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Donald Metcalf

Professor Donald Metcalf's research into white blood cell formation has been used in the treatment of millions of cancer patients.
Series : Australian Biography Series 11 | Episode : 5 | Year : 2007 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Rod Freedman
Director : Rod Freedman |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf joking about colleagues' comments about him.
Access No. 144683 | 40 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing with his mother and sister at his graduation wearing gown and mortarboard.
Access No. 144685 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf smiling to camera wearing lab coat. Zoom in to later shot of him sitting at microscope.
Access No. 144686 | 11 secs | 1950s | Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf's father with his arms around Metcalf and his sister as young children posing in backyard.
Access No. 144687 | 9 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the frequent moves his family made during his childhood.
Access No. 144688 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf's father wearing pith helmet standing outside weatherboard building and water tanks at Kings Vale Public School. Zoom in to photograph of Metcalf standing in backyard as a young boy with his arm around his younger sister. Zoom in on WS photograph of Metcalf, his sister and mother standing in school grounds.
Access No. 144689 | 20 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about how he coped with the frequent moves his family made during his childhood.
Access No. 144690 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf's family in garden near house.
Access No. 144691 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about starting school at age three.
Access No. 144692 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf to reveal him standing as a small boy with his mother, younger sister and older sister.
Access No. 144693 | 11 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about starting school at age three.
Access No. 144694 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young boy standing in his school uniform.
Access No. 144695 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about starting school as a younger child and the pitfalls he found in doing so.
Access No. 144696 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young boy sitting on park bench with mother and two sisters in winter. Photograph of sitting on another park bench in summer.
Access No. 144697 | 7 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
Archival B&W footage of telephone lines with river and mountains in background.
Access No. 144698 | 6 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about throwing stones at the telephone cups on the main trunk line and breaking them during war time.
Access No. 144699 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about throwing stones at the telephone cups on the main trunk line as a child waiting for the school bus.
Access No. 144700 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos sitting on telephone lines next to ceramic insulator cups.
Access No. 144701 | 6 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about throwing stones at the telephone cups on the main trunk line as a child waiting for the school bus.
Access No. 144702 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of linesman replacing ceramic insulator cups on telegraph pole.
Access No. 144703 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about throwing stones at the telephone cups on the main trunk line as a child waiting for the school bus.
Access No. 144704 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a teenager standing with his father, both holding tennis racquets.
Access No. 144705 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the impact that world War II had on him as a teenager.
Access No. 144706 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a teenager posing for camera standing next to car holding rifle in one hand and rabbit in the other.
Access No. 144707 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the impact that world War II had on him as a teenager.
Access No. 144708 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from MS B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young man posing for camera squatting down with sister in front of their parents.
Access No. 144709 | 13 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his decision to study medical research rather than studying to be a doctor.
Access No. 144710 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young man with sweater tied around his neck over bare torso. Slow zoom in towards his face.
Access No. 144711 | 11 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about embarking on the new degree of Bachelor of Medical Science.
Access No. 144712 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young man sitting on step of medical school.
Access No. 144713 | 11 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his early social life.
Access No. 144714 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf's wife Jo as a young nurse.
Access No. 144715 | 8 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about how he met his wife Jo.
Access No. 144716 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to MS B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf and his wife Jo when they were a courting couple.
Access No. 144717 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about what attracted him to his wife Jo.
Access No. 144718 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf's wife Jo as a young woman standing with a group of her female friends.
Access No. 144719 | 9 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about what attracted him to his wife Jo.
Access No. 144720 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W wedding photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf and his wife Jo.
Access No. 144721 | 14 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about making the switch from clinical work to actual research work.
Access No. 144722 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young man walking along city street carrying books.
Access No. 144723 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about making why he chose to research leukaemia .
Access No. 144724 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young man standing amongst other Resident Medical Officers at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in group photo, 1953.
Access No. 144725 | 14 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about serving his time working under the worst hospital surgeon before being awarded a fellowship.
Access No. 144726 | 25 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf as a young man walking up ramp outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with his sleeves rolled up.
Access No. 144727 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
B&W photograph of the exterior of the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute building in Melbourne lit up at night. MS photograph of Director Macfarlane Burnet with zoom out to include medical researcher Donald Metcalf and an other doctor training with him.
