal boundaries in the far north coast of NSW. The Bundjalung (around Lismore), Githabul (Kyogle to Woodenbong), across inland over to the coast ... [read more]
Cotton harvesting and picking (c1940)
A bright red mechanical cotton harvester moves through a cotton field as a group of people walk beside it. This is followed by a group of people harvesting cotton by hand who fill hessian bags slung over their shoulders. [read more]
‘Reign over us’ (1977)
Eighteen thousand of the Queen’s loyal subjects greet Her Majesty in Royal Park Victoria in 1977. The royal party stands on the dais while 'God Save the Queen’ is sung by the massed crowd. The royal party then drive, waving, ... [read more]
Australian Rules Football (AFL) match (c1925)
This clip begins with the crowd watching an AFL match in 1925. They wave their hats to the camera. The AFL players run out onto the field and play. [read more]
It’s a multicultural world (2004)
In the heart of Italian Leichhardt, Robyn Touchard is a chef whose family hails from Mauritius, the large island off the coast of Africa. She moves easily between her family’s cooking tradition and that of her husband, whose parents are ... [read more]
Lady Denman names Canberra (1913)
Lady Denman, the wife of the governor-general, officially announces the name of Australia’s capital city as Canberra. Rounds of applause and cheering can be witnessed from the crowd. [read more]
The Completion of Geehi Dam (1967)
This footage, shot between 1965 and 1967, details the final steps that were involved in the construction of Geehi Dam and the testing of the regulating valve. [read more]
