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‘Go in hard’ (1998)
Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) is close to a result in his investigation into the murder of his girlfriend’s husband. But car dealers Mickie MacEvoy (Nick Waters) and his son Michael MacEvoy (Stephen Curry) possess documents that could throw a spanner ... [read more]
‘Inspectors of the Underworld’ (1993)
Australian painter Tim Storrier depicts a snake in his painting and talks about his childhood experiences. [read more]
On the war in Iraq (2004)
At a conference in Jakarta, Malcolm Fraser speaks out against going to war in Iraq. [read more]
A new beginning – let’s twist and shout (1989)
Tony Twist (Richard Moir) and his children, 13-year old twins Linda (Tamsin West) and Pete (Sam Vandenberg), and young Bronson (Rodney McLennan) are moving from the city to start a new life in the country, living in a lighthouse. But ... [read more]
‘Happiness for two’ (c1960)
This clip contains three short advertisements with the jingle 'happiness for two’. The first ad is performed in a bare studio with a woman standing alone, centre stage, as a male voice-over says 'for the girl who’s got that all-by-herself ... [read more]
Paper consumption (1991)
Over a time-lapse sequence that shows people buying stationery, wrapping paper and cards, narrator Noni Hazelhurst describes the history, uses and increased consumption of paper and paper products. As the narrator lists the ways that paper packages, displays, advertises and ... [read more]
Children’s birthday party (c1921)
This clip includes five-year-old Wally being picked up and hugged by his parents; an older man dressed as Santa Claus; children on a seesaw and playing ring-a-rosie; Wally being pushed on a swing by his mother and then father; guests ... [read more]
Launch of the satellite (1967)
WRESAT arrives at Woomera, is connected to its launch vehicle, and takes off into orbit. [read more]
‘We’re all friends’ (1980)
Romayne, a Sunshine Home drama group member, introduces us to the idiosyncrasies of some of the other members. [read more]
‘Not a bad effort’ (1979)
An ex-army officer skippers the Warrender which is the newest of the barges, custom-made for the north. [read more]
Fitzpatrick incident at Mrs Kelly’s homestead (1906)
This fragment from The Story of the Kelly Gang shows Constable Fitzpatrick visiting the homestead of Kate Kelly. Fitzpatrick attempts to kiss Kate Kelly and in the scuffle Ned Kelly shoots Fitzpatrick in the wrist. As the Kelly gang escape ... [read more]
David gets a job (1999)
David is a young man with a criminal record. Motor wrecker Gary gives him another chance. David says he 'got in trouble with the law’ to get attention. [read more]
It’s all in the lighting (2004)
A beautiful model becomes a vision when her hair is dressed and she’s lit for a fashion shoot. [read more]
‘We all have lives’ (1998)
A round table discussion with the chief justice of the High Court, Sir Gerard Brennan, and justices Mary Gaudron, John Toohey, Kenneth Hayne and William Gummow in which they reveal that they, also, live in the real world with families ... [read more]
Spirit work (1996)
Night-time. A man behind the wheel of a car. A desolate road. In voice-over, Shane Francis (David Ngoombujarra) talks about the spirits that are present in the work he does as a field officer for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal ... [read more]
An act of war (1985)
A docudrama-style recreation shows how French secret service agents might have planted the explosives that blew up the Rainbow Warrior and killed a Portuguese cameraman sleeping on board the ship. [read more]
Modes of transport and Victoria Downs (1940)
Donkey teams in the North are shown pulling large wagons of supplies along dusty tracks. The camel team of an Indian hawker near Wave Hill brings supplies to people of the outback to whom ‘shops are not available’. The ... [read more]
The pit of depression (2004)
West Australian Aboriginal woman Christine Jacobs talks about existing in a pit of depression and how she managed to overcome these desperate feelings and emotions. [read more]
Dame Nellie Melba and her cockatoo (c1927)
Dame Nellie Melba walks along the veranda of the house, puts up an umbrella and walks into the garden. She then dances and sings beside a cockatoo. [read more]
Library of grief (1993)
We see war graves in Europe, and learn about the ongoing responsibilities of the War Graves Commission to maintain the 1,000 cemeteries along the Western Front. Some bodies are still being found from the First World War. [read more]
