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Saving Villers-Bretonneux (c1919)
The German spring offensive of 1918 has pushed the Western Front back across a large area, reversing the British gains since mid-1916. Australian troops have retaken the town of Villers-Bretonneux, south of the Somme River, after the Germans held it ... [read more]
‘There’s more to life than this’ (1979)
Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) tells younger sister Gertie (Marion Shad) of her desire to escape a life of rural drudgery. Her frustrations increase when she’s sent to drag her father out of the pub. [read more]
‘Stop filming’ (1987)
Filmmaker David Bradbury is filming Salvadoran protest song being sung by young people at a train station. A policeman tells him to stop as he does not have permission to film. The crew continues to film the event. [read more]
Beginnings of Eureka (2005)
Drawings and archival photographs depict the events that lead to the battle between gold miners and authorities at the Eureka Stockade. It describes the emergence of Peter Lalor as the leader of the Stockade and how the diggers used the ... [read more]
First documentary (2004)
Frank Hurley filmed and photographed one of the first expeditions to the Antarctic in 1913. Mike Gray of the Fox Talbot Museum and Joanna Wright of the Royal Geographical Society comment on the significance of the work. [read more]
Today’s nuns (1992)
By the early 1990s it was likely that the Roman Catholic order of nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, was going to die out. Women who have chosen to stay in the order explain their reasons for staying, and talk about ... [read more]
‘Chinese family dream’ (1998)
When David Wang, a successful businessman, was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 1969, his wife recalls that they were sent newspaper cuttings from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, all reporting his election. His daughter recalls her confusion over ... [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]
‘Our saviours have arrived’ (1995)
As the Battle Hymn of the Republic ('Glory, Glory Hallelujah’) plays on the soundtrack, the American submariners arrive secretly in Fremantle south of Perth, Western Australia. Though deemed 'secret’ everyone knew that the 'Yanks’ were in town. Early in the ... [read more]
Coming from behind (1999)
In an interview accompanied by photos from his childhood, Wayne Bennett describes how, as a young boy, he made a vow to his mother that he would never drink or gamble. His younger brother Bob describes how he was able ... [read more]
‘A warning to the world’ (1981)
Wilfred Burchett was the first journalist to report from the site of atomic devastation at Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. He labelled the effect on human beings as 'atomic plague’. Archival footage shows victims being treated in hospital and flattened landscape. [read more]
‘Will you go out with me?’ (1981)
Debbie (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) have been accepted by the surfie chicks. They are invited to ‘the paddock’ after school, where Tracey (Sandy Paul) introduces Debbie to a boy she says likes her. Bruce (Jay Hackett), who has ... [read more]
McDonaldising prisons (2000)
A range of experts express concern that privatised prisons in Australia have increased the available cells in prisons, leading to an increase in the prison population. Interviewees include Father Peter Norden of Jesuit Social Services and Richard Bourke, secretary of ... [read more]
Musical paralysis (1995)
Australian composer Ross Edwards went to London to study composition. He worked obsessively in a damp flat and began to feel claustrophobic, which affected his work. He moved to the countryside of Yorkshire in Northern England and slowly began to ... [read more]
Just like 3,000 years ago (1978)
John’s passion for Lake Eyre is obvious as he describes the privilege he and his wife experienced in seeing Lake Eyre full for the first time in 500 years. [read more]
Senseless murder (1999)
Senior Sergeant Terry O’Connell is arranging a restorative justice group to bring the murderers of Ken and Joan’s son and the family together hoping to repair some of the harm done by the murder. He explains the nature and purpose ... [read more]
US military in Philippines (2005)
The US Clark Air Base in the Philippines was vacated after 45 years. A US army study found the area was polluted by solvents, acids, petrol and other toxic substances. Harry Kelso, environmental attorney and base closures consultant, and Tara ... [read more]
Wave Hill walkout (1993)
Kevin Carmody and Paul Kelly discuss the song 'From Little Things Big Things Grow’. They also discuss the Wave Hill walkout, when the Gurindji people – led by Vincent Lingiari – went on strike to get their land back from ... [read more]
Singing history (1993)
Carmody is flipping through records. He stops to examine a book. He tells us about the images from the book, of kangaroos and landscape drawn from within white sensibility. He shows us many images of Aboriginal people, and how Aboriginal ... [read more]
The police arrive (1981)
The members of the band No Fixed Address leave for their gig. During their performance the police arrive. [read more]
