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‘I come from the country’ (1938)

After capturing an escaped chicken, stagehand Joe Blake (George Wallace) becomes an unwitting magician’s assistant, on stage with a frustrated Mysto (Alec Kellaway). Joe tells Mysto a story about his prize bull Stanley, from back home on the farm. [read more]

Do animals feel? (2000)

In Armidale, New South Wales, Lesley Rogers’s and Gisela Kaplan’s work with animals is rewriting the scientific understanding of how animals behave and communicate. Kaplan describes how they must teach a captured young tawny frogmouth owl how to hunt and ... [read more]

The last big push (1984)

With great bushcraft and sheer determination, this private expedition, mounted solely by the pastoralists themselves and not underwritten by the Governor of the Colony, at last found a way through the immense barrier of The Blue Mountains, to the grazing ... [read more]

The fighting Alibrandi women (1999)

Michael Andretti has saved Josie (Pia Miranda) from a ticklish situation at school, after she broke another girl’s nose with a school book. At home, Christina (Greta Scacchi) upbraids her daughter for turning her father into a hero. Christina and ... [read more]

Santa visits the hospital (1929)

This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Anthony Hordern & Sons shows Santa visiting the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Santa, accompanied by a young girl dressed as a fairy, arrives by horse-drawn carriage and waves to the children. He ... [read more]

‘I’m not the one who got pregnant!’ (1985)

Susan (Sherie Graham) wants to go to Francine’s (Shanti Gudgeon) party but her harried mother (Lindy Davies) won’t let her – she doesn’t trust her. Angry, Susan yells at her mother, ‘I’m not the one that got pregnant’. Later in ... [read more]

‘He’s a bloody ratbag, Barbara’ (1977)

Barbara (Kris McQuade) asks her girlfriend’s advice in the pub – should she take Len back? We hear Len’s love letter to her on the soundtrack, as they drink. It continues as the image shifts to Newcastle, where Len (Bryan ... [read more]

The Holy City (1944)

Daily life in the streets of Jerusalem unfolds as it has for centuries. Muslims, Jews, Christians – from pilgrims to Bedouin tribesman – mingle in the narrow alleyways and open-air markets. Jews from all over the world pray at the ... [read more]

The ‘dilly dally man’ (1969)

It’s 5 o’clock by the Play School Clock and time for Ruth Cracknell to tell a story about the 'dilly dally man’, his 'niggy naggy wife’ and their 'wicky wokky house’! [read more]

The beef cattle industry (1934)

This clip features scenes on a cattle station including the herding of cattle, bull riding, cattle passing through a trough, mustering, stockmen setting up camp and cattle inoculation. [read more]

Old language, new story (2003)

Arrernte children learn the Bible in their own language. In 1879 the mission is surrounded by cattle stations, and WH Wiltshire is a policeman who responds to the Arrernte presence violently. [read more]

Freddie gets the job (1977)

Pym (John Meillon) and his son Larry (Harold Hopkins) are unable to find a replacement pianist after Lou has deserted – until the bustling arrival of Freddie Graves (John Ewart), piano tuner, 'picture pianist’ and man-about-town. [read more]

The first Uluwatu afternoon (1972)

In Bali, a pair of young surfers has found a new break. This is some of the first footage of Uluwatu, a now legendary surf spot in Bali, with 14-year-old Steven Cooney from Narrabeen surfing alongside former US Champion Rusty ... [read more]

Interrogation (1997)

Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) interviews a suspect. Later, she undergoes another kind of interrogation at the hands of her analyst Marion Walters (Cathering Wilkin). [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]

Mountain climbing in Irian Jaya (1993)

Trekking across the the cloud covered snowy caps of the highlands, an expedition of mountain climbers, lead by Lincoln Hall, explores the remote parts of Irian Jaya. They include biologist Geoff Hope, Dutch Indonesian Rini Sulaiman, and filmmakers Chris Hilton ... [read more]

‘She has the gift’ (2004)

Jack Flange (Alex O’Loughlin) has his eye on a local girl, Pearl (Diana Glenn). His boss Brownie (David Field) watches another woman – his estranged wife Trish (Kerry Armstrong), who has started farming her own leases nearby. Brownie’s oysters are ... [read more]

Allergic to the 20th century (1997)

Eve has an allergic response to insecticides, cleaning agents and preserved small goods. Diana reacts badly to the chemicals in newsprint. Michael has an adverse response to the chemicals in tap water. [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]

Life stages of the lobster (1998)

Shows the early life stages of a lobster: thousands of eggs hatch into larvae, which struggle to survive ocean currents for over a year before returning as juvenile lobsters. [read more]

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