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Ted's Evolution

Reputations and careers are on the line as Australian scientist Ted Steele takes on the establishment in a battle that could revolutionise the theory of evolution.
Year : 2001 | Total Duration : 54 Minutes | Producer : David Noakes, Lou Petho
Director : Lou Petho |
CU Dr Ted Steele as he makes tennis serve. Opening Titles. VS Ted playing tennis on grass court, CU Ted in red baseball cap. Animation footage sperm swimming towards egg, sperm penetrating egg. Dissolve.
Access No. 133576 | 27 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pod of dolphins swimming underwater just beneath surface, quick shots other wildlife - whale (possibly humpback) breaching ocean surface, slow motion monkey flying from tree grabbing and swinging on branch, cheetah running across yellow field, gazelle springing through long yellow grass, cheetah chasing gazelle, catching and pulling it down. Dissolve.
Access No. 133577 | 24 secs | 2000s | Various | © Absolutely Wild Visuals | Colour |
Newspaper article with photo Ted Steele. Dissolve.
Access No. 133579 | 4 secs | | © Michael Ward | B&W |
Newspaper article ÒBiological heresyÓ. Dissolve.
Access No. 133581 | 3 secs | | © Science | B&W |
Newspaper article ÒDarwinism challengedÓ.
Access No. 133582 | 3 secs | | © Northern Territory News | B&W |
VS Dr Ted Steele playing tennis grass court, ECU Ted's face wearing red baseball cap. Title. Tilt up Toronto skyscraper office buildings against grey sky, stonework of older building in F/G. Super. MS city traffic, car approaches intersection as Dr Ted Steele and Dr Reg Gorczynski walk around street corner in F/G, track two men walking along street to camera.
Access No. 133583 | 45 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview molecular immunologist (super) Dr Ted Steele talking about meeting and becoming friends with Dr Reg Gorczynski. Interview cell biologist (super) Dr Reg Gorczynski talking about meeting Ted and thinking he'd be fun to work with. Night ground to air shot passenger plane in flight, June 1978 (super), interior aircraft Ted reading, CU pages from book ÒJanus a Summing UpÓ chapter on ÒLamarck RevisitedÓ. Dissolve.
Access No. 133584 | 37 secs | 2000s | Australia; USA | © NFSA / Hutchinsons | Colour |
CU drawing of evolution theorist Jean-Baptiste a Lamarck. Dissolve.
Access No. 133587 | 9 secs | 1800s | Paris, France, Europe | © Bibliotheque Central du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle | B&W |
Tilt up Dr Ted Steele reading by lamplight on aeroplane, pullback to MS. Interview Ted Steele talking about his realisation with Lamarck's theory on evolution.
Access No. 133589 | 32 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Magazine article from Research News ÒLamarck Will Not Lie DownÓ, zoom in to MCU.
Access No. 133591 | 9 secs | | © Science | B&W |
VS giraffes in zoo enclosure, MCU giraffe walking behind another in F/G, CU two giraffes feeding on leaves from branches, ECU muzzle of giraffe as it feeds, WS zoo worker on platform observing two giraffes feeding from pole. Still b&w photograph Charles Darwin. MCU giraffe eating leaves, WS three giraffes in enclosure, rock formation and cave in B/G.
Access No. 133594 | 47 secs | 2000s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up Toronto skyscraper office buildings, good WS street scene with traffic, Dr Ted Steele and Dr Reg Gorczynski walk along street to camera, enter pub ÒThe Red LionÓ, MS sign, interior pub with barman pulling beers, very good CU drinking pint glass of beer (lager), quick MS man drinking beer, MS Ted and Reg at table in pub making toast with glasses of beer, sipping beer.
