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A rude introduction (2003)

Mr Tachibana (Gotaro Tsunashima) waits outside the Port Hedland airport. Sandy Edwards (Toni Collette) arrives late, and with no idea of the proper way to greet a visitor from Japan. Mr Tachibana also has no idea of Australian manners – ... [read more]

Chocolate dipping department (c1926)

Women seated at tables carefully dip each individual chocolate and place them neatly on trays to dry. Their speed indicates they are familiar with this repetitive task. Men stand over the mixing machines which house boiling hot liquid chocolate. A ... [read more]

Living and working on the Snowy (1957)

A woman emerges from one of the Snowy Mountain huts to fetch some firewood. Her two children, rugged up against the cold, leave the hut and ski down the hill past the other huts in the camp. Down at ... [read more]

Physique, aptitude and technique (1959)

Body size and shape will often indicate the sport most suitable for any particular athlete. Athletes illustrating the differing body types are shown including: Olympic champion Charles Morris, Olympic weightlifter Manny Santos, Captain of Australia’s athletic team Kevin Gosper and ... [read more]

Touring car champion (1970)

Engine trouble with Beechey’s car leads to the hard decision not to race in the final of the championship. As Beechey looks on from the sidelines, the final race at Symmons Plains is run on a wet track damp with ... [read more]

‘So many ways to die in Australia’ (1996)

The Chan family arrives in their new home in Australia – a new house on a new street in a new suburb. Mr Chan (Edwin Pang) marvels at the size of the kitchen. The younger boys Chau and Yue (Toby ... [read more]

‘The coolest people’ (2006)

Dan (Heath Ledger) has just had a hit in the bathroom at Candy’s parents’ house, during their wedding reception. He returns to a boring conversation with her uncle about real estate, but his senses are overtaken by the heroin. Candy ... [read more]

On their journey (c1926)

The American tourists walk out of the entrance to the Federal Hotel in Melbourne and get into an awaiting car. A porter carries their bags and loads them in the back, while the driver closes the door. At their destination, ... [read more]

Inside a new suburban home (1949)

The ‘Smith family’ do some gardening outside the front of their new suburban home before turning to walk inside. In the children’s bedroom, Mrs Smith places toys on the children’s beds, and in the main bedroom she makes the bed. ... [read more]

Avon Dam (c1927)

This clip begins with members of the Archibald family and their friends walking towards the camera across a wooden bridge. Among the family members present are John Ernest Archibald, his wife Ellen Kay Archibald and children John Muir and Helen ... [read more]

‘You’ve ruined my children’ (1998)

Ari (Alex Dimitriades) comes home to a hostile reception from his father Dimitri (Tony Nikolakopoulos) and his mother Sophia (Eugenia Fragos), after being out all night. His father calls him an animal and tries to physically intimidate him; his mother ... [read more]

I love you Betty (1998)

Ari (Alex Dimitriades), Joe (Damien Fotiou) and Joe’s fiancé Dina (Dona Kaskanis) are at the ‘Steki’, a Greek nightclub, when Betty (Elena Mandalis) arrives, looking distraught. Dina has been flirting with Ari all night, but she recoils when he kisses ... [read more]

‘A couple of gargoyles’ (2006)

Katrina Skinner (Emily Barclay) is watching television when her father John (Robert Morgan) comes in, talking to a local detective on the phone. Katrina angrily denies she was at the pub the night before, when a handbag was stolen. The ... [read more]

Shot in the hat (1947)

The children have stolen the horses, food and walking boots of the thieves and laid a trap. As the three men walk slowly out of a box canyon, Snow (Nicky Yardley) directs the others with hand signals. They roll boulders ... [read more]

The Wintergarden Theatre (c1929)

This silent clip begins with a title card announcing that the Wintergarden Theatre is the 'first theatre in the world to present a completely new invention in Talking Picture Equipment’. This is followed by an exterior shot of the Wintergarden ... [read more]

‘The seed gatherer’s lot’ (1932)

On Lord Howe Island, workers collect the seeds of the native kentia palm for export to Sydney. In this clip, one member of the group climbs the trunk of a tree to gather bunches of seeds from its branches. At ... [read more]

The seventh round (1908)

This clip shows highlights from the seventh round between African American boxer Jack Johnson and Canadian Tommy Burns. The camera films the action from an elevated position just above Burns’s corner of the ring and pans to follow the movement ... [read more]

Westbrook Farm Home (1950)

The boys at Westbrook Farm Home for Boys in Queensland’s southeast sleep in open wards. The dormitories are connected to a main dining room where they gather for meals. The superintendent and his wife keep watch over the Home’s inhabitants. ... [read more]

Masters of disguise (1987)

A criminal and ‘master of disguise’ (voiced by Patrick Frost) has taken on the form of a moustachioed dustbin, but Great Detective Alex Holmes (voiced by Lachlan Haig) and his faithful but reluctant canine assistant Watson (voiced by David Burchell) ... [read more]

On the salt lake (2009)

Having evaded the police, Kev (Hugo Weaving) and Chook (Tom Russell) are driving across Lake Gairdner, a huge salt lake, in a stolen four-wheel drive. Kev has finally told the boy why they’re on the run. Chook sits for a ... [read more]

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