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Chifley at the helm (1946)
The clip shows this ALP cinema advertisement, for the 28 September 1946 federal election, in its entirety. [read more]
Arriving at the Migrant Reception Centre (c1962)
A group of migrants arrive by bus at the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre. As they disembark and collect their luggage, a female voice-over explains they have come from many countries across Europe. The centre functions as a temporary place for ... [read more]
Mine moving in (2007)
A truck with equipment rolls through a quiet village, followed by more trucks stirring up the dust. A villager quarrels with mine workers about who’s benefiting from the mine. A truck with very wide load crashes through on the narrow ... [read more]
What is a Neo-con? (2003)
Jim Lobe is the Bureau Chief of Inter Press Service and he’s on his way to an event at which Richard Pearl is to speak. He’s the star of the American Enterprise Group’s seminar held in Washington in 2003 to ... [read more]
‘Life is a big struggle’ (2011)
In this clip, three Australian participants visit Dao and other relatives of a family they met in Australia – the Masudis – who remain ‘in limbo’ in Africa. They bring with them a video message from their Australian-settled relatives which ... [read more]
‘Felicity is a girl of delicate sensibility’ (1978)
In a flashback, Doris (Ruth Cracknell) plots the marriage of her daughter Felicity (Kerry Walker) to a rising young Canberra diplomat, John (John Derum). Felicity is late home, so Doris tries to entice John with her home-cooked duck. [read more]
‘You’ve got yourself a man’ (c1970)
This clip shows three different ads from the late 1960s or early 1970s which feature the tagline 'when you get Roses, you’ve got yourself a man’. In the first ad, two young women sit in a train carriage. One (played ... [read more]
The ‘wogs’ fight the ‘Aussies’ (2009)
Charlie’s mates decide to follow up an earlier confrontation with some white boys in school, on the grounds that they must not let the ‘Aussies’ disrespect them. Charlie (Firass Dirani) is initially reluctant but is talked into confronting the white ... [read more]
A child is lost (1987)
A child is missing and the family frantically search the streets of Surry Hills to find her. By the time the child is found and returned to her mother (Anna Hruby) and father (Shane Connor) we’ve been introduced to all ... [read more]
Snippy and Snooks (c1925)
A young boy, Snooks, chases the animated figure of Snippy up a ladder in his back garden. Snippy teases Snooks before springing over his head and up a tree, then onto a children’s roundabout. Snooks pushes the roundabout but Snippy ... [read more]
The battle for Menin Road begins (1917)
A line of soldiers marching forward from Ypres, along the Menin Road. Motorised traffic returns to the town through the centre of the road, horse-drawn limbers on the right. The soldiers have exchanged their slouch hats for the relatively new ... [read more]
Scientific complexities and contradictions (2007)
David Bradbury heads across Scotland on a train to interview Professor Eric Wright, who disagrees with the findings of another scientist (Chris Busby, see clip one) about the increasing incidence of cancer around nuclear power plants. Wright’s own discoveries about ... [read more]
This is the Dreaming (2006)
Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder Rupert Max Stuart sits by the fire, telling his descendents a yarn about the Dreaming. Max has a grandfather from the Lurritja side, and a grandfather from the Arrernte side, and says he didn’t know which one ... [read more]
Backround bells (1966)
The bells can be heard at the beginning of the compositional arc in section 3: Prophecy. They ring out against the backdrop of the reader speaking text from The Dead Sea Scrolls. [read more]
‘A hard God’ (1980)
In constant pain, Dan (Graham Rouse) suspects that he is dying. As he prepares to meet his maker he asks his wife Aggie (Dawn Lake) what she thinks about God, confiding in her his own doubts. [read more]
Consciousness in animals (2000)
We see Professor Rogers teaching in a laboratory while we hear in voice-over about her research into the left and right brain functions of animals. Rogers explains that asymmetry in animals seems to prove that they experience some sort of ... [read more]
The building business (1980)
Builder Terry Vince has observed through his work on building sites that scaffolding needs a gadget to assist the sole operator to lay the planks. He’s come up with a simple, inexpensive and easy-to-use invention to plug a gap for ... [read more]
Making a warehouse in the salt mines (c1943)
This clip from a colour home movie filmed by Ernest Gourlay in approximately 1951 shows men constructing a hanger or warehouse with a vaulted roof. It shows men bolting together and erecting the trusses. This is followed by panning shots ... [read more]
‘Know where the line is’ (2006)
Rugby league cheerleader and fan Hayley talks to camera about how she sees footballers as potentially unfaithful partners. Nightclub footage accompanies her story about a woman she knows who found herself in a difficult situation with two footballers. Hayley reflects ... [read more]
Wounded soldiers, Bécourt Château (c1917)
Stretcher bearers bring wounded soldiers into the Bécourt Château dressing station, during the battle for Pozières. From here they are loaded on trucks and taken to a Casualty Clearing Station. As shells burst in the distance, the camera examines some ... [read more]
