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‘It’s a rather delicate matter’ (1976)
Arnold (Jeff Kevin) has a heart-to-heart chat with Norma (Sheila Kennelly) about Rhonda. [read more]
The Elders will decide (2005)
This is the critical moment when Robert must hear his fate. Although the magistrate and the police prosecutor are there and contribute, it’s the Elders who confront Robert with what he’s done and it’s they who will decide his punishment. ... [read more]
‘Only the Russians can save us’ (1984)
Historical footage and interviews focus on Eichmann’s fanaticism, the Siege of Budapest in 1944–45 and Wallenberg’s role in saving 70,000 Jews from the Nazis. [read more]
Australia wins the America’s Cup (1984)
Australia wins the 12-metre yacht race the America’s Cup in 1983. [read more]
‘The TV war’ (1979)
Tasmanian Neil Davis recalls how he went to Vietnam as a cameraman and correspondent in 1964 at the start of the war, and remained there for all the war, working for Visnews. He talks about his first experience under fire, ... [read more]
The Land of Unlikeness (1991)
Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert) wakes up to find herself, Maeve (Maeve Dermody) and Herman (Kristoffer Greaves) in the Land of Unlikeness. Over news and historical footage fusing the political, the historical and the spectacular, the Narrator (Gillian Jones) asks questions ... [read more]
The carnival and its detractors (1952)
Newspaper clippings are accompanied by voice-over that declares the Menzies Government ‘intends to wreck the carnival’. NSW state leader, Lord Mayor O’Dea bans the Sydney Town Hall as a venue for the carnival. Meanwhile, the carnival comes up against ... [read more]
Municipal tramways (1910)
The camera pans across a large crowd gathered in the Malvern tram depot as a man standing on a spiral staircase addresses the audience. There are trams in a shed in the background. The camera films the first Prahran-Malvern tram ... [read more]
Launching ceremony and inaugural trip (1937)
The Premier of Victoria, Albert Dunstan, declares the Spirit of Progress ‘one of the finest passenger trains in the world’ in front of a large crowd. The inaugural trip departs Melbourne’s Spencer Street Station and is ushered on its journey ... [read more]
The electric Early Kooka stove (c1940)
‘Mrs Sydney’ (Pat Firman) prepares an evening meal for her husband with her newly acquired electric range while a voice-over emphasises the stove’s economy and efficiency. At the end of the advertisement, she asks to camera: ‘you’ll all eventually cook ... [read more]
The journey from Alice Springs begins (1930)
A title card announces the beginning of a journey from Alice Springs. Pans across the surrounding landscape set the scene. A camel train of around eight camels passes by the camera. A second title card explains that difficulties are ‘willingly ... [read more]
Mick answers the door (1988)
Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) has been kidnapped by Colombian drug boss Luis Rico. Mick has intercepted the film that Rico wants, so he waits for a contact. The assassin is swiftly taken out, and he tells Mick where they’re holding ... [read more]
The Battlers (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about researching and writing her third novel The Battlers. [read more]
Sound of the nineties (1989)
This is the opening sequence, with the band playing one of their hit songs, ‘Nobody tells me what to do’, before moving into the story, with Jenny (Rebecca Blomberg) and Pugwall (Jason Torrens) in the school grounds. [read more]
Escaping from the Taliban (2002)
Three Afghans have escaped from the Taliban and arrived in Australia as asylum seekers. They express their views of life in Australia and the reasons for escaping from Afghanistan. [read more]
Closing Heard Island (1956)
After seven years, the Australian research station at Heard Island is closing, its resources redirected toward the Antarctic continent. The expedition members, some of whom worked hard to establish Heard Island, now have to dismantle most of the camp. Loading ... [read more]
Logs treated at the mill (1920)
This clip from an industrial documentary made in 1920 shows logs being treated and cut into useable timber pieces. [read more]
Water and fire (2004)
Tom E Lewis gives a brief introduction into how Arnhemland society is structured. There are 12 clans in Numbulwar, and the society is divided into two moieties. The two moieties in Arnhemland are water and fire, shark and crocodile. He ... [read more]
The brilliant Dr Plonk (2007)
Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) and his mute assistant, Paulus (Paul Blackwell), are working in Plonk’s laboratory. Mrs Plonk (Magda Szubanski) slips on a banana skin discarded by Paulus. [read more]
‘I had a right to think it was my kid’ (1978)
Jimmie (Tommy Lewis) waits excitedly outside the Newby homestead, for his first child to be born. He hears the baby cry but it is several hours before Mr Newby (Don Crosby) emerges to tell him he has a son. Mrs ... [read more]
