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The wrecker (1972)

Sir Lancelot and King Arthur discover that the east wing of the castle is in need of repair, and after Lancelot accidentally knocks some more down, it needs to be demolished. Morgana has a very uncharacteristic moment of concern for ... [read more]

‘What a man!’ (2007)

Jean (Brenda Blethyn) is drunk after the funeral of a neighbour. Tim (Khan Chittenden), Jill (Emma Booth), Kelly (Katie Wall) and Mark (Richard Wilson) return to a frosty reception after an afternoon of ice-skating. For the first time Tim stands ... [read more]

‘He’s a bloody Australian’ (1990)

Frank (Nicholas Eadie) and his son Ken (Christopher Parker) return home to find Mac (Chris Haywood) visiting. Mac tries talking to Ken in Japanese, angering Frank. His reaction upsets Aya, and she leaves the room. Frank, looking a little rueful, ... [read more]

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate – ‘Give Her Roses’ (1959)

This is a 60-second black-and-white television advertisement for Cadbury’s Roses chocolates from 1959. [read more]

Dimpel, Konrad: Red Hill (1964)

This silent colour home movie, captured by Konrad Dimpel, shows his children quietly entertaining themselves over Christmas in 1964. The Dimpel children – Annemaria, Andrew and Harold – play with the gifts they have received for Christmas. While Annemaria plays ... [read more]

Summer Heights High – Episode 5 (2007)

Summer Heights High follows three characters at a fictional school, Summer Heights High, for the duration of a school term, each played by Chris Lilley. In this episode, Ja’mie and her friends campaign for a year 11 formal at the ... [read more]

Soldiers Without Uniform (1942)

Charles and Elsa Chauvel’s short wartime documentary made for the Commonwealth Department of Information highlights the work of Australians in munitions factories. It includes a dramatised narrative about one family in which a father and son work in factories while ... [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]

A sailor returns home on leave (1941)

A train pulls into a station in Adelaide. A sailor disembarks to greet his family who are waiting for him. They get into a car. We cut to the family arrived home, walking in the front gate. The sailor drinks ... [read more]

Daddy Cool (1973)

Daddy Cool, a successful Australian rock band of the 1970s, perform their music including the famous Eagle Rock. Interviews with band members are interspersed with the songs. [read more]

The monster’s lair (2007)

Inside the cave the crocodile uses for its lair, the creature is coming for Pete (Michael Vartan), who finds himself trapped in a rock crevice. [read more]

Chasing a lump of pigskin (1980)

After another loss and a skirmish in the change rooms, unhappy recruit Geoff (John Howard) tells the coach Laurie (Jack Thompson) that he can’t stand football, or the club, and admits that he has just played a game stoned on ... [read more]

No place for a kid (1956)

Smiley (Colin Petersen) sings for pennies at Rankin’s Hotel. While the drinkers are distracted, Rankin (John McCallum) takes a package of opium from his safe and sends it off to King Billy in the hands of Jacky, a small Aboriginal ... [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]

A unique audience (1920)

This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee screening of a film, arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. Injured soldiers travel in wheelchairs or are pushed ... [read more]

‘The societal moral norm’ (2006)

Karen Willis from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre reflects on what she sees as the double standards between acceptable male and female sexual behaviour. AFL fan Christie talks to camera about the culture surrounding footballers and ... [read more]

The game (1996)

Thomas Wills and his cousin, HCA Harrison, combined elements of soccer, Gaelic football and rugby union to come up with a concoction that incorporated all the codes and founded AFL in the 1860s. An overview of ... [read more]

‘A cosy little niche’ (1979)

After journalist Jenny Smith (Jacki Weaver) insists on venturing further inland to hunt for insurgents – and hopefully a good story – she finds herself stranded in the bush overnight with 'the Buffer’, Petty Officer Johnston (Danny Adcock). After a ... [read more]

A ‘belly’ big upset! (1989)

Pete (Sam Vandenberg) and Rabbit (Stuart Atkin) are competing in a highly competitive spaghetti-eating contest, skilfully hosted by Tiger (Cameron Nugent). Gribble Junior (Lachlan Jeffrey) uses the remote control to help Rabbit eat multiple bowls of spaghetti but he eats ... [read more]

A truce at Gallipoli (2005)

Only a few weeks after the 25th April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove, the troops of both sides organised an unofficial truce in order to pick up their wounded, bury the dead and share a cup of tea. [read more]

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