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The two-up school (1919)
Bill (Arthur Tauchert) and his 'cobber’ Ginger Mick (Gilbert Emery) go to the illicit 'two-up’ school after several hours of drinking. The police raid the game, chasing the players all over the neighbourhood. Mick hides in a horse feed barrel, ... [read more]
Pitcairn boat-builders (1933)
The movie shifts abruptly from dramatised recreation of the mutiny to a travelogue about the Pitcairn Islands, where Charles and Elsa Chauvel explore the legacy of the mutineers. The boat-building skills, Chauvel’s narration tells us, come directly from the mutineers. [read more]
This child, Zita (2003)
Aggie Abbott tells of how, when Zita returned to her mother after years of being absent, her mother said that her daughter was dead. Ron Wallace, Zita’s husband, talks about Zita’s experience of being immersed within Western society and alienated ... [read more]
‘Instituting some changes’ (1992)
Mr Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) takes Carey (Ben Mendelsohn) on as his offsider, in a study of employee efficiency. Carey jumps at the chance, because it means sharing a desk with the gorgeous Cheryl (Rebecca Rigg). Mr Wallace’s changes include partitions ... [read more]
‘Elephants’ (1979)
Neil Davis talks about working with the South Vietnamese army. He recalls that they were involved in fighting much more than the American forces, and suffered correspondingly higher casualties. The Americans were referred to as 'elephants’ because of their extensive ... [read more]
‘Life’s a bugger’ (1976)
Caddie (Helen Morse) calls off her relationship with bookmaker Ted (Jack Thompson), after she is warned off by Ted’s steady girlfriend. At the boarding house where she lives, the landlord and his wife (Pat Evison) tell her she’ll have to ... [read more]
The Great Depression (1976)
With the country in the grip of the Depression, Caddie (Helen Morse) has to be smarter and quicker than everyone else if she wants to secure a job. She rises before dawn to read the 'situations vacant’ ads, posted outside ... [read more]
Opal expertise (2004)
Opal miner Mark Jackson takes his opal find to his father Stuart, who is a licensed valuer and opal cutter. Cutting and polishing rough stones can increase or decrease their value. [read more]
Who gets the profits? (1948)
An elderly pensioner is another victim of inflated prices. While his ‘hands helped to build this country’, he lives in a run-down house and has to save his cigarette butts because tobacco is too expensive. In the wealthier suburbs ... [read more]
‘Flame trees will blind the weary driver’ (2005)
With his heroin supply dried up, Lionel goes into severe withdrawal and begs Tracy (Cate Blanchett) to buy him some heroin. She is appalled, but she does it, buying heroin on the street for the first time since she gave ... [read more]
‘What did you say?’ (2001)
Upset by a patient, psychiatrist Dr Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) attacks a stranger in the street, imagining she heard a remark. The stranger, Pete O’May (Glenn Robbins) seeks refuge in a pub, where he meets Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia). [read more]
‘Work or die’ (2000)
Slave labourers were used by German industry during the Second World War. Siemens, BMW and Krupp are named. Survivors Kitia Altman and Abraham Biderman recall the horrors of being slave labourers. [read more]
‘We want an apology’ (2000)
The organisation The Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany seeks to compensate the victims of slave and forced labour by German industry during the Second World War. Karen Heilig works for victims and points out that her organisation ... [read more]
‘A nation without a mind’ (1969)
Will Gardener (Mark McManus) has just picked up returning expatriate Noel Oakshot (David Turnbull) from the airport. They visit an old house where Oakshot lived, that’s now being demolished. Oakshot holds forth on the ‘awful mediocrity’ of Australia, with its ... [read more]
‘What makes Australians tough’ (1933)
Mary Townleigh (Shirley Dale) has been found after being briefly lost in the bush. The Hayseeds open their home, and Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) suggests they stay until she is better. Mr Townleigh (Kenneth Brampton) doesn’t wish to be any ... [read more]
‘I’ve done bad things’ (2004)
After an unhappy first night in Jindabyne Heidi (Abbie Cornish) returns to the pub during the day. Joe (Sam Worthington), who has seen her the night before, buys her a drink. That night, they begin to confide in each other. [read more]
What was this pain about? (1986)
Liz affirms her commitment to love, but vows never to repeat (or at least try never to repeat) the experience of loss she has felt after the end of the relationship with Steve. She quotes Neil Finn, Bob Dylan and ... [read more]
Home dentistry for Dad Rudd (1932)
Mrs Rudd (Alfreda Bevan) tries to welcome Mrs White (Dorothy Dunkley) to her humble home, but Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) scares her away when he appears in his nightshirt. He is driven mad by toothache, so Dave (Fred McDonald), Uncle ... [read more]
A project about kids (2006)
Marg is now involved in a very different mission, in charge of looking after street kids in a provincial Chinese city. She lives in an apartment and travels to work on a bus. It’s a far cry from her African ... [read more]
Painters and Dockers strike (1976)
Over a ballad recounting the main events in the Painters and Dockers dispute, a montage of images sets the scene at the Garden Island docks. People with placards and signs enter an inner-city building. In the foyer of the ... [read more]
