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The ‘futility of careless dressing’ (1930)
In an elaborate fitting room, careless Barb is always losing things. She has lost her shoes, and she just may lose her heart this evening too! But she despairs that her evening dress is ‘frightful’ because it ‘flops where it ... [read more]
You don’t look a day older than 299! (1999)
The space wizard Galiel’s foolish sidekicks Elgar (Marg Downey) and Moza (Stephen Whittaker) squabble as they wait for Galiel’s orders. In the cave Neri’s loyal protector, Neanda of the Cave Dweller Clan (Doug Tremlett), recovers consciousness after his fall. [read more]
A tribute to Tamworth (1995)
Townsfolk and visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival pay tribute to the town. [read more]
Burying the dead (1977)
After the rape and murder of one of their new 'tribe’, the women paint their bodies in grief and perform burial rites. [read more]
The football clinic (1996)
Footage shows Indigenous children playing football in a remote country, watched by Michael Long. Indigenous player Gilbert McAdam is seen working with young children. Voice-over narrator Ernie Dingo explains that, to help with racism in football, the read more]
‘We wrote the map’ (1985)
Burke (Jack Thompson) and Wills (Nigel Havers) have reached the Gulf of Carpenteria. Lying in the sand, Burke asks Wills to be his best man when he marries Miss Julia Matthews on his return to Melbourne. Burke demands a solemn ... [read more]
The love letter that took eight years (1985)
Harry (Barry Otto) leaves the city to find Honey Barbara (Helen Jones), the hippie beekeeper he fell in love with after his life fell apart. She is angry at his betrayal and wants nothing to do with him, so he ... [read more]
The Middle East (1919)
At street level in Gaza, the buildings have been reduced to rubble as a result of the First World War. Aerial shots of the snaking Jordan River follow its flow into the Sea of Galilee. The team stops at Ramadi ... [read more]
‘We’re here to have a good time!’ (2005)
The show opening which establishes the exterior of the Espy (Esplanade Hotel) in St Kilda, Melbourne then explores inside the venue finally finding RocKwiz being played in the Gershwin Room. The RocKwiz Orkestra (Peter Luscombe, James Black and Mark Ferris) ... [read more]
The convent must change (1991)
Mother Superior (Sandy Gore) asks the nuns to spend some time reading and thinking about how they might deal with the changes suggested by Vatican II. Sister Catherine (Josephine Byrnes) is keen to discard old practices that she feels have ... [read more]
The development of freestyle swimming (c1952)
This clip shows the different techniques and styles used in freestyle swimming from the 1880s through to the development of the trudgen style and Australian crawl. Former Australian swimming champions demonstrate the techniques used by past pioneers of the style. ... [read more]
The stealing of children (2002)
As Constable Riggs (Jason Clarke) arrives, Maude (Ningali Lawford) realises he has come to take the children. They run, but Riggs cuts off their escape route and seizes the children one by one. He warns Gracie (Laura Monaghan) to stay ... [read more]
‘Victoria the golden’ (1983)
When gold was discovered in Victoria in 1851, the rush to those goldfields eclipsed the rush to California for the gold rush in 1849. With so many people from all over the world, the diggings became an equaliser of men ... [read more]
The youth conference (2007)
Fadi introduces the workshop session of the youth conference. The attendees and facilitators break into discussion groups and talk about a range of issues. [read more]
The awful truth (1979)
At Hyma Brotherhood headquarters, Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is told by Mrs Barker (Shirley Cameron) and Dr Gauss (Henry Silva) that she is the descendant of Hungarian ‘vampire queen’ Countess Elizabeth Bathory. [read more]
The root of all evil (2000)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (Indian Cricket Board) controls the millions of dollars generated from the game of cricket. If the game were to be tainted through accusations of match fixing then the extraordinary amounts of money ... [read more]
Riding on the sheep’s back (1976)
Bill Peach takes us inside the great shearing shed at Dunlop Station where we talk to the owner, Barney Murray. The clip shows the old sheds and rusted farming machinery, as well as the site of Dunlop’s old wharf. Dunlop ... [read more]
A sea of ice caps (c1916)
The expanse of icebergs and ocean surrounding Antarctica are revealed behind the halyards of Sir Douglas Mawson’s ship, Aurora, during his 1911–1914 expedition. [read more]
The architect’s own space (2000)
One of Australia’s leading contemporary designers, Sean Godsell, designed his own home. He and his wife speak about the outcome. Godsell is passionate and opinionated about his art, while his wife talks about coming to terms with having to change ... [read more]
John the tiger (1984)
Noni (Hazlehurst) is going to feed some pretend zoo animals but first she asks the children at home to help her guess what John (Hamblin) is pretending to be. Next she tries to feed the ‘tiger’ some imaginary ‘lovely pineapple ... [read more]
