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No time to waste (2007)
Fadi, the coach of his son’s Under 6 soccer team, holds a postmortem with the boys. Ahmed, one of the ICRA volunteers, collects the freshly printed ‘All Eyez on Youth’ posters and flyers and sets about distributing them. Back ... [read more]
Taking back the Ashes (1930)
In this clip you hear the team’s new star, Don Bradman, begin to speak. The order of all the speakers on the record is Bill Woodfull, captain of the team, followed by senior batsman Alan Kippax, spin bowler Clarrie Grimmett, ... [read more]
Armistice Day, Melbourne (c1925)
This silent black-and-white newsreel clip from about 1925 shows a large crowd of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne for an Armistice Day ceremony. The crowd stands for two minutes silence then the 'Last Post’ is played. ... [read more]
‘Born for that noose’ (2002)
The veteran (Grant Page) has been wounded by a spear. The fanatic (Gary Sweet) wants to leave him, but the tracker (David Gulpilil) refuses – even when horse-whipped. The tracker knows he is indispensable. [read more]
‘I am Australia’ (1983)
Over a campfire near his home in Broken Hill, German migrant Werner Hollmayer explains to filmmaker Juergen Corleis his feelings for his adopted country and how migrating here has changed him. [read more]
Children join the bus (1993)
Young children in Moree are given permission to go to the swimming pool with the university students led by Charles Perkins. The children scramble onto the bus, and begin to sing a contemporary popular song. On the bus, they are ... [read more]
‘Surfie chick or nobody’ (1981)
On the bus to school, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her best friend Sue (Jad Capelja) try to suck up to the head of the surfie chick clique, Tracey (Sandy Paul). When she gets into a fight on the floor of ... [read more]
Kiwirrkurra (2000)
Aboriginal artists Brandy Tjungurrayi and Charlie Wallabi paint their country. [read more]
Hitching a ride (2005)
The Huygens probe must release from the Cassini mother ship and begin its own exploration of Titan, the biggest of Saturn’s moons, offering scientists information which they hope will tell them more about the origins of the universe. [read more]
A letter from Poland (1978)
Dana (Basia Bonkowski) arrives home from work to find a letter addressed to her in a handwriting she doesn’t recognise. With apprehension she reads the letter. [read more]
Coonabarabran, 1932 (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about going to Coonabarabran to marry Roddy and her short-lived membership of the Communist Party. [read more]
Don’t wrap it (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the use of Postpaks instead of ordinary wrapping paper for packaging postage parcels. When the boss asks a younger office worker to wrap a parcel, he is delivered Australia’s Post’s ... [read more]
The guinea pig (2003)
Reporter Dr Jonica Newby, is about to discover whether she has a predisposition to depression. It’s a very real moment of tension for her and for us, as the nature-nurture debate becomes uncomfortably personal. [read more]
Roma Street Station (1899)
This actuality footage shows a train pulling up to Roma Street Station, Brisbane in 1899. Commuters disembark and exit the platform via a side gate or walk up the stairs towards the camera. [read more]
Post box (c1988)
This is a 30-second Australia Post animated television commercial (TVC) promoting the correct addressing of mail. It shows a post box rejecting incorrectly addressed mail, finishing with the slogan: ‘If you get it right here, we’ll get it right ... [read more]
‘What – no wireless?’ (c1988)
A storm comes as the cousins spend their first evening together in Badge’s (Alexander 'Mathew’ Jacobs) home. Sam (Cameron Atkins) is horrified to discover that his cousin’s family has no wireless. This modern 1950s boy cannot believe that people can ... [read more]
Feminism (1987)
Jean Curthoys, Anne Summers, Edna Ryan and Marjory Thomas talk about feminism and their quests for a better education [read more]
‘Why do parents have to have children?’ (1989)
Pugwall (Jason Torrens) has terrible trouble trying to convince his parents he needs an amplifier. They just seem to lecture him all the time, while in comparison, Ortho’s (Jay McCormack) parents are really helpful, letting the band paint the garage ... [read more]
The last innings of Victor Trumper (1915)
This newsreel footage shows part of the funeral procession of Australian cricketer Victor Trumper. A large group of men march in front of a horse-drawn vehicle carrying the casket of Victor Trumper as it approaches a Sydney cemetery. [read more]
The lost children (1954)
Two young sisters, Sally and Roberta, have left their home for the Birdsville Track to get help for their mother. They have their dog, a bottle of water, and a wheeled cart in tow. The youngest picks up her recorder ... [read more]
