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Alma enters the picture (2006)
Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) is having trouble selling his film to production houses. As unimpressed studio executives watch his film in the cinema, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill), a secretary, enters with cups of tea and eagerly watches the footage. Brooks ... [read more]
Awakening (1973)
A man and a woman in a car are having a conversation. Jeni (Jeni Thornley), the young office worker, is troubled by what one of her co-workers has discussed with her that day. In the conversation with her boyfriend (John ... [read more]
The house burns (2008)
Hired arsonist Billy (Joel Edgerton) sits on a hilltop watching his handiwork – a house burning in the distance. Carla (Claire van der Boom) and Greg (Anthony Hayes) pull up outside their burning home. Greg runs off to try to ... [read more]
A disturbing dream (1982)
Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) dreams of her childhood. Aged four, Linda (Kristine Marshall) wanders through the deserted