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‘Your turn to shout’ (1966)
Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) gets a lesson in the language of drinking from a friendly Australian (Jack Allen) at the Marble Bar, a legendary Sydney watering hole. The barmaid (Anne Haddy) looks bemused. [read more]
Consciousness in animals (2000)
We see Professor Rogers teaching in a laboratory while we hear in voice-over about her research into the left and right brain functions of animals. Rogers explains that asymmetry in animals seems to prove that they experience some sort of ... [read more]
Hypsi’s testes (1998)
Zoologist Andrew Dennis, studying the hypsi kangaroo in a tropical rainforest, discovers that during summer when food is abundant, the testes of the musky rat-kangaroo increase in size, and shrink again during winter. [read more]
Shark attack in Georges River (1939)
This clip shows Beryl Morrin who had both her arms amputated after a shark attack in the Georges River on New Years Day, 1935. She was only 13 at the time. Four years after the attack, Beryl is shown riding ... [read more]
‘Use ice for food protection’ (c1934)
An ice delivery man carries a block of ice from his truck into a suburban home. A woman opens an Iceway ice refrigerator to show how the block of ice cools and preserves food. The male narrator promotes the benefits ... [read more]
A six way investment (c1956)
This advertisement begins on a building site with a man loading a sheet of plywood onto the back of the new Holden utility. A voice-over describes purchasing the new ute as a 'six way investment’. Shots of the utility in ... [read more]
Highway reconstruction (1976)
An aerial shot shows the Clybucca Flat section of the Pacific Highway after the completion of reconstruction work by the NSW Department of Main Roads in 1976. Traffic passes over a joint in a conventional concrete pavement to illustrate ... [read more]
The new Felicity (1978)
Felicity’s rebellion is now in full swing. She has taken to wearing leathers and breaking into other people’s houses. After a night in Centennial Park, she discovers an old naked man lying near death in a derelict house. In him, ... [read more]
Save our park (1994)
Pyrmont is an inner western suburb of Sydney. The City West Development Corporation has major plans to redevelop the area. The area’s heritage elements and community spirit is challenged by the rapid development. Facing the loss of a park, residents ... [read more]
Keith the battler (1984)
Keith Shoesmith is father to six children. Publican Bob McKimmin says Keith is a likeable bloke. [read more]
Everything has a cycle (2004)
Tom E Lewis introduces the concept of five seasons over footage of an overflowing Rose River – the land inundated with water, followed by a montage of a dry riverbed. Lewis describes the wet season over images of Indigenous men ... [read more]
Happy in a Holden (1962)
This clip shows a father standing next to his Holden in the parking lot outside an AFL match. He has brought his sons to watch Collingwood play. The man is interviewed about his Holden station sedan. The ... [read more]
North to South (1985)
Adventurer Denis Bartell is walking south to Adelaide. After two weeks he has knee trouble as he arrives in Camoweal. He talks to the townsfolk and transfers his backpack to a cart. Bartell continues his walk south. [read more]
Wild Dog Dreaming (2004)
Aerial views show Mount Gillen. The voice-over narration tells us about the Wild Dog Dreaming, when a local dog ancestor battled an intruder dog and eventually transformed into a rock embedded into the ground. Shots show the sacred rock in ... [read more]
To Wonderland Peak (1954)
This clip, filmed by amateur filmmaker Frank Straford, records two of his friends ascending to Wonderland Peak in Victoria’s Grampians Ranges. They move up a narrow rocky incline then take a drink from the ‘Showerbath Waterfall’ before climbing up Silent ... [read more]
Melbourne nightlife (2007)
After being driven to Melbourne by Dyce (Masa Yamaguchi), the man who raped Crystal, the three women begin work in the brothel run by Vic Glassman (Andrew S Gilbert). They are guarded by Wade, the bald heavy (Adriano Cortese) and ... [read more]
Once green and clean (1994)
Re-enactment of an Aboriginal man moving with spear in hand is intercut with historical photographs of Aboriginal men. Voice-over narration tells us about the geological impact upon the formation of the Brisbane and Moreton Bay regions. The rising of the ... [read more]
In the lab (2011)
Lucy (Emily Browning) submits to a medical experiment involving a narrow tube being inserted down her throat. [read more]
Mr Christian’s mutiny (1933)
Fletcher Christian (Errol Flynn) sends Edward Young (John Warwick) to break out the arms, as his men seize the captain, Lieutenant Bligh (Mayne Lynton) from his bed. In a flash forward, an old fiddler (Victor Gouriet) in an English pub ... [read more]
Hay citizens’ band (1993)
As the current Hay Citizens’ Band marches and plays, we learn about its 96-year history through stills and archival footage of soldiers leaving for the First World War. [read more]
