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‘Wake up, Mutti’ (2007)
Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) discovers that his mother Christina (Franka Potente) has taken an overdose. While his father Romulus (Eric Bana) rushes to get help, Raimond must try to keep his mother awake, so he tells her an impromptu story. He ... [read more]
The shooting of Harry Henty (2007)
Storytellers Donald Kemarr Thompson and Alec Petyarr Peterson talk about Willaberta Jack shooting Harry Henty. [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]
It’s all image (2002)
Emerging film producers Jason Gooden and Julian Saggers move into prestigious offices in the hope that they can finish and market their feature film. The film’s first director is invited to a screening of a new cut of the film. ... [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]
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]
‘Why do you play footy for?’ (2006)
Luc (Anh Do) and his sister Anne (Lisa Saggers) discuss football as they wait for the team’s first practice to start. Anne holds her pet tortoise, Britney, a gift from her brother. Luc gives his players a pep talk, as ... [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]
‘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]
Making a steam train (1969)
Following the original opening titles, presenters Don Spencer and Anne Haddy introduce the first activity: making a steam train out of a washing basket, plant pot, two ‘clean’ rubbish-tin lids and part of a garden rake. This sequence segues into ... [read more]
First women’s union (1983)
This clip talks about the conditions that led to the Melbourne Tailoresses Strike of 1882 to 1883. [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]
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]
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]
‘(I’m) Stranded’ (1976)
This is a clip from '(I’m) Stranded’, performed by the Saints and written by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey. This song and the single’s B-side, ‘No Time’, were recorded at Bruce Windows Studios in Brisbane. [read more]
‘Life upside down’ (1996)
Late teen Lebanese-Australian Billal, permanently brain damaged from a car accident, is undergoing an operation for the third time. The surgeon explains that fluid has built up in Billal’s brain causing him to gain weight and to exhibit disinhibited violent ... [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]
Campfire story (2007)
A group of children sit around a campfire listening to two Anmatjere elders (Patsy and Jane Briscoe) telling a ghost story called Bungalung. Young men act out the scenes described by the women in the story. [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]
‘The doubt is already beginning’ (1989)
Anne Winton (Carol Drinkwater) confronts Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) about her accusations. Following a heated exchange Anna is led away by husband Bobby (Steve Jacobs). [read more]
