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From the sheep’s back to bicycles (1938)
This clip from a home movie taken by Dr Ewan Murray-Will shows part of the parade in Sydney to celebrate Australia’s 150th anniversary of white settlement. It begins with a float celebrating the wool industry. This is followed by various ... [read more]
By the camp fire we speak of love (2005)
A glowing campfire in the desert night. A voice-over tells us why we are here, in the desert, with elder and younger women only. It is women’s business, the lore of love. [read more]
She’s My Baby (1959)
This 1959 recording of ‘She’s My Baby’ by Johnny O’Keefe was recorded in Los Angeles, as part of an attempt to crack the US market. Produced by Ernie Freeman, the record features Scotty Turner on lead guitar and Barney Kessell ... [read more]
Dancing in the garden of Eden (1933)
Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) is surprised when his peaceful Sunday is disturbed by a line of tap dancing girls in hiking shorts. He goes to quieten them down and meets the Townleighs, a well-to-do Sydney family enjoying a ramble in ... [read more]
Introduction to Kiwi Boot Polish (1914)
The hotel manager of the Imperial Hotel, London, pins a sign on the front window that says 'Boot Boys Wanted’. Two young boys see the sign and lament that they 'can’t polish boots for nuts’! An Australian soldier overhears them ... [read more]
Isolation and attitudes (1989)
Miyuki Linsdell recounts travelling to Geelong from Melbourne in the late 1950s shortly after her arrival in Australia just to hear Japanese sailors speaking her native language. She is framed in close-up and speaks to the camera in Japanese. A ... [read more]
‘You’re not taking the Kingswood!’ (1978)
Ted Bullpitt (Ross Higgins) is not keen on the idea when his wife Thel (Noeline Brown) suggests a second honeymoon in Paris. Their son (Kevin Golsby) announces that he is heading to Tibet. [read more]
Cheryl tries to shake the ‘monkey’ (1997)
Cheryl wants to give up her addiction to drugs (the monkey on her back) and prostitution. She agrees to dry out with the help of Samaritans ex-prostitute Rachel and her husband. Cheryl invites her boyfriend and pimp, Con, to visit. ... [read more]
‘The things that keep us in business’ (1990)
In the workshop, the apprentice mechanic Gary (Ben Mendelsohn) shows Noel (Dennis Coard) what makes a good or bad car. Noel sends a finance company official away, when he tries to get Gary to sign a loan document. Steve (Frankie ... [read more]
‘You’re not the same people’ (1986)
After smoking a lot of dope, Trevor (David Argue) asks Kath about the crime she’s charged with – murdering a publican. Kath (Lydia Miller) tells them the real story. Nikki (Gia Carides) asks her why she ran away to Sydney, ... [read more]
Getting into the swing of things (2003)
In this episode, seen here in full, Hoota and Snoz discover a double swing set. Snoz jumps straight on and swings happily. Seeing how much fun Snoz is having, Hoota angrily swings so high he launches into outer space. The ... [read more]
Capulets and Montagues (1996)
A TV news reporter describes a bitter rivalry in the city of Verona Beach. Engaged in the deadly feud are Romeo’s Montague family and the Capulet family of Juliet. [read more]
Folding mechanism of print machine (1911)
The folding mechanism of the printing machine at the Sydney Morning Herald is shown in operation, and then a mechanical hoist transfers the papers to the publishing room. [read more]
‘Now I’m gonna walk the land’ (2009)
Eddie (Luke Carroll) decides to leave Perth and return to Kalgoorlie. He looks for his blue jacket which contains a stone given to him by his uncle to take home. He questions his cousin Charlie (Leon Burchill) and learns the ... [read more]
‘Eagle Rock’ (1971)
This 30-second clip from 'Eagle Rock’ includes the start of the song and most of the first verse. It features the song’s arresting opening – ‘Now listen!’ – and the infectious guitar riff. [read more]
Losing your head (1971)
Grant (Gary Bond) has succumbed to the temptation of two-up. Flushed with success, he sees the chance to win enough money to buy out his $1,000 bond with the education department. That would mean never going back to the one-room ... [read more]
Out from jail (1983)
This is the first verse of ‘Jailanguru Pakarnu’, a 12-bar rock and blues song performed in this clip by the Warumpi Band. It is the first rock song in an Aboriginal language to achieve widespread airplay and recognition. [read more]
‘The best thing I ever heard’ (1991)
John Anderson (Daniel Scott) listens dumbfounded to Billy Cross (Miles Davis) and band on the tarmac at the remote west Australian town of Poona Flat. It is 1969, and Cross’s Boeing 707 has made an unscheduled stop, during an international ... [read more]
Coronation and procession (1953)
This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Westminster Abbey in a horse-drawn carriage. She alights from the carriage surrounded by her Maids of Honour and enters the ... [read more]
Mystery troops in No-Man’s-Land (1917)
As the German forces withdraw to better fortified positions in March 1917, British troops pursue them across the ruined ground of No-Man’s-Land. Australian Pioneers construct a light railway alongside the Albert-Bapaume Road, in support of the advance. [read more]
