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Anti-fascist exhibition (1987)
The Contemporary Art Society of Australia, of which Yosl Bergner and fellow artists are members, mounted an anti-fascist exhibition in Melbourne and Adelaide in late 1942. Bergner talks about his paintings of Aboriginal people. [read more]
‘Don’t resist’ (2006)
Daniel (Tom Long) awakes in chains, with the sound of a music box and the lapping of water outside. He is terrified, but unable to move. Later that night, the three women show themselves and begin to caress his body. [read more]
Artie throws a tanty (2009)
Joe (Clive Owen) has taken his youngest son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty) on a road trip after the death of his mother. Artie throws a tantrum and Joe pulls over at a service station to buy him crisps and orange juice ... [read more]
Des is called to account (2003)
Des (Rodney Anderson) is in trouble for backing out of the drive-by shooting he’d been ordered to perform. He and Sophie (Sarah Vongmany), having been captured by the crime boss’s henchmen, are marched into a car park to meet him. ... [read more]
‘We could be kinder to each other’ (1991)
Johnny (Richard Roxburgh) asks Alexandra (Agnieszka Perepeczko) to forget the past and start over. [read more]
Success not lightly purchased (1931)
Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) expresses contrition to her father Bill Marsh (Arthur Greenaway) after stealing from a jewellery store. ‘Lady Worth’ (Leal Douglas) tells Paula about valuable pearls owned by a Mrs Hugh Nash. Bill Marsh ... [read more]
The popular sport of surfboarding (1925)
This is a segment from the newsreel The Spectator Magazine. Three surfboard riders take off on a full wave at the north end of Bondi Beach, riding large Hawaiian-style longboards. They are shown from the side, then filmed from the ... [read more]
‘I warned ye, wowser’ (1919)
Having intended to defend his church congregation from the gang of Jack Braggan (Wilfred Lucas), John Harland (Snowy Baker) refrains from violence when he sees Muriel Hammond (Brownie Vernon) in the congregation. Muriel accuses Harland of running away 'from others ... [read more]
Reacting to globalisation (2009)
This sequence looks at the struggles of Australian filmmakers in an international context. It asks if audiences have been colonised by US films and TV, then suggests that other national industries are also pitted against Hollywood domination but that Australia ... [read more]
Magical Powers (1936)
A young man (Doug Rosenthal) who falls asleep in his front garden finds magical powers that allow him to conjure a new car, move furniture and create a feast. However, as he finds out, all is not what it seems. [read more]
‘A place to live’ (2006)
Against a background of postwar optimism and a public mood for social change, Bob Mathews and Ken Coldicutt make a film about Melbourne’s housing shortage, A Place to Live (1950). [read more]
‘He was a womaniser’ (1985)
In dramatic re-enactment Harold Holt (Phillip Ross) is talking to Jack, a fisherman. By chance Holt meets his friend Marjorie Gillespie (Maureen Edwards). In the documentary interview, Holt’s widow, Dame Zara Bate, recalls her husband’s womanising ways. [read more]
The contestants (1911)
Against the backdrop of foliage, the first 15 contestants sit for the camera. The girls, dressed in their best attire, are seated next to large numbered cards. At what seems to be the prompt of an off-screen suggestion, some of ... [read more]
‘It’s mine’ (1970)
Alice (Jessica Ball) and her friend Simon (Darren Jones) watch through the window as Detective Sergeant Mackay (Leonard Teale) and Senior Detective Barnes (George Mallaby) arrive to talk to Alice’s father Temple (Bryan Niland) about 'Jennifer’, her pet human skull. [read more]
Heroic deeds (1928)
Billy has saved a fellow recruit from drowning, so his commander gives him a reward, a history book Australia and the World War, written by SH Perry. Billy becomes absorbed, reading before lights out in his bunk beside his best ... [read more]
Escaping from the Taliban (2002)
Three Afghans have escaped from the Taliban and arrived in Australia as asylum seekers. They express their views of life in Australia and the reasons for escaping from Afghanistan. [read more]
‘There’s something I want to ask you’ (2009)
Joe (Clive Owen) enters the bedroom of his eldest son Harry (George MacKay), who has recently arrived from the UK. Joe starts talking about his relationship with Harry’s mother (Joe’s first wife). They discuss the break-up, which Joe justifies as ... [read more]
Bali Hi (c1971)
This is an amateur travelogue made by Alan Bresnahan and his wife during a trip to Bali in 1971. [read more]
A Woman’s Tale (1991)
In her last days, Marta (Sheila Florance) remains cheerful and determined to live life to the fullest. With the help of Anna (Gosia Dobrowolska), a visiting nurse who has become her closest friend, Marta resists pressure from her son Jonathon ... [read more]
‘Everyone has to do it, Alex’ (1994)
Alex (Elena Mandalis) comes to pick up Vicki (Dora Kaskanis) from home, after a big party the night before. Vicki’s father (George Harlem) tells his daughter to tie her hair back and close her jacket. It’s clear that she’s afraid ... [read more]
