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The big night (2004)
It’s the big night, the first performance of the Messiah that everyone has been working towards, both soloists and choristers. Even the experienced conductor, Clive Pascoe, is nervous. And what a performance. They truly surpass themselves with a soaring oratorio. ... [read more]
‘Self–bloody-control!’ (1975)
Kenny (Martin Harris), handcuffed to the balustrade, taunts his wife Fiona (Jacki Weaver) and Sergeant Simmonds (Peter Cummins) with sexual provocations. The senior policeman lashes out, watched by Fiona, Constable Ross (John Hargreaves), the removalist (Chris Haywood) and Fiona’s sister ... [read more]
Meet Bertie the Aeroplane (1942)
Little Bertie the Aeroplane is only a youngster really, but ‘boy can he fly’. As he flies through the sky and leapfrogs over mountains, a voice-over narrates the story of how Bertie solves the mystery of flying saucers. Flying into ... [read more]
River of silk (2002)
Anna Yen in voice-over explains that she went to Hong Kong to ask grandmother about her own mother but grandmother claimed to be too busy when her children were growing up. Yen asks her to tell stories about herself instead. ... [read more]
Family (1979)
In this sequence Cath (Lorna Lesley) is enjoying her new feelings of sexuality but her father (Martin Vaughan) punishes her for them. [read more]
‘I’m a bloody drover’ (1981)
This sequence shows the early morning ritual of the chief drover and his crew. They face yet another day of droving to keep the flock alive and moving from one waterhole to another along the long paddock. Apart from a ... [read more]
Important early years (1938)
Dramatised scenes from a child’s first years illustrate the importance of a correct diet in early childhood development. A young family take their five-month-old daughter, Rosemary, to a baby health centre to be weighed. The matron explains the growth rate ... [read more]
Macauley’s new burden (1957)
Back from the bush, Macauley (Peter Finch) walks in on his wife Marge (Elizabeth Sellars) at their flat in Sydney, but she’s not alone. He bars the door and attacks the man Donny (George Rose), then gathers up his five-year-old ... [read more]
‘A new nation flexing its muscles’ (1954)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive in Sydney aboard the Royal ship SS Gothic, to be greeted at Farm Cove by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, and the Governor-General, Sir William Slim. The ... [read more]
Protection (2000)
Sonny (Kick Gurry) arrives in prison for the first time. He is offered protection by the police but an older prisoner, Williams (Tony Martin), takes him under his wing. Williams explains the unwritten rules of the 'big house’ as he ... [read more]
The breakout (2008)
Kamimura (Kuni Hashimoto), the Japanese prisoner leading the outbreak, addresses his fellow prisoners and prepares them for the glory of imminent death. The men then begin their breakout in a brief sequence that quickly segues into a flashback set in ... [read more]
Papunya: a different world (1993)
The 'black and white urban band’ Djaambi arrives at the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya to find no audience, minor flooding and bleak housing conditions for the locals. The band hopes that their visit to the community will leave a ... [read more]
Profound impact (1987)
In 1939, for the first time, a French and British contemporary art exhibition was brought to Melbourne. It is the first large collection of cubist, post-expressionist and surrealist art exhibited there. It wowed the artists and public but had its ... [read more]
‘And so it came to pass’ (1918)
Ralph Manton (Roland Conway) has taken shelter at Kooringa Station after the road to Melbourne has been blocked by flood. Ralph takes a shine to Joan Stockdale (Evelyn Black), only daughter of the owners of Kooringa, and she to him. ... [read more]
‘No place for a woman’ (1960)
Ida (Deborah Kerr) has persuaded her husband to inquire about a job shearing sheep. In the contractor’s office, Paddy (Robert Mitchum) tries his best to avoid getting hired but Quinlan (Chips Rafferty) takes him on. He also has jobs for ... [read more]
Surveillance and asylum (1980)
A government security agency compiles a profile of Ray Unit (Michael Callaghan). Ray seeks political asylum from Prince Leonard (Leonard Casley), the leader of self-declared independent Australian state Hutt River Province. [read more]
A, B and C (1965)
Detective Sergeant Bronson (Terry McDermott), Detective Fraser (Lex Mitchell) and Inspector Connolly (John Fegan) have three suspects for the murder of escaped prisoner Edgar Thompson. All were also suspects in an old unsolved robbery case, along with Thompson. A large ... [read more]
Crossing the street (1996)
A small hut nestled in the hills. Koorine (Carrie Prosser) is sitting and writing by the light of a lamp. Her brother teases her as he walks past. Koorine fantasises about being a glamorous swimmer. Aboriginal kids, Koorine amongst them, ... [read more]
Meeting new friends (2002)
The brothers have flown to Melbourne with their lawyer Frank Malone (Robert Taylor). At a house by Port Phillip Bay, Frank outlines the job – they’re going to steal the bookies’s take from the Melbourne Cup. Dale (Guy Pearce) realises ... [read more]
Piano repair (1960)
In this silent clip, a man (Frank Straford) is playing the piano in his living room when a string breaks. He makes a telephone call and a piano tuner (John Straford) arrives and then inspects the broken string with a ... [read more]