Access No. 144728 | 20 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about advice he received from Director of the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Macfarlane Burnet, which led him to working on virology in Boston, USA.
Access No. 144729 | 19 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of mouse being weighed in lab with zoom out to medical researcher Donald Metcalf carrying out weighing. B&W photograph of Metcalf's wife and baby daughter. Photograph of Metcalf with toddler on his shoulders and baby in his arms. WS of the Metcalfs' four daughters lined up by height on verandah.
Access No. 144731 | 21 secs | 1950s | Boston, USA | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about fatherhood.
Access No. 144732 | 12 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing with his arm around daughter to show him standing with three of his daughters in mountains.
Access No. 144733 | 22 secs | 1970s | USA | © Donald Metcalf | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the difficulties of parenting teenage daughters.
Access No. 144734 | 16 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf to MS of him sitting at desk Jacob Firth, both in white lab coats, looking through papers at Harvard Medical School.
Access No. 144735 | 13 secs | 1950s | Cambridge, USA | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about Jacob Firth's theories on cancer.
Access No. 144736 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf working at blackboard with Jacob Firth, both in white lab coats, at Harvard Medical School.
Access No. 144737 | 7 secs | 1950s | Cambridge, USA | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
B&W archival footage of medical researcher Donald Metcalf working at microscope and being interviewed on the causes of cancer. MS of Metcalf demonstrating theories with diagrams on blackboard. VS of Metcalf with interviewer and addressing camera.
Access No. 144738 | 47 secs | 1950s | Cambridge, USA | © ABC Library Sales | B&W |
CU newspaper cutting with headline "Cancer Research Expert Returns". Tilt down article to photograph of Donald Metcalf.
Access No. 144739 | 13 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Fairfax Media | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about spending years working in the laboratories in the animal house of the hospital.
Access No. 144740 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of researchers and assistants working in cramped laboratories. CUs medical researcher Donald Metcalf holding up laboratory mouse and MS looking at mice with Japanese doctor.
Access No. 144741 | 12 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about being allergic to animals whilst working in the hospital animal house laboratories.
Access No. 144742 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W archival footage of medical researchers Donald Metcalf and Japanese doctor discussing work in laboratory. CU of them studying printout related to lymphoid leukaemia.
Access No. 144743 | 9 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his research into lymphoid leukaemia.
Access No. 144744 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf working at his desk in laboratory.
Access No. 144745 | 9 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the appointment of Gus Nossal as Director to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI).
Access No. 144746 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of the new Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) Gus Nossal walking towards camera. Zoom in to CU medical researcher Donald Metcalf sitting at desk in meeting with Nossal and colleagues. CU Nossal at microscope and writing notes on pad.
Access No. 144747 | 16 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about being appointed Assistant Director to Gus Nossal at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI).
Access No. 144748 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf smiling to camera lined up with colleagues all wearing lab coats.
Access No. 144749 | 5 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about being appointed Assistant Director to Gus Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) and leaving animal house laboratory work.
Access No. 144750 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of medical researcher Ray Bradley sitting at desk at microscope. CU's of apparatus and Bradley. GS Bradley being joined by colleague looking over his shoulder.
Access No. 144751 | 14 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | B&W |
Macro photograph of bone marrow cells under microscope.
Access No. 144752 | 7 secs | 2000s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf describing the behaviour of leukemic cells on bone marrow cells.
Access No. 144753 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of medical researcher Donald Metcalf joining colleague Ray Bradley sitting at desk at microscope. CU petri dish under microscope
Access No. 144754 | 5 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | B&W |
Macro photographs of cells under microscope.
Access No. 144755 | 11 secs | 2000s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf describing the system he decided to use in his research.
Access No. 144756 | 2 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour archival footage of medical researcher Donald Metcalf joining colleague in laboratory and CUs coloured lab flasks and pipette.
Access No. 144757 | 10 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf describing his research with bone marrow cells.
Access No. 144758 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECU liquid travelling past measures on pipette. CU dropping samples from pipette into petri dishes.
Access No. 144759 | 6 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf describing his research with colony stimulating factor (CSF).
Access No. 144760 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage of CUs numbered petri dishes with zoom in to liquids within them.
Access No. 144761 | 4 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS medical researcher Donald Metcalf at large microscope. CUs of him at microscope.
Access No. 144762 | 6 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
ECUs blood cells.
