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‘This is number 96?’ (1975)
A mystery man (Curt Jansen) arrives at the delicatessen looking for Herb Evans (Ron Shand). Arnold Feather (Jeff Kevin) sends him upstairs where the residents of Flat 3 are enjoying their evening meal. Dorrie Evans (Pat McDonald) is scheming to ... [read more]
‘I just want my boy back’ (2000)
After realising she has left her purse at home and cannot buy any fuel, Kymmy (Olivia Patten) steals a demijohn of fuel from the back of a 4WD parked at the service station belonging to a retired couple. Her mother ... [read more]
The Stranger (1964)
A mysterious Stranger (Ron Haddrick) collapses on the doorstep of the Walsh family home. The opening titles for The Stranger feature a satellite dish searching the skies, strange particles moving in space and a moonscape. Inside the Walsh home, teenager ... [read more]
‘Best time to skate’ (2005)
Poker (Richard Wilson) and Blue (Ho Thi Lu) wake Spasm (Sean Kennedy) after they have liberated his skateboard from the ‘confiscated’ cupboard at school. They take off on a two-day skate trip across the city, heading for Beachbowl, the major ... [read more]
‘Don’t be like your old man’ (2011)
As Daniel (Daniel Connors) walks back home from Linden’s place he sees his father (Michael Connors) sitting in the gutter at the edge of the footpath. His father questions Daniel about school and threatens him if he mucks up or ... [read more]
‘Flowers for Miss Manners’ (1931)
Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) prepares for an evening at the Hotel Plaza. In the hotel dining room she takes her first look at society matron Mrs Nash (Nellie McNiven) wearing the pearls her father has asked ... [read more]
‘Howard loves controversy’ (1995)
Howard Sattler is a high-rating radio announcer from 6PR in Perth. His producer, Ainslie Hodgkinson, clips articles from the daily newspapers. These will be used to prompt talkback from listeners. Ainslie is seeking articles that will elicit volatile responses. Sattler ... [read more]
An outback emergency (1949)
In a dramatised scenario, an injured stockman is given urgent medical attention in remote Australia. It begins with ‘Skipper’ Partridge and a property owner who are notified of the situation. This then cuts to a woman on a pedal radio ... [read more]
Mary shines but Max explodes (2009)
At her father’s grave, Mary (voiced by Toni Collette) looks at the little heart Max sent her, where it is written, ‘Love Yourself First’. She decides to take happiness into her life, marries her love Damien (Eric Bana), and writes ... [read more]
‘Some special disappointment’ (2007)
Tim Jarvis is now alone on the ice. His companion, John Stoukalo, representing Xavier Mertz, has left the walk at the same point at which Mertz died in the original expedition, after 320 km. Jarvis must go on alone for ... [read more]
Alcohol, violence and a pathway forward (2011)
Local policeman Texas (Greg Tait) kicks off the first men’s group meeting in his small town in the Kimberley. Meanwhile in the city, TJ (Dean Daley-Jones) is at a pub. He tries ringing his son, Bullet, in the Kimberley but ... [read more]
Jeff first in the swimming pool (2001)
Pool manager Jim recalls the opening of the pool on 28 December 1963 and the local boy Jeff Marsden who was first at the gate and first in the new pool. We see stills of Jeff in the pool as ... [read more]
ANZAC Day Promotion (1916)
This ANZAC Day cinema advertisement from approximately 1915 begins with a re-enactment of Australian soldiers in trenches under fire wearing gas masks and ends with an intertitle that says ‘A nation’s manhood is straining at its task of carving ... [read more]
Every picture a defeat (1994)
Artist Jeffrey Smart observes that he doesn’t like viewing his finished work as 'every picture is a defeat’. At work in his studio he reflects on being inspired rather than daunted by the work and achievements of the 'old masters’ ... [read more]
The new boy in the school of hard knocks (1980)
Tasmanian star recruit Geoff Hayward (John Howard) arrives at the club to face strong resentment from the less well-paid players and the coach, Laurie Holden (Jack Thompson). As the season begins, the football media asks some tough questions. [read more]
Robbery under cars (1979)
As Lionel Darcy (Frank Wilson) receives a tip-off about a plot to rob his counting house, one of his armoured cars is robbed in a car park. Driver Dick Martin (Ed Devereaux) fights back, but his mate Nacker (Ted Hodgeman) ... [read more]
Diving on the President (1984)
A group of divers explores the wreck of the ocean liner President Coolidge which sank in 1942 when carrying troops and equipment to Espiritu Santo, when she accidentally struck two allied mines. They have to be aware of the effects ... [read more]
A new day (1979)
Private eye Larry (John Flaus) gets the news that Leilani (Amanda Berry) has been found. As surfers take to the early waves at Palm Beach, fugitive Paul (Bryan Brown) wakes up in his hideout on the cliffs, as the police ... [read more]
Under his skin (1985)
On a visit to Taronga Zoo, Stuart (David Kennedy) and Tommy (Jamie Agius) try to get to know each other better. Tommy is upset when two rude children laugh at his father’s skin colour. Tommy exacts revenge, the first sign ... [read more]
Barry explains the lingo (1972)
Bazza (Barry Crocker) sings at a hip London club, where his songs are secretly taped, to be released by unscrupulous music industry shysters. He sings a favourite ditty, after explaining the meaning and derivation of the word 'chunder’. [read more]
