Tasmanian countryside, Hobart and Tasmanian Tiger (c1932) - Clip 1: Women walking along the beach Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: January 28, 2008 Three women walk along the shoreline of an isolated beach. They then cartwheel across the sand. The same women are shown later on, wearing differen...

Efftee Studio opening in Melbourne: Speech by Frank Forde (1931) - Clip 1: Efftee Studios’s opening speech Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: January 28, 2008 Standing in front of his desk, Minister for Trade and Customs, Frank Forde, directly addresses the camera in a speech running over three minutes. T...

Empire Day Pageant (c1915) - Clip 1: Empire Day pageant Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: January 28, 2008 The camera captures a group on a horse and carriage; a woman dressed as Queen Victoria; and various groups of children dressed in costumes. Costume...

Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder at Jimbour, Qld (1899) - Clip 1: Wheat harvesting with a mechanical reaper Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his ...

Voice of a Nation (c1918) - Clip 1: Street parade Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip captures images of the Tasmanian tiger, alone in its enclosure at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. The thylacine is shown in close-up investigati...

Tasmanian Tiger Footage (1932) - Clip 1: Thylacine Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip captures images of the Tasmanian tiger, alone in its enclosure at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. The thylacine is shown in close-up investigati...

WWI Troops Embarkation and Charity Bazaars, Sydney (c1915) - Clip 2: On board the ship Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip shows the on board activities of some of the troops about to depart Sydney to fight in the First World War. It begins with many of them r...

Whitlam – Visit to the Philippines (1974) - Clip 1: Whitlam backs Marcos’s Asian forum idea Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 Then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, addresses the State Dinner at Malacañang Palace, Manila, hosted by President Ferdinand and Mrs Imelda Marcos on...

Whitlam – Visit to Bendigo and Eaglehawk (1973) - Clip 1: Gough opens Dahlia and Arts Festival Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 In Bendigo assisting with the Labor Party’s campaign for the May 1973 Victorian state elections, Gough Whitlam opens the 2nd Eaglehawk Dahlia and A...

St Kilda Esplanade c1912 (c1912) - Clip 1: St Kilda Esplanade Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This short piece of actuality footage shows people at St Kilda including at the entrance to Luna Park, Daylight Pictures Cinema and a jetty at the ...

Wheat Harvesting c1925 (c1925) - Clip 3: Australian Rules Football (AFL) match Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip begins with the crowd watching an AFL match in 1925. They wave their hats to the camera. The AFL...

South Sea Islanders Cutting Cane, 1899: Nambour, Qld (1899) - Clip 1: South Sea Islanders cutting cane Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip of actuality footage taken in 1899, is one of the few pieces of film footage of Melanesian labourers cutting cane in Queensland. Melanesi...

Scenes of Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1899 (1899) - Clip 1: Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This actuality footage shot in 1899, shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background.

Sorrento (c1922) - Clip 3: The beach and swimming hole Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 The holiday accommodation in Sorrento is shown, along with tennis courts and gardens. A title card ‘all the girls are lovely by the seaside’ introd...

Naming of the Federal Capital of Australia: The Ceremony (1913) - Clip 1: Lord Denman, governor-general Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip shows the governor-general Lord Thomas Denman arriving at the naming ceremony of Canberra. A royal salute is fired before Lord Denman lay...

Melbourne Cup 1896 (1896) - Clip 3: Melbourne Cup race Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 This clip shows the end of the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race through the onlooking crowd. New Haven wins.

Darwin c1926 (c1926) - Clip 3: Darwin streets and Chinatown Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 HMAS Success is launched from Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, on 3 March 1984 in front of a huge attending crowd.

Cockatoo Island: HMAS Success Launching (1984) - Clip 1: Launch of the HMAS Success Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2007 HMAS Success is launched from Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, on 3 March 1984 in front of a huge attending crowd.

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Boer War: Transvaal Contingent, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1899 (1899) - Clip 1: Boer War: Transvaal Contingent Channel: australian screen Length: 0 Date: November 18, 2007 This actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills and his assistan...