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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]
May Day (1956)
This clip begins with a survey of some of the workers who contribute to a broader labour movement, such as miners, boilermakers, tram drivers and conductors and wharfies. It then features a montage of colourful signs prepared for the May ... [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]
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]
An ace is laid to rest (1918)
A brief shot of an aeroplane falling from the sky leads to a series of shots of officers and other ranks of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, examining the wreckage of Captain Manfred von Richthofen’s aeroplane, a Fokker Dr. ... [read more]
‘Punch a postie’ (1991)
Vietnam veterans Rowan Marsh and Peter Stainthorpe recollect the anti-Vietnam demonstrations with ambivalence. They explain that when unions put a go-slow on mail delivery to soldiers in Vietnam as part of the protest, that was too much and the 'punch ... [read more]
‘Let’s hand it over to the young people’ (1974)
The Pioneer’s ball is disrupted when the town’s young people show their anger, in retaliation for an earlier scene where the mayor has torched one of their cars. They unleash a storm of demolition. [read more]
Imaginary two-up (1994)
Australian Korean War veterans recall their experiences as prisoners of war, including the efforts made by the enemy to indoctrinate them with communist propaganda. A veteran describes how one Chinese solider got so involved in an imaginary game of two-up ... [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 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]
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]
Coconut diesel (2000)
When Bougainville Island was blockaded in the struggle for independence, fuel quickly ran out. The local people, who had traditionally used the coconut tree for building and the fronds for roofing, also discovered a creative new use for the coconut ... [read more]
‘We can have justice’ (1992)
In this section of his speech, Keating documents the remarkable contributions of the Indigenous people of Australia in history, sport, the arts, the armed services, in all areas of Australian life. [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]
Processing peanuts (1954)
At the peanut processing plants, the peanuts come out of large roasting ovens to be aired and cooled. In the next phase, peanuts go through the blanching machine and have their husks removed. Women operators in a factory production line ... [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]
‘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]
‘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]
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]
