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Chopper chase (1986)
Sam Barlow (Gary Day) and Gina (Gosia Dobrowolska) are pursued by Hagan (Rod Mullinar) in a helicopter. [read more]
Tactics (2007)
The navy step up their operation to catch Rick Gallagher (Martin Lynes) and his shipment of deadly toxins before they leave Australian waters. At headquarters, Commander Steve Marshall (Steve Bisley) discovers his trace on Gallagher’s ship has been lost. Meanwhile, ... [read more]
A sudden gust of wind (1999)
The Tracker (Bradley Byquar) leaves the hut and ventures into the bushland. He climbs a rock face, and we see that it is an ancient art gallery, depicting the ochre-crusted handprints of many people. The Tracker places his hand against ... [read more]
‘The Magic Pudding’ illustrations (2004)
Norman Lindsay’s The Magic Pudding is one of our best-loved children’s books and the central character one of our great Australian antiheroes. [read more]
Rufus in harness at Port Arthur (1927)
Rufus Dawes (George Fisher) arrives back in Port Arthur after his unsuccessful attempt to escape and clear his name in Hobart. Troke (Arthur Tauchert), the warden, escorts him to the fields, where prisoners are used as beasts of burden, to ... [read more]
Tony’s plan (1969)
Peg Sylvester (Hazel Phillips) and her daughter Kim (Bronwyn Barber) visit Peg’s nephew, Paul Lawrence (Sean McEuan). Paul asks Kim’s boyfriend Tony Brown (Rod Mullinar) for help on a design project. Tony agrees, as long as Paul’s friend, Leigh (Ann ... [read more]
‘How extraordinary we are’ (2003)
A group of women speak with passion about the wonder of childbirth and the joy of having a child and how that has changed their lives. [read more]
Placid breaks every bone (2003)
Placid Lake (Ben Lee) wakes in hospital having broken ‘every bone in his body’. His best friend Gemma Taylor (Rose Byrne) curses the school bullies for their part in the incident but his parents, Sylvia (Miranda Richardson) and Doug (Garry ... [read more]
The Vegies meet the Pioneers (1974)
The townsfolk of Paris gather at the annual Pioneer’s fancy dress ball. Doctor Midland (Kevin Miles) brings his patients, the so-called vegies, for a dance. These are part of the town’s road carnage harvest. The mayor (John Meillon) makes a ... [read more]
Battle (2007)
HMAS Hammersley has succeeded in locating the ship loaded with deadly toxins. The CO (Ian Stenlake) engages in a tense confrontation with mastermind Rick Gallagher (Martin Lynes), who is holding the CO’s love interest, Dr Ursula Morrell (Sibylla Budd), ... [read more]
‘Of Middle Eastern appearance’ (2007)
After the shooting of a police officer, the call goes out to look for suspects ‘of Middle Eastern appearance’ and police target the Arab community. At the office, Zane Malik (Don Hany) clashes with his superiors Patricia Wright (Susie Porter) ... [read more]
Ten hours (2007)
Ray Crowley (William McInnes) plans a raid on the home of a suspect in the police shooting. After Zane Malik (Don Hany) makes contact with the suspect, he tries to talk his colleagues into taking a different approach. Malik’s boss ... [read more]
Placid tries to please all (2003)
Placid Lake (Ben Lee) takes the path of least resistance and tries to please everyone after his father Doug (Garry McDonald) attempts to de-program him. He adopts the appearance of a political activist for the sake of his parents, then ... [read more]
‘Make your money fight’ (1941)
A black-and-white animated propaganda advertisement which uses patriotic slogans, a stirring music score, a commanding voice-over narration, recognisable Australian symbols and clever animation to persuade the Australian public to contribute to the war effort by investing in the Commonwealth Government’s ... [read more]
The Dutchman (2000)
Two tourists are fussing around in front of a statue. Vinnie (Kelton Pell) and Franky AKA The Dutchman (Bruce Hutchison) are growing frustrated, and eventually hurry them out of the way. While doing so, Franky lists the atrocities executed ... [read more]
The issue of conscription (1962)
In this excerpt from an interview with Dr Daniel Mannix, the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Mannix describes the circumstances in which he advocated against conscription during the First World War. [read more]
The drums of war (1940)
In his maiden speech to parliament, Mr Rudd (Bert Bailey) sets out his belief in 'the plain people’ as the backbone of Australian society. He calls for a great common national effort to support the troops now fighting overseas. [read more]
Placid works in insurance (2003)
Placid (Ben Lee) thinks it would do him good to work in a structured environment with a lot of normal people, he tells insurance executive Joel (Christopher Stollery). Joel shows him around the office and tells him that the insurance ... [read more]
The elephant (1997)
The Footscray Football Club has a fundraiser. The team parade naked in front of fans to raise money for the club. We see them performing 'The elephant’, a routine where the line of naked dancing men join hands at the ... [read more]
Life in exile (1985)
Colonel Berry (Simon Chilvers) has been put in charge of this POW camp when all he yearns for is to be at the battlefront with the Australian troops. Meanwhile, the internees are homesick for their homeland and their culture, ... [read more]
