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Lucky shot (1993)
The HMAS Sydney was drawn into battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran off the Western Australian coast on 19 November 1941. Early in the engagement the Sydney was fatally hit and both vessels sank during the battle. ... [read more]
Dancing in the dark (1989)
Kay (Karen Colston), Louis (Tom Lycos) and Gordon (Jon Darling) have driven to the outback, to get away from Sweetie (Geneviève Lemon) and visit Kay’s mother Flo (Dorothy Barry). Kay finds her mother is a changed woman. With the local ... [read more]
The faith of Father Dixon (1993)
In re-enactment, Father Dixon speaks to a couple that saw Max Stuart at a carnival at the time of the murder, providing an alibi. Over historical footage of Westminster, we hear that a plea to stay the execution of Stuart ... [read more]
The end of an era (1958)
This is the end for old Adaminaby. Some of the residents have already moved their homes to the new site on trucks, others have simply taken what they could and moved on. [read more]
Porridge to the rescue (2005)
Stanley has gone to get some of his mother’s infamously awful, rock-hard porridge. It’s the one thing that doesn’t dissolve in the acid. Unfortunately he meets the bullies the Lupin Lupes again, just as he is about to pour the ... [read more]
The construction of Murray 2 Power Station (1969)
Excavation of the open cut and construction of the Murray 2 Power Station in the Snowy Mountains Scheme, are detailed. [read more]
The chief wakes up (1962)
This clip is from the twelfth and final episode of Wambidgee, 'The Chief Wakes Up’. Wambidgee wakes the chief from sleep and tell him that there is a crocodile in the creek. The chief feels too tired and tells Wambidgee ... [read more]
Adapting to the climate (1949)
A group of friends relax and keep cool under the shade of a gum tree in their garden. Two of them flip through an old photo album that contains photographs of the Australian snowfields and the snow gum – a ... [read more]
Removal and the kinship system (2006)
This clip shows historic footage of the removal of the people from the Charles Creek mission station and Aboriginal people working in the pastoral industry. Agnes talks about the removal of the entire mission station to Santa Teresa; her experience ... [read more]
Freedom to the city – Edinburgh (1948)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that states ‘Presented by the Corporation of Edinburgh along with the Burgess Ticket conferring the Freedom of the City to Rt. ... [read more]
Youth peace walk (1970)
Protestors march through the streets of Sydney and Melbourne against the Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. The soundtrack includes chants and songs from the crowds, and excerpts of radio news broadcasts. [read more]
Departing Australia (1948)
This clip from the first reel of a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that says ‘Journey to England’ which is followed by a crowd farewelling them from a wharf. Streamers ... [read more]
‘Hang by the neck’ (1975)
The villainous Liz (Margaret Laurence) visits the incarcerated Gary (Mike Ferguson) to taunt him about the murder for which she has set him up to take the blame. [read more]
A misuse of authority (1969)
In order to explain the hierarchical nature of the Catholic church and how that can so easily lead to a mindless authoritarianism, Molony tells the story of how his superior denied him the right to attend his brother’s first big ... [read more]
Queen of the Murray 1951 (c1943)
This clip from a colour home movie filmed by Ernest Gourlay Morris in 1951 shows some of the female competitors on a boat on the Murray River and on stage competing for the Queen of the Murray beauty contest at ... [read more]
‘Snap goes the Crunchie’ (c1966)
This black-and-white television advertisement for Crunchie is set on a sunny day with a group of young friends playing at the beach. As the Crunchie jingle plays, they eat and 'snap’ their Crunchie bars. The male voice-over describes the bright ... [read more]
‘Remember … Cadbury’s Milk Tray’ (c1955)
This clip contains two 30-second advertisements for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates. In the first, a young couple going to a show make the evening romantic with the purchase of Milk Tray chocolates. The second shows a male and female ... [read more]
The straight and narrow (2006)
A photograph of the Lapa footy team posing with a trophy. Clint 'Eastwood’ Cooke the 2004 A Grade Captain speaks about how there is no colour bar, and that the love of football and especially playing for Lapa is the ... [read more]
‘Beer for the workers’ (1972)
As the office picnic progresses into the night, the partygoers get drunker, exposing simmering tensions. Clyde, a frustrated musician, tangles with a drunken colleague (Byron Kennedy), then punches the youngest member of staff, Peter (Philip Deamer), who leaves with his ... [read more]
