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Harvesting peanuts (1954)
This clip shows the harvesting of peanut plants. The harvester’s blade cuts the tap roots of a line of plants, which are then removed from the soil by hand and stacked in stooks to dry. A newly picked peanut kernel ... [read more]
You can be anything (1987)
Lilli (Judy Davis) takes Ally (Claudia Karvan) out for lunch. Overwhelmed when Ally talks about her father, Lilli cries in the toilet. [read more]
Family matters (2005)
Charlie Wilson (Guy Pearce) and his brother Arthur (Danny Huston) talk about the family members Arthur has not seen for some time. Charlie says that their younger brother Mike has met a girl. Arthur appears to doubt Charlie. [read more]
Two despots (1987)
Frank (Leo McKern) is convalescing back in Port Douglas, with Frances (Julia Blake) in the role of servant, because he is forbidden to exert himself. When he criticises her children back in Melbourne for the umpteenth time, Frances tells him ... [read more]
Banners held high (1956)
This clip shows part of the 1956 May Day march through Sydney’s city streets. Crowds of people, including many children, watch the parade from the curb. Some of the marchers hold banners urging peace, others carry flags representing different countries ... [read more]
Footscray festivities (1971)
Crowds line the footpath of the Grand Cinema in Footscray. A bicycle’s sign advertises a children’s talent quest grand final. Jack Perry (Zig) and Doug McKenzie (Zag) perform their Zig and Zag clown routine for a crowd of delighted children. ... [read more]
‘I come from the country’ (1938)
After capturing an escaped chicken, stagehand Joe Blake (George Wallace) becomes an unwitting magician’s assistant, on stage with a frustrated Mysto (Alec Kellaway). Joe tells Mysto a story about his prize bull Stanley, from back home on the farm. [read more]
Jared in despair (1996)
Jared (Laurence Breuls) and Rachel (Jessica Napier) are both agitated: Rachel because she found Tracy (Bojana Novakovic) after she had been killed, Jared because he knows he should have acted to save her. It dawns on Rachel that Jared was ... [read more]
Jinaali gets a dressing-down (2007)
In her nervousness, Jinaali (Elaine Crombie) makes a faux pas over the loudspeaker. Her boss Mr Chuck (Roy Billing) has something to say about that, and more! [read more]
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]
‘What does it all mean?’ (1978)
Mark (Bryan Brown) and Danny (Linden Wilkinson) discuss the meaning of life. Mark says he isn’t happy unless he has something to worry about. In flashback, Mark stops to listen to a public speaker (Elaine Hudson) who talks about faith. [read more]
‘Can I come?’ (1997)
On a cold winter’s night in 1954, Maria Buloh (Melita Jurisic) abandons her three-year-old daughter, Sonja (Arabella Wain). [read more]
Setting the scene (1979)
An introduction to the series via the opening titles featuring Peter Ramsay (John Hargreaves), Ray Turner (Serge Lazareff) and Cassie McCallum (Louise Howitt). The opening scene of this episode introduces us to Ernie Farrell (Edward Howell), an old-school grazier who ... [read more]
‘My mother told me...’ (2007)
A woman recalls the things her mother told her about village life in Cambodia and the onset of war. [read more]
‘It’s not safe’ (2009)
José Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) announces he is leaving Dili and urges Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia) to follow him. East refuses. He waves goodbye to Juliana (Anamaria Barreto). [read more]
‘Lonesome, morbid or drear’ (1957)
This is the first verse of the original 1957 recording of ‘A Pub With No Beer’ sung by Slim Dusty. The song was composed by Gordon Parsons, with lyrics inspired by Dan Sheahan’s poem. [read more]
‘Irkanda lV’ (1967)
This is a 30-second excerpt from the ABC recording of Peter Sculthorpe’s 'Irkanda lV’, released in 1967. The work is performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins. The violin soloist is Leonard Dommett. [read more]
Hellfire Jack (1985)
An introduction to John Curtin, Australian prime minister, 1941–45. [read more]
‘A bullet doesn’t know what colour you are’ (2008)
The Second World War interrupts the fight for Aboriginal rights and many Aboriginal men go to war. Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nations, Professor Bain Attwood and Richard Frankland of the Gunditjmara Nation discuss the issues and implications of ... [read more]
Bridging the Parramatta River (1967)
Children play on the banks of a stream west of Sydney where the Parramatta River begins. A coloured beach ball tossed into the stream floats down the waterway which becomes a river then runs into Sydney Harbour. As the beach ... [read more]
