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The Battlers (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about researching and writing her third novel The Battlers. [read more]
Motivation to compete (1988)
In this clip Michael Talbot, acting deputy state manager of New South Wales, talks about Australia Post’s new private business competitors and how the organisation is dealing with becoming a commercially based enterprise. [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]
The First World War begins (2000)
The clip describes Germany’s military build up prior to WW1, including the widening of the Kiel canal, commenced in 1907, to enable its new fleet of dreadnoughts to be able to enter the North Sea easily. The assassination of Archduke ... [read more]
A Muslim man (2000)
Thirty-year-old Kuranda was born in Turkey. He has lived in Australia most of his life. He talks about his duties as a Muslim man and as a dutiful son to his father. [read more]
‘The price of profit’ (1953)
This clip argues the dangers of working on the waterfront by highlighting excerpts from the Report on the Medical Examination of Waterside Workers (1945) about high blood pressure, lung disease and hernia. X-rays of workers’ lungs demonstrate a significant incidence ... [read more]
Each state makes a contribution (1940)
Each state makes its own contribution to the efforts of the Red Cross. Queensland supplies ambulance cars; South Australia puts on emergency procedure demonstrations; Tasmania gives financial contributions; Victoria reclaims unwanted materials; NSW converts a house into a home ... [read more]
Crowd near the grandstand (1896)
This clip shows the crowd at what is probably the Melbourne Cup during the Spring Carnival of 1896. The gathered crowd stroll through the shot while the Flemington Racecourse grandstand can be seen in the background. [read more]
Diving on the President (1984)
A group of divers explores the wreck of the ocean liner President Coolidge which sank in 1942 when carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo, when she accidentally struck two allied mines. They have to be aware of the effects ... [read more]
A new Australian film (2005)
Margaret Pomeranz reviews Rowan Wood’s feature film Little Fish, his second after his debut sensation The Boys. She uses clips from the film to enhance the review of the storyline and the actors’ performances, who in this case include Cate ... [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 Golden Jubilee Carnival (1927)
The stage is set for the Stawell Gift. Intertitles explain it is the ‘greatest professional footrunning meeting in the world’ with prize money over £1,000 and with 560 competitors. A brass band plays in Stawell’s main street as thousands of ... [read more]
You’re not rubbish are you? (1992)
Poss (Erin Pratten) and Kim (Maria Nguyen) rescue a dirty old doll. In a magical moment, the faceless doll begins to move and communicate through gesture. On their way home, the officious Mr Fish (Mark Mitchell) bans the doll, saying ... [read more]
Not your usual Chinese restaurant (2004)
This restaurant in Ballina, NSW, is not your usual country town Chinese restaurant with its ubiquitous sweet and sour, but a Chinese restaurant that features its owners’ locally grown lotus, a member of the waterlily family. [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]
‘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]
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 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]
‘A metre of tulle’ (1989)
The principal dancer of the Sydney Dance Company, Paul Mercurio, talks about his early years as a dancer. Extracts from Graeme Murphy’s modern ballet ‘Some Rooms’ are seen. Murphy talks about the sensuality of modern ballet. [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]