Access No. 144763 | 11 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf in laboratory.
Access No. 144764 | 8 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his research with colony stimulating factor (CSF).
Access No. 144765 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down B&W photograph of Sue Stevens with petri dishes preparing marrow cultures for bioassaying CSF fractions.
Access No. 144766 | 8 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about collecting urine for his research with colony stimulating factor (CSF).
Access No. 144767 | 16 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down B&W photograph of Richard Stanley fractioning human urine CSF.
Access No. 144768 | 14 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
Zoom out from CU mouse being dissected in B&W photograph to medical researcher Donald Metcalf with it on laboratory table. Zoom out from photograph of mice next to test tubes to high angle shot over woman working on dissected mouse. Tilt to Metcalf at microscope at another desk in lab.
Access No. 144769 | 27 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf describing the use of laboratory mice in his colony stimulating factor (CSF) research.
Access No. 144770 | 22 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU photograph of fingers holding a tiny tube of GM-CSF.
Access No. 144771 | 9 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf describing the use of laboratory mice in his colony stimulating factor (CSF) research.
Access No. 144772 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to photograph of MS medical researcher Donald Metcalf with his colleague Nick Nicola standing in laboratory.
Access No. 144773 | 8 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | Colour |
Tracking shot through laboratory past rows of workers at desks using various apparatus.
Access No. 144774 | 15 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his colony stimulating factor (CSF) research.
Access No. 144775 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out to MS photograph of Tony Burgess at work on granulocyte-macrophage GM-CSF.
Access No. 144776 | 10 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his colony stimulating factor (CSF) research.
Access No. 144777 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU medical researcher Donald Metcalf using calculator at desk and MS of him writing up results.
Access No. 144778 | 15 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about a Swiss company mass producing colony stimulating factor (CSF) Australian discovered gene bacteria.
Access No. 144779 | 15 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from CU of tiny bottle of colony stimulating factor (CSF) to MS of man holding it with medical researcher Donald Metcalf and colleague Nick Nicola on either side of him.
Access No. 144780 | 4 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Tilt up CU photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf holding syringe in one hand and mouse in the other.
Access No. 144781 | 7 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
Zoom out from CU of tiny bottle of colony stimulating factor (CSF) to MS of man holding it flanked by medical researcher Donald Metcalf and colleague Nick Nicola on either side.
Access No. 144782 | 4 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about success after 20 years of research into colony stimulating factor (CSF) Australian discovered gene bacteria.
Access No. 144783 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Excerpt from ABC show Quantum showing genes slide and stem cell graphics.
Access No. 144784 | 34 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about colony stimulating factor (CSF) and human genes.
Access No. 144785 | 19 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS doctor with bald young cancer patient showing him machine which he will be using as part of a clinical trial to help produce white blood cells.
Access No. 144786 | 15 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
VS cancer patient being teated in colony stimulating factor (CSF) trials. VS patient receiving transfusion and having needles injected into stomach area.
Access No. 144787 | 29 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf where he explains his cancer treatment to camera.
Access No. 144788 | 11 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the successful introduction of colony stimulating factor (CSF).
Access No. 144789 | 11 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour interview with Sir Gustav Nossal talking about the importance of colony stimulating factor (CSF) to molecular haematology and praises researcher Donald Metcalf highly.
Access No. 144790 | 20 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Tilt down vast display of honours and awards given to medical researcher Donald Metcalf.
Access No. 144791 | 12 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf showing modesty when talking about the honours and awards he has received.
Access No. 144792 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from MS photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing with colleagues all in lab coats. Photograph of colleagues from WEHI.
Access No. 144793 | 10 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing in lab with young colleague.
Access No. 144794 | 2 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | Colour |
B&W photograph of colleagues medical researcher Donald Metcalf and Nick Nicola in laboratory. Relaxed B&W photograph of Metcalf standing with several colleagues all in lab coats. Tilt down photograph of man standing to Metcalf and female colleague seated at microscopes in front of him.
Access No. 144795 | 9 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
VS woman opening incubator door and removing trays of cultures.
Access No. 144796 | 11 secs | 2000s | Australia | © CSIRO / WEHI | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about a typical day in the laboratory.
Access No. 144797 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECUs slide colony. CUs medical researcher Donald Metcalf looking at slides, placing slides under microscope and through microscope.
