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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]
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]
Alcohol in the blood (1980)
Dr Graham Starmer, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Sydney University, explains to presenter Peter Wherrett that driving skills are affected even with only a small amount of alcohol in the bloodstream. Once the amount is up to 0.03 blood alcohol ... [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]
Out of the darkness (1993)
A dancer emerges from the darkness, entering the glow of the ceremonial fire. He moves deliberately, then kneeling by the fire, shakes his shoulders. He takes brushes from the fire, and scatters the embers over his back. Elders walk by ... [read more]
‘Hang by the neck’ (1975)
The villainous Liz (Margaret Laurence) visits the incarcerated Gary (Mike Ferguson) to taunt him about the murder for which she has set him up to take the blame. [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]
‘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]
Debbie and Tommy (2007)
Lawyer Drew Ellis (Aaron Pedersen) arrives for a morning of cases on circuit in the Kimberley. Sam (Kelton Pell) introduces him to one of the day’s clients, Debbie (Jedda Rae Hill), a young mother facing drug-related charges. In court, Drew ... [read more]
You hungry? (1981)
Members of the bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob collect bush tucker on the beach. Les (Les Graham), driving with Vonnie (Veronica Rankine), talks about finding his birth family. [read more]
‘The Sentimental Bloke’ film (2004)
Warren Brown takes us into the vaults of the NFSA to find out why the 1919 silent movie The Sentimental Bloke is regarded as one of the greatest Australian films. [read more]
The root of all evil (2000)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (Indian Cricket Board) controls the millions of dollars generated from the game of cricket. If the game were to be tainted through accusations of match fixing then the extraordinary amounts of money ... [read more]
Rescue on the road (2005)
Kristy (Kestie Morassi) has escaped from the camp. She has been tortured and beaten, but she runs, without shoes, until she finds the road. An old man stops to help her. While he fetches a blanket from the back of ... [read more]
Roman holiday (1986)
Alec Moffatt (Rob Steele) and Mavis Davis (Diana Davidson) visit the Vatican. In Sydney, Mavis’s husband Roly (Allan Penney) visits what he thinks is Rome. Wally (Philip Quast), Eddie (Kelly Dingwall) and Ophelia (Gosia Dobrowolska) must think fast to keep ... [read more]
‘Victims’ justice is going to prevail’ (2000)
President Rau of Germany publicly apologises to the forced and slave labourers used by German industry during the Second World War. German lawyer Dr Michael Vitti says that getting closure is difficult for the Holocaust victims. US lawyer, Ed Fagan, ... [read more]
Ba Ria, Dat Do, Long Tan, Binh Ba, Binh Gia (1967)
This clip looks at the settlement areas, both intact and destroyed by war, in what was then known as Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. [read more]
Circuit court in session (2007)
Aboriginal Legal Service lawyer Drew Ellis (Aaron Pedersen) arrives by plane for his first day in the Circuit Court, at the Junction Court of Petty Sessions in a remote Aboriginal community. He greets the Legal Aid lawyer, Ellie Zdybicka (Marta ... [read more]
Romance (1997)
The team give up on the petrol station shooting case for the night, frustrated at their lack of progress. It’s New Year’s Eve. Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is at home supposedly profiling suspects but is instead toasting a photograph of ... [read more]
At home with the Churchills (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a title card that says ‘At home with the Churchills’ and shows footage of London during the Blitz in 1941 and Sir Winston ... [read more]
