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Dame Nellie Melba opens a parasol (c1927)
Dame Nellie Melba wears a hat and fur while opening an umbrella. [read more]
The boomerang maker (1962)
This clip is from the first episode of Wambidgee, 'The Boomerang Maker’. Wambidgee the boomerang maker decides to take his latest boomerang to the chief of his clan. En route, he is stopped by a crocodile and then Gerribung, the ... [read more]
You hungry? (1981)
Members of the bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob collect bush tucker on the beach. Les (Les Graham), driving with Vonnie (Veronica Rankine), talks about finding his birth family. [read more]
How to shoot down the enemy (1919)
Australian Flying Corps cadets learn the art of machine-gun shooting with model targets in a training camp in England, during or just after the First World War. They practise on a range at first, then seated in an aeroplane. Trainee ... [read more]
‘The wife ship’ (1935)
The tiny settlement at Sydney Cove comes alive with news of a ship bringing single women to the colony. James Morrison (Franklyn Bennett) incurs the wrath of pretty young Biddy O’Shea (Peggy Maguire) when he tries to ‘carry her bundle’. ... [read more]
Pointing the bone (1967)
A kadaitja man (magic man) points the Death Bone at Jubbal (Ed Devereaux). The wanted man (Kamahl) farewells his woman (Julie Williams) and surrenders to Peterson (Konrad Matthaei). [read more]
The debate (1990)
At an inter-school debate, Danny (Noah Taylor) and Thandiwe (Thandiwe Newton) speak to opposing sides of a motion that ‘intellectual pursuits are the highest form of human endeavour’. [read more]
‘The girl from the party’ (1988)
Colin Rogers (John Hargreaves), his wife Kate (Robyn Nevin) and Colin’s writing partner, Mike McCord (Chris Haywood), are lamenting the ratings failure of Mike and Colin’s TV mini-series. Colin remembers Mike’s girlfriend, Helen Davey (Nicole Kidman), from a party. [read more]
Start a cycle (1975)
Australian-born Hollywood studio executive Al Daff says film producers need to find scripts that will succeed with an audience in two years time. He discusses the popularity of disaster movies at that time (the Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno era) and ... [read more]
Larry Sitsky comments on the Sydney Opera House (1973)
Composer Larry Sitsky comments that the opera theatre has many faults. Opera director Sam Wanamaker suggests that the space is manageable. [read more]
The great unknown (1984)
As the navigators gaze on the arid coastline of this great south land, they dream about what might be beyond the forbidding cliffs. Was there a great inland sea, or a passage for ships to travel through, or was there ... [read more]
‘You’re fired, Yusep’ (1954)
Janiero (Rod Taylor) picks a fight with Yusep (Lloyd Berrell), who has lent company equipment to local deadbeat Grundy (Reg Lye). Yusep’s girlfriend, Serena (Francis Chin Soon), watches the brawl before Ted (Chips Rafferty) intervenes. [read more]
According to the Geneva Conventions (1984)
Corporal Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) is still recovering from his war injury when he’s posted to the prisoner of war (POW) camp at Cowra. He assumes he’ll be guarding Italian prisoners. The camp has a relaxed feel about ... [read more]
‘E’s a Les Darcy’ (1922)
Each in his own way, Skinny Smith (Dinks Paterson) and Spud Murphy (John Cosgrove) prepare for their boxing match. On a hillside above Woolloomooloo, Spud proposes marriage to Sally (Yvonne Pavis), who replies that she isn’t yet ready 'fer double ... [read more]
‘A typical Chinese face’ (2005)
Ricky Wong (Chris Lilley) rehearses with director Frieda (Frieda McKenna), musical director Chung (Chung Jade Koh) and the Chinese theatre group for their upcoming production of Indigeridoo: The Musical, about the Indigenous history of Australia. [read more]
Measuring the cost (2003)
While the Australian government has agreed to fund the vaccine for meningococcal C for the 1 to 19 age group, there’s another deadly strain called pneumococcal meningitis for which the vaccine is not subsidised by the government. [read more]
Family time (1977)
Malcolm Fraser and his wife, Tammy, enter their living room. Two of their children are home from boarding school. The narrator states that Fraser returns home 14 hours after he left it and has more to do later. The family ... [read more]
A troublesome parson (1937)
Reverend Abel (George Doran) starts a series of fights with various passengers and crew, including Mr Packer (Desmond Hay). Chief Officer Vowels (William Carroll) warns the parson to stop making trouble. Miss Fortescue (Mollie Kerwin) attempts to follow Packer into ... [read more]
‘Maternal instinct in hibernation’ (1997)
Baby Lee’s mother, Tracey, suffered from a lack of emotional connection with her child immediately after his birth. She recalls her lack of feeling at the time. Lee’s husband Simon, and her grandmother talk about the difficult time during Tracey’s ... [read more]
The Vegies meet the Pioneers (1974)
The townsfolk of Paris gather at the annual Pioneer’s fancy dress ball. Doctor Midland (Kevin Miles) brings his patients, the so-called vegies, for a dance. These are part of the town’s road carnage harvest. The mayor (John Meillon) makes a ... [read more]
