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Interviews (1983)
The interviews with 'experts’ are interrupted by various cinematic devices – sound, graphic questions crawling across the bottom of the screen and the actual image changing optically until the talking head has been removed completely. [read more]
Legend of dugong (1980)
An elder sits with children around him. He is telling the children about the legend of the dugong, and of a small boy who left his human family to become a dugong. [read more]
Precious songs (2005)
The voice of Scotty Martin chants a song over the image of a sunrise and ancient rock paintings. Scotty introduces us to his wife, Maisie, and to the Wandjina – the spiritual guardians of the land. Scotty talks about inheriting ... [read more]
Marcia Hines (1983)
Sixteen-year-old singer Marcia Hines was brought to Australia from the USA by the producers of the rock musical Hair in the 1960s. She decided to stay, and became one of Australia’s most popular singers. [read more]
‘An Australian car is born’ (c1948)
Once the sedan body has been completed, the final assembly takes place. Front and rear axels are fitted. New parts are constantly added as the car moves along the assembly line – the six cylinder motor, the dashboard, the headlights. ... [read more]
Petrouchka (c1936)
Three puppet figures – the Moor (Thadee Slavinsky), the Ballerina Doll (Helene Kirsova) and Petrouchka (Leon Woizikovsky) – suddenly come to life and dance onto the stage. They perform a Russian-style dance amongst the crowd at the fairground. [read more]
Rain makes me sad (1986)
Rain falls on the fringe camp where the family are sheltered in their humble home, having been evicted from the housing commission house. The attempt to move up in the world has proven to be unsuccessful. Old Eva (Kath Walker) ... [read more]
Water runs red (1993)
Rick climbs out of the window of the cinema and runs through the swamp. Sitting on the bed with his two sisters, he distributes the candy he has stolen from the cinema. Two white children pass by and ask the ... [read more]
Spider (2002)
The colour of the landscape blends with the vibrancy of a painting superimposed onto the ground. The lone figure of Spider, a Wangkatjungka man, emerges into the frame. [read more]
Choosing a dance (2000)
The Anangu (how the Indigenous people of the area refer to themselves) women have been invited by Stephen Page to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and are discussing which dance would best suit ... [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]
Wards for consumption sufferers (1928)
The camera pans across the exterior of the Davis Wing – the wing which houses female consumptives – before showing patients in their beds on the outdoor veranda. Staff and patients are filmed in close-up, with many of them laughing ... [read more]
Asphalt and concrete (1931)
Workmen shovel hot asphalt onto a concrete bed to begin laying the roadway for the bridge. The asphalt is smoothed and compressed, rolled and pummelled. Two men walk along the main arch decking and troughing. The 57-foot wide roadway is ... [read more]
Environmental impacts (1979)
Bird lover and ornithologist John Waugh talks about the abundance of birdlife in the Towra wetland area of Botany Bay. Bernie Clarke from the Botany Bay Planning and Protection Council talks about the impact of redirected wave energy, caused by ... [read more]
Darnley Islanders pay tribute (1899)
The Queensland Home Secretary, the Hon. Justin FG Foxton, and his wife Emily are greeted by the people of Darnley Island in the Torres Strait. [read more]
Mornington (c1925)
A panoramic shot of the seaside resort town of Mornington in the 1920s. We see the beach, cars parked along the wharf and boats. [read more]
Debate (1988)
At a community meeting, a young man debates with Joe Leahy about the profit split of their Kaugum coffee plantation. Leahy explains how he is the one taking the risk with the bank loan. [read more]
Melbourne nightlife (2007)
After being driven to Melbourne by Dyce (Masa Yamaguchi), the man who raped Crystal, the three women begin work in the brothel run by Vic Glassman (Andrew S Gilbert). They are guarded by Wade, the bald heavy (Adriano Cortese) and ... [read more]
