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‘Optimism wears out with your boots’ (1938)
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has been out of work for months when he runs into two old university acquaintances. They take a drink at a city bar, where a man selling shoelaces approaches. Joe Larkin (Alec Kellaway) is actually an ... [read more]
Swimming with the kids (2001)
Sergeant Neil Gordon and First Class Constable Anthony Gaskell drive to the river to join a group of Aboriginal children in a swim. The swim is a public relations exercise to build a bond between the police and the community. [read more]
‘We don’t have a choice’ (1987)
Survivors in the time-travelling city discuss plans to combat the Jen-Diki. Ballard (Tom Burlinson) bluntly declares there is no escape. They must stand and fight their cyborg enemies. [read more]
Dating in Melbourne (2007)
Mark and Michelle arrange to date. Ange contacts Annie on the internet. [read more]
The pyjama game (1987)
Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell tells his version of the beginnings of World Series Cricket in 1978, when media baron Kerry Packer made Chappell captain. [read more]
Saturday in Sydney (1967)
Air Vice-Marshall Ky and Mme Ky finish their Brisbane visit, and the following day travel to Sydney. [read more]
Like a bower bird (2003)
Naomi Goodsir talks about how she developed as a milliner. In the early days, she could only afford to flat pattern and so developed the origami style of designing her creations for which she’ll use any unusual material she finds. [read more]
A door that opens (2007)
Lai (Gareth Yuen) stops for takeaway as he drives the three women home. Ashley (Veronica Sywak) and her ex-boyfriend Tom (Todd McDonald) are following. Ashley pretends she’s being hassled by Tom to distract Lai. The three women see their chance ... [read more]
‘Some things in life you just can’t control’ (2006)
Katrina (Emily Barclay) flies into a rage after an argument with Rusty (Michael Dorman), her boyfriend. When she finds her car blocked in, she dumps her baby and takes the keys to his most prized possession, a Valiant Charger. At ... [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]
‘The embodiment of evil’ (1989)
Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) and his daughter, Anne Winton (Carol Drinkwater), watch a current affairs television programme. During an interview with reporter Paul Jamieson (Nicholas Bell), Holocaust survivor Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) claims Joseph is in fact Franz Kessler, ... [read more]
A film with extreme violence (2005)
David Stratton adds his bit to Margaret’s review. He’s going to give it a high score but he’s annoyed that the film claims to be based on true stories when he insists it’s not. However, what he particularly deplores, and ... [read more]
Creating a revolution (1993)
Historical footage of Dr Perkins at Sydney University, in the pool halls. Dr Perkins speaks of why segregation must be challenged, and the need for him to fight for the cause of his people. [read more]
The lining of the pockets (1934)
Mo (Roy Rene) falls for a taxi driver’s confidence trick – a ‘lost’ purse, strategically placed to draw him into the cab. Mo then puts the purse to work on a con trick of his own, when a gullible customer ... [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]
‘I knew that poem was there’ (1991)
Les Murray speaks of his first trip to Newcastle with his mother in 1942 and occasionally thereafter. He returned to find the poem that he knew was there. Over a montage of images of family photos and Newcastle locations, Murray ... [read more]
Lookin’ for a fight? (2004)
Urged on by his ever optimistic alter ego (Sean Ohlendorf), the not-so-brave Fergus (Sean Ohlendorf) rescues asthmatic Lambert (Michael Harrison) from local bully Richmond (Marcus Costello) and his mate Declan (Steven Bahnsen). Saved by a wheelie bin, Fergus escapes in ... [read more]
The other side of the river (2005)
Over opening shots of the township of Nauiyu in the Daly River, the narrator Marrfurra tells us about the history of Nauiyu, a township in the Daly River region. After the missionaries arrived in Nauiyu, the old people gradually moved ... [read more]
‘Everyone needs a drama’ (2004)
Jack (Alex O’Loughlin) discusses love with Skippy (Jack Thompson), a Vietnam veteran who lives as a hermit on one of the many remote creeks in the national park. Skippy shows a glimpse of his dark side as they go fishing. ... [read more]
Cinderella (1947)
This clip depicts a marionette theatre performance of the fairytale Cinderella. It begins with a pop-up book depicting scenes from the story and then the marionettes perform the tale. It shows the puppeteers above the stage operating the marionettes and ... [read more]