Access No. 144798 | 20 secs | 2000s | Australia | © CSIRO / WEHI Archives | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his method for counting the cultures from the slides.
Access No. 144799 | 19 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECUs slide under microscope. MS medical researcher Donald Metcalf looking through microscope. ECUs cell colonies.
Access No. 144800 | 18 secs | 2000s | Australia | © CSIRO / WEHI Archives | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about what worries him during a typical day in the laboratory.
Access No. 144801 | 17 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CUs medical researcher Donald Metcalf looking through microscope.
Access No. 144802 | 5 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
B&W MS photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf looking through microscope
Access No. 144803 | 5 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about physical problems with his back after decades of microscope use.
Access No. 144804 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W CUs of medical researcher Donald Metcalf looking through microscope.
Access No. 144805 | 6 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
CU medical researcher Donald Metcalf looking through microscope. and GS of him adjusting focus.
Access No. 144807 | 6 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about physical problems with laboratory research.
Access No. 144808 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage of Nick Nichola working in laboratory. ECU syringe drawing up fluid. MS lab assistants at work. MS medical researcher Donald Metcalf working at desk with computer next to him.
Access No. 144809 | 13 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the cut-throat nature of medical research funding.
Access No. 144810 | 13 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up MS B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf sitting at desk with journal.
Access No. 144811 | 6 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the cut-throat nature of medical research and an experience he has had.
Access No. 144812 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf and colleagues sitting at desk in meeting. Zoom in to Metcalf.
Access No. 144813 | 9 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf explaining why patents are important.
Access No. 144814 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down colour photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf working with slides in laboratory.
Access No. 144815 | 9 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf explaining why patents are important.
Access No. 144816 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from colour photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing with Walter & Eliza Hall Institute Director Gustav Nossal in dinner suits.
Access No. 144817 | 9 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his desire to keep working on research rather than being in a higher administrative role.
Access No. 144818 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf, Gus Nossal and Prince Phillip during royal visit to WEHI Institute.
Access No. 144820 | 3 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
Colour archival footage of the exterior of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) building.
Access No. 144821 | 4 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his lack of interest in career power.
Access No. 144822 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
News footage of Sir Gustav Nossal, Professor Doctor Donald Metcalf and Professor Jacque Miller walking down corridor together talking as their retirement is announced in voice-over. CUs of each of them talking as they sit at table in joint conference.
Access No. 144823 | 14 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
WS colour photograph of cancer research staff gathered outside of WEHI Institute building.
Access No. 144824 | -611 mins -50 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking continuation of his working routine despite "retirement".
Access No. 144825 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS medical researcher Donald Metcalf arriving at office, turning on lights and opening blinds and donning lab coat.
Access No. 144826 | 22 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Tilt down B&W photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing in office reading paper to huge pile of crumpled paper at his feet and around bin.
Access No. 144827 | 6 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS medical researcher Donald Metcalf sitting at desk in his office behind piles of files with computer.
Access No. 144828 | 6 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about his intention to keep working indefinately.
Access No. 144829 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS tilt up B&W photograph of cancer researcher Donald Metcalf sitting at microscope smiling to camera.
Access No. 144830 | 12 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | B&W |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about the desire to make new research discoveries.
Access No. 144831 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS tilt up colour photograph of cancer researcher Donald Metcalf sitting at laboratory table with slides.
Access No. 144832 | 8 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © WEHI Archives | Colour |
CU interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about new research discoveries.
Access No. 144833 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU tilt up of medical researcher Donald Metcalf sitting at microscope.
Access No. 144834 | 3 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
CU tilt up of medical researcher Donald Metcalf placing slide under microscope to CU of him looking through other end.
Access No. 144835 | 8 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about feeling different on the inside to his appearance on the outside.
Access No. 144836 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W graduation photograph of medical researcher Donald Metcalf standing in crowd wearing gown and mortar board hat. Slow zoom in to his face.
Access No. 144837 | 9 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf | B&W |
MS interview with medical researcher Donald Metcalf talking about feeling different on the inside to his appearance on the outside and his expectations.
Access No. 144838 | 40 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
End credits running over montage of photographs of medical researcher Donald Metcalf at work with voice-over of his rhythmic counting as he looks through microscope.
Access No. 144839 | 44 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Donald Metcalf/WEHI Institute | B&W |