Access No. 133608 | 27 secs | 2000s | Toronto, Canada; Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about how convincing Lamarck's theory was. CU hand putting down glass of beer, MS Dr Ted Steele and Dr Reg Gorczynski drinking beers, MS Ted, MCU beer being pulled (poured), interview Ted as he sits at table in pub with Reg, talking about a seminar on his theory being terminated, no-one wanting to listen. Interview immunologist and research supervisor (super) Dr Alastair Cunningham talking about experts not wanting to give up their positions to such a maverick as Ted Steele.
Access No. 133610 | 43 secs | 2000s | Toronto, Canada | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Dr Ted Steele giving lecture, MS students, MS Ted lecturing. Interview Dr Reg Gorczynski talking about people not taking to the was Ted's was presenting his controversial ideas. WS track Ted Steele walking along pathway of Canterbury House past large sign ÒHeretics IncludedÓ. Still sepia portrait photograph, 1880s, scientist Auguste Weismann. MS hands in surgical gloves operating on white mouse, CU mice and young, ECU baby mice.
Access No. 133611 | 1 min 14 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Animation footage of Weismann Barrier, zoom in to body cell next to reproductive cell, blue barrier (theoretical) appears between cells (super), stopping harmful genes being passed from body cells to reproductive cells. Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about his attempts over 25 years to penetrate the so-called Weismann Barrier. Animation footage showing gaps in blue barrier and genes passing through to reproductive cell. MCU book being photocopied. Interview Ted about his being on a mission to prepare a document on his ideas.
Access No. 133612 | 1 min 19 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU hand touching glass of beer, CU Dr Reg Gorczynski, MS Dr Ted Steele at table in pub with Dr Gorczynski, Ted talking to camera about Reg having started an experiment and telling him about it in the corridor.
Access No. 133613 | 20 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Still b&w photograph, circa 1970s, Dr Reg Gorczynski holding mice in hand. Dissolve.
Access No. 133614 | 7 secs | 1970s | © Eric Hayes | B&W |
Animation footage test on mice for immune tolerance. Interview Dr Ted Steele and Dr Reg Gorczynski, Reg talking about not anticipating prejudiced reaction to the experiment data, CU Ted, interview Reg about people doubting results of experiment.
Access No. 133615 | 1 min 11 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Slow zoom on cover of manuscript ÒSematic Selection and Adaptive EvolutionÓ , CU notice Òcopyright by EJ Steele, 1979Ó, CU manuscript pages turning. Dissolve.
Access No. 133616 | 12 secs | 1970s | © Dr Ted Steele / Jeffrey Pollard | Colour |
Still b&w photograph science philosopher Karl Popper, circa 1970s. Dissolve.
Access No. 133617 | 5 secs | 1970s | © Mrs Mellita Mews | B&W |
CU pen writing, pan across address details for Sir Karl Popper and Dr Howard Terin, MS Dr Ted Steele reading letter from science philosopher Karl Popper, CU typed excerpt from letter, Ted sitting on couch reading from letter, CU closing lines of letter and signature. Interview Ted talking about perhaps not always discovering what he expects, but doing something important through his experiments.
Access No. 133618 | 41 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU pan down cover and title of book by Dr Ted Steele book ÒSomatic Selection and Adaptive EvolutionÓ, dissolve to CU text in book overlayed with experiment results, pan down book to ÒBy EJ SteeleÓ.
Access No. 133621 | 16 secs | 2000s | © Dr Ted Steele / Jeffrey Pollard | Colour |
Interview immunologist and research supervisor (super) Dr Alastair Cunningham talking about Dr Ted Steele looking to make a mark. Dr Ted Steele and Dr Reg Gorczynski walking down stairs as they leave pub, VS two men waiting to cross road at pedestrian crossing, ambulance speeding through traffic, CU Ted, heavy traffic. Interview Ted talking about the challenge in wanting to permeate the Weismann Barrier.
Access No. 133622 | 37 secs | 2000s | Toronto, Canada | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan down ornate buildings to French outdoor corner cafes, two women walking along cobbled street, one in white coat and smoking, car passing in B/G. WS boats moored on River Thames and Embankment with city buildings and St Pauls in B/G. MS iron gates and entrance to King's College, MCU sign for King's College London. Interview immunologist Professor Leslie Brent (super) talking about being very skeptical about Dr Ted Steele's ideas.
Access No. 133623 | 38 secs | 2000s | Paris, France, Europe; London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Still b&w portrait photograph, circa 1970s, pioneer immunologist Sir Peter Medawar, slow zoom to CU face.
Access No. 133624 | 17 secs | 1970s | © Paul Bishop | B&W |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about going to work in British immunologist Sir Peter Medawar. Article and photograph of Peter Medawar ÒA Leader in the Biological SciencesÓ.
Access No. 133626 | 16 secs | 2000s | © New Scientist | Colour |
Interview Sir John Maddox, radio presenter, editor ÔNature' 1980-95 (super) talking about Sir Peter Medawar being very sure of himself, unable to suffer fools and pushing them out. WS London Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, River Thames in F/G, dissolve to pan and LA tilt up corner tower of Parliament building and Big Ben, lamp post in F/G.
Access No. 133628 | 35 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Piccadilly Circus, red bus passing F/G, black London cab past camera, CU red bus passing, pedestrians walking across street, busy traffic on Piccadilly Circus, buses (possibly on Regent Street), cabs along street lined with bare winter trees as man walks in F/G.
Access No. 133631 | 20 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview researcher Dr Arno Mullbacher (super) talking about immunologist Sir Peter Medawar's laboratory not being able to reproduce Dr Ted Steele's experiments. Interview Dr Ted Steele about asking to see data books. Pan data in book, hand-drawn graph plotting data.
Access No. 133632 | 31 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
MS Dr Ted Steele sitting on moving train, POV train London residential buildings, CU detail poster in railway station of giraffe driving tank, WS billboards on platform with commuters passing in F/G, Ted emerging from Northwick Park underground station, sign for Northwick Park Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, Ted walking past sign, rear view Ted on path, pan R-L hospital buildings, Ted talking to camera about controversy over experiment results.
Access No. 133633 | 41 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage, 1981, BBC Horizon science programme, opening title, specimen containers on small conveyor belt in laboratory, CU digital counter, interview Professor Leslie Brent about bone marrow experiment, specimen containers, interview Brent saying experiment results were negative.
Access No. 133634 | 30 secs | 1980s | London, England, UK | © BBC Television | Colour |
MS white mouse with brown and black young in clear cage.
Access No. 133635 | 5 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage, 1981, BBC Horizon science programme, interview Dr Ted Steele about results of bone marrow experiments and technical faults with some of the test systems.
Access No. 133636 | 14 secs | 1980s | London, England, UK | © BBC Television | Colour |
Pan clear laboratory cages of mice and rats to MS white mouse with young, CU brown and black baby mice. Sir John Maddox, radio presenter, editor ÔNature' 1980-95, looking through manuscript, CU Maddox reading, CU book cover title ÒNatureÓ. Interview Maddox talking about his interview with Dr Ted Steele and Professor Leslie Brent.
Access No. 133637 | 32 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about preparing graph data on experiment results for interview and debate. Interview with Professor Leslie Brent about Steele presenting graph of data at interview. Interview Ted about shocking Brent and Maddox at interview. Interview Sir John Maddox about Ted's bombshell bringing proceedings to a halt. Interview Brent about mice reactions to skin drafts. VS mice, good CU white mouse. Interview Brent.
Access No. 133639 | 1 min 16 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan journal article by Dr Ted Steele ÒLamarck and immunity: a conflict resolvedÓ. Dissolve.
Access No. 133642 | 5 secs | 2000s | © New Scientist | Colour |
Various newspaper articles from 1980s: ÒResearch disputes theory of evolutionÓ, ÒResearchers give Darwin a 2nd lookÓ, ÒToo soon for the rehabilitation of LamarckÓ, ÒMonkeying with the theory of evolutionÓ, ÒThe Bad Boy of BiologyÓ.
Access No. 133645 | 17 secs | 2000s | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about no longer being able to work in Sir Peter Medawar's laboratory because of controversy.
Access No. 133646 | 5 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Dr Ted Steele with cigarette.
Access No. 133647 | 5 secs | 1980s | London, England, UK | © Ann Wallace | B&W |
Interview Dr Arno Mullbacher, researcher (super) talking about Sir Peter Medawar not being able to keep Dr Ted Steele at his laboratory. Interview science journalist Sir John Maddox talking about it not being surprising that Ted and Medawar fell out. Ted walking along path and looking through cyclone woven wire fence, ECU Ted's face, WS hospital through wire fence, CU Ted, WS Ted standing at fence then walking away along path and fading out of frame.
Access No. 133649 | 46 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
CU painting of scientist Paul Kammerer, circa 1920s. Fade to black.
Access No. 133650 | 14 secs | 2000s | © Naturhistorisches Museum Wien | Colour |
Archival b&w footage with subtitles, circa 1920s Russia, farmers on tractor with harvester in wheatfield, CU agronomist Trofin Lysenko looking at wheat, MS Lysenko and others in greenhouse, men looking at wheat, CU grains in hand, VS men inspecting wheat and seeds.
Access No. 133651 | 43 secs | 1920s | Soviet Russia | © Russian Archive | B&W |
Interview science historian Professor Steven Jones (super) talking about Lysenko's experiments being an example of science driven by human desires or divine desires.
Access No. 133652 | 12 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival b&w footage, circa 1920s, Josef Stalin speaking at podium, line of Russian military officers, CU agronomist Trofin Lysenko speaking, Lysenko with boys observing potatoes.
Access No. 133653 | 15 secs | 1920s | Soviet Russia | © Russian Archive | B&W |
Interview science historian Professor Steven Jones talking about Russian agronomist Trofin Lysenko's belief that he could grow warm climate foods in a cold climate.
Access No. 133654 | 10 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival b&w footage, circa 1930s, Josef Stalin and another man applauding, Russian agronomist Trofin Lysenko, appointed president of the Academy of Agricultural Science, speaking emphatically at microphone, WS audience, CU Lysenko giving speech.
Access No. 133655 | 17 secs | 1930s | Soviet Russia | © Russian Archive | B&W |
Interview science historian Professor Steven Jones talking about Dr Ted Steele being brave to have entered a field that has Òhistorically been a swampÓ. MS Dr Ted Steele reading magazine on plane, CU Ted reading.
Access No. 133656 | 17 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage, circa 1980s, WS rear view plane landing on airstrip, wheels smoking on touchdown. Dissolve.
Access No. 133657 | 17 secs | 1980s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still b&w portrait photograph Bob Blanden, former colleague of Ted Steele. Dissolve to b&w photo exterior John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Access No. 133658 | 10 secs | Unknown | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © John Curtin School of Medical Research | B&W |
Tilt down from bushland to HA residential suburban street, car driving along road, interior Dr Ted Steele driving car and talking to camera about Bob Blanden arranging a research position in the Department of Immunology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, POV car along suburban street, Ted driving.
Access No. 133659 | 31 secs | 2000s | Wollongong, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Professor Bob Blanden, molecular & cellular immunologist (super) talking about Dr Ted Steele's being asked not to work on the Lamarckian theory in his new position. Ted driving, view through windscreen, talking about being told to get on with science. Interview Bob about Ted starting new job and breaking promise not to work on the Lamarckian theory.
Access No. 133664 | 31 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS exterior John Curtin School of Medical Research, Dr Ted Steele entering building through glass doors. CU clear fluid being poured from bottle into tray, CU Ted in profile concentrating, MS Ted putting cap on bottle, walking away. Dissolve to animated graphic of human body showing skeleton and internal organs, zoom to CU computer generated cells, into cell to genes, VS gene cells travelling around body, into testes, joining sperm cell.
Access No. 133666 | 56 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Professor Bob Blanden, molecular & cellular immunologist, talking about Ted Steele needing to go to molecular immunology to further his research. WS Wollongong with rain clouds in B/G, tree in F/G (super), WS Wollongong University building, CU sign on internal glass door ÒDepartment of Biological SciencesÓ, MCU Ted's nameplate on door, rear view Ted opening door, overhead shot writing on data sheet, CU writing. Animation of mice and genes, zoom to CU genes. Dissolve.
Access No. 133667 | 1 min 10 secs | 2000s | Wollongong, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage, December 1994 (super) newsreader giving bulletin on ÒGenetic LeapÓ story on genetic research that suggests that immune systems can be passed on to the next generation, resulting in acquired characteristics.
Access No. 133670 | 21 secs | 2000s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Dr Ted Steele takes folder from briefcase, at desk with Professor Bob Blanden, MS Bob, two men looking at data, CU finger on data spreadsheet, CU Ted reading, pan from Bob to both men looking at document. Interview Prof. Bob Blanden talking about not understanding how people can exclude the discoveries from a paradigm of evolutionary biology
Access No. 133671 | 54 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage, September 1998 (super) Dr Ted Steele at book launch for Lamarck's SignatureÓ, VS crowd in bookstore, CU blue book cover. Dissolve to opening title graphics for Lateline programme, VS reporter interviewing Professor Bob Blanden and others via satellite, Bob Blanden talking about evidence and opponents to publish alternative interpretations, Dr Niles Eldredge talking about learning more about how the Weismann's Barrier and inheritants work.
Access No. 133672 | 1 min 15 secs | 2000s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Tracking shot Dr Ted Steele walking along corridor to camera, entering office and greeting Professor Bob Blanden with handshake, two men sit down at table covered in documents, VS Ted and Bob discussing paper, Ted talking about timeliness of new paper an an enzyme published in America. Ted packing suitcase, blonde woman (wife) walks into shot and helps him pack, CU airline ticket, Ted saying he feels Òmaster of the universeÓ, woman smiling in B/G.
Access No. 133676 | 1 min 22 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS mounted guardsmen on horses R-L, London, March 1999 (super), marching guards in busbies at Changing of the Guard, street with cabs and red buses, Dr Ted Steele crossing road, tilt up ÒBBCÓ sign on building entrance, CU monitor with moving bars, CU Ted in studio, WS Ted being interviewed in darkened radio studio, CU Ted laughing.
Access No. 133677 | 33 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Various night shots London, pedestrians walking across London Bridge, Tower Bridge in B/G, WS Tower Bridge with River Thames and ship in F/G, WS commuter train crossing bridge over river, WS dome of St Paul's Cathedral, pan left from River Thames to hotel exterior.
Access No. 133681 | 25 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Dr Ted Steele talking on phone in London hotel room, ECU Ted's face, MS Ted sitting on bed talking about having radio debate with one of his critics. Interview evolutionary geneticist Professor Gabriel Dover (super) talking about Ted's lack of understanding of the natural selection and not having a basic piece of evidence for his theory.
Access No. 133682 | 28 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Good MCU cup of coffee and full English breakfast as hands work knife and fork, MS Dr Ted Steele in cafe talking about forthcoming radio debate as he eats breakfast, POV interior cab as it drives along London street, tilt up Ted in sitting in back. Interview science producer BBC Radio Martin Redfern (super) talking about remembering Ted Steele from the 1980s as a heretic, CU Ted in profile in back of cab.
Access No. 133702 | 45 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
MS framed sign ÒThe British Broadcasting CorporationÓ on wall, CU Dr Ted Steele in profile wearing headphones, WS female radio interviewer at cluttered desk asking question, WS studio workers at control panel, CU Ted responding to question, CU illuminated orange button labelled ÒMic LiveÓ, super: Prof. Gabriel Dover Live from Oxford, CU Ted listening to Dover's comments, WS pan from interviewer and producer at studio desk as interviewer speaks to Ted answering.
Access No. 133703 | 56 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
High shot rooftops with BBC flag in F/G, WS radio station and tower with buildings and parkland in B/G, overhead shot red car turning out of street below three flags hanging from ornate balcony of corner building, good pan R-L from London buildings and spire to large building (possibly Victorian).
Access No. 133704 | 22 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Dr Ted Steele smiling in radio studio during interview listening to voice of Professor Gabriel Dover asking for evidence of Steele's theory, CU female radio interviewer, CU Ted in headphones, pan from CU Ted's hands on microphone base to Ted speaking in response, interviewer, Ted talking, WS radio interviewer and producer at cluttered desk, MS pan from stopwatch to CU hand making notes, CU woman closing interview. Ted and young producer outside studio sharing joke.
Access No. 133705 | 55 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
Rear view Dr Ted Steele and other passengers getting off airport shuttle and walking across tarmac to British Airways jet plane, Ted in queue, passengers boarding aircraft, interior Ted in seat reading newspaper. Fade to black.
Access No. 133706 | 23 secs | 2000s | London, England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
High WS Canberra and Lake Burleigh Griffin (super), Dr Ted Steele walking through interior doorway of office, Professor Bob Blanden sits down in chair, VS Ted and Bob seated in chairs having conversation about poor review of their book. CU fountain with colour spectrum in Lake Burleigh Griffin, Parliament House in B/G, WS fountain and rainbow, bridge in B/G, MS rainbow over water with spray.
Access No. 133707 | 1 min 20 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan from scientific diagrams on whiteboard to overhead shot of Dr Ted Steele and Professor Bob Blanden sitting at round coffee table in office, Ted showing Bob photograph, CU Ted's finger pointing out people in photo, CU Ted talking about potential US collaboration, CU Bob talking about new generation of research, CU Ted nodding in agreement.
Access No. 133708 | 41 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tracking shot L-R across scientific equipment in laboratory to young scientist Andrew Franklin preparing gene samples, MCU pipette depositing blue fluid, MCU Andrew carefully using pipette, WS through shelves Andrew working in lab. Interview Ph.D student Andrew Franklin (super) talking about wanting to find out the truth about Lamarckian's theory.
Access No. 133709 | 41 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Rear view track Professor Bob Blanden taking document from desk and handing to seated Dr Ted Steele, pan from Ted looking at papers to Bob swearing and giving brief overview of academic review, VS Ted and Bob as Bob talks, MS two men in conversation, pan left down boxes and files on shelves to Ted working at computer, CU text on computer screen, CU Ted talking, CU cursor hitting send button on email screen to send media release, MS Ted , CU Ted in profile.
Access No. 133710 | 1 min 45 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS newspaper articles titled 1. ÒUni whistleblower won't recant, refusal to budge over allegations of grade-doctoringÓ, 2. ÒNow bribes are alleged in scramble for university marksÓ, 3. ÒSteele decides to say no moreÓ, 4. ÒSecret paths to higher educationÓ. Fade to black.
Access No. 133712 | 15 secs | 2000s | Australia | © Illawarra Mercury / Sydney Morning Herald | Colour |
Rear view Dr Ted Steele walking along footpath (super: February, 2001), track Ted CU face as he walks along street talking about receiving summary dismissal from University of Wollongong, turns to camera saying he didn't expect it to come to this, MS Ted in park talking on mobile phone, Ted carrying plastic storage boxes along corridor to stairway in John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Access No. 133715 | 40 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan from Dr Ted Steele's nameplate on office door to changed lock, man taking photograph, nameplate being removed with screwdriver, MS Ted posing for photo outside his locked office, WS same, MS Ted putting empty plastic boxes in car and talking about having zip disk with all the human genome data that he needs.
Access No. 133716 | 30 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS Dr Ted Steele's nameplate and department sign lying on top of papers, rear view Ted sitting at desk in untidy home office, CU Ted in profile, CU data scrolling on computer screen, pan from Ted to writing on pad.
Access No. 133718 | 18 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Good medium WS Colosseum with pedestrians walking through frame, exterior stone sign for Istituto Superiore di Sanita, scientist and reproductive geneticist Corrado Spadafora at work in laboratory, CU Spadafora in profile, CU blue liquid samples being prepared, dispensed through pipette.
Access No. 133719 | 18 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
CU cover of Cell scientific journal dated June 2, 1989, zoom in to ÒCellÓ, dissolve to highlighted name Corrado Spadafora.
Access No. 133720 | 8 secs | 1980s | © Cell | Colour |
VS scientific experiments in laboratory, CU pipette taking sample from test tube, MS female lab technician taking sample, CU sample being placed in diagnostic machine, CU pan down machine, overhead shot woman closing machine and pressing button.
Access No. 133722 | 16 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
MS reproductive geneticist Dr Corrado Spadafora (super) talking with three students in laboratory, three students with female in middle talking, CU gel result (photograph), Corrado looking at gel result and putting on window sill for extra light, CU Corrado examining gel result, CU pen pointing out results, CU Corrado in profile.
Access No. 133723 | 29 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Rome buildings with domed church, pedestrians on bridge in F/G, good MS people riding Vespas in busy street, WS traffic down street away from camera, MCU man on Vespa rides past camera, WS Dr Ted Steele being greeted with handshake by Dr Corrado Spadafora at Fiumicino Rome airport, rear view car entering gateway and driving up private road (possibly hotel driveway).
Access No. 133724 | 24 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Dr Corrado Spadafora in profile in laboratory, CU through microscope sperm cell absorbing DNA, rear view Dr Ted Steele sitting with Corrado at desk, CU finger pointing at chart of test images, CU Corrado nodding and smiling, CU Ted talking about the Weismann barrier, WS two men as Ted speaks, CU Corrado talking about DNA from sperm, CU Ted, tilt up Corrado and Ted sharing joke about Ted being surprised by Corrado's discoveries.
Access No. 133726 | 45 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Temple of Forgiveness, MS Latin inscription above entrance (shaky camera), MS Dr Ted Steele and Dr Corrado Spadafora looking up as Corrado explains Latin inscription, men move off to enter building, WS two men leaning on balustrade between two large Roman statues, MS Ted talking novel things in science not getting mass support, MS Corrado, Ted talking about need for funding at difficult stage, two men walking away, rear view me walking across street.
Access No. 133740 | 49 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Spanish Steps with tourists in F/G, track Dr Ted Steele and Dr Corrado Spadafora walking along street, Ted drinking bottle of coke, rear view men walking down street, interview Ted, Colosseum in B/G, fade to black.
Access No. 133745 | 21 secs | 2000s | Rome, Italy, Europe | © NFSA | Colour |
CU raindrops on twigs, focus change to front exterior of The John Curtin School of Medical Research, WS research centre with lawn and tree foliage in F/G, MS building with two cars parked in F/G, MCU winter tree branches in front of windows.
Access No. 133746 | 17 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about funding being withdrawn by American collaborators, Ted and Professor Bob Blanden in office, Ted standing and Bob in chair having discussion, Bob expressing his disappointment, CU Andrew Franklin talking on phone, MS Ted and Bob listening, CU Andrew, Bob and Ted standing, Andrew hanging up, MCU Bob, Andrew to camera commenting on unfortunate situation.
Access No. 133751 | 1 min 33 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up statue of Queen Victoria silhouetted against blue sky with green foliage right of frame, WS Dr Ted Steele and young people standing outside Federal Court, Ted walks into court building as cameraman films him, Super: March 2002.
Access No. 133753 | 11 secs | 2000s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ABC Television newsreader reporting on Dr Ted Steele's Federal Court win against an appeal by the University of Wollongong, 2002.
Access No. 133756 | 12 secs | 2000s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
MS Dr Ted Steele being interviewed by news reporters outside Federal Court of Australia, talking into 2UE and Triple J microphones, night exterior shot Sketches restaurant, MS Ted and others at table inside restaurant, MS guests, CU Ted smiling and talking.
Access No. 133759 | 26 secs | 2000s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Scientist Dr Andrew Franklin entering counting room of laboratory and sitting down at control board, pan down to him taking sample out of cooler box (Esky), rear view Andrew hunched over equipment, CU securing sample test tube, CU plotting graph on monitor, two frames graphics of tag genes, animation footage genes, VS tag genes and journey through human body to testicle, gene entering sperm cell, CU hand operating microscope, CU Andrew looking through microscope.
Access No. 133763 | 1 min 14 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Good WS Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, stretching over grey bay on hazy day, WS San Francisco suburbs, MS Dr Patrick Fogarthy talking with colleague in laboratory, MCU three white mice in transparent cage, good CU faces of two mice, interview molecular biologist Dr Patrick Fogarthy (super) talking about breakthrough experiment, CU gene images on monitor, Patrick talking about connection to Lamarckian theory, lab technician working at bench, CU mice.
Access No. 133767 | 1 min 18 secs | 2000s | San Francisco, California, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
CU hand opening copy on New Scientist magazine to article on gene transfer, pan from magazine to Dr Ted Steele and Professor Bob Blanden reading article, CU Ted, CU Dr Andrew Franklin, CU Ted, tilt up MS three scientists looking at magazine.
Access No. 133768 | 28 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © New Scientist | Colour |
Good MCU Dr Ted Steele amidst thick crowd of pedestrians, MS American flag flying from pole left of frame, foliage to right against pale blue sky, WS interior lecture hall (super: International Symposium Applied Quantum Physics, Michigan) with Ted giving talk with large graphic on screen behind him, MS Ted talking, MCU Dr Ken Augustyn and colleague listening to lecture, interview physicist Dr Ken Augustyn (super) talking about Ted's work saying there is more to genetics than just random mutations.
Access No. 133770 | 1 min 3 secs | 2000s | Michigan, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about a process where an organism can adjust and change during its lifetime.
Access No. 133772 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tracking shot dingo running through long grass, WS track two dingoes chasing grey kangaroo through grassland.
Access No. 133774 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © Absolutely Wild Visuals | Colour |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about an animal being able to pass on survival adjustment to its progene.
Access No. 133775 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECU eye of green chameleon, MS chameleon walking on branch.
Access No. 133776 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © Absolutely Wild Visuals | Colour |
Interview Dr Ted Steele talking about evolutionary progress of organisms, interview cell biologist Dr Reg Gorczynski (super) talking about importance of concept in terms of genetics of evolution.
Access No. 133777 | 13 secs | 2000s | Australia; USA | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Dr Ted Steele giving presentation in lecture hall in front of huge screen, MS students listening, MS Ted talking, interview Professor Bob Blanden talking about new data available, MS Ted giving lecture, pan right from WS audience in lecture theatre to Ted speaking in front of screen, interview Dr Ken Augustyn talking about Ted possible being a very important figure in the history of science.
Access No. 133778 | 41 secs | 2000s | Michigan, USA | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan down from bright green tree foliage to people walking along treelined pathway in park, MS women and children standing by with merry-go-round in B/G, MS Dr Ted Steele walking small terrier dog on leash on Wollongong beach, steelworks in B/G.
Access No. 133779 | 20 secs | 2000s | NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Track MS pelican diving into water, underwater dolphins swimming past camera, track pod of dolphins swimming beneath surface, fade to black.
Access No. 133780 | 17 secs | 2000s | Australia | © Absolutely Wild Visuals | Colour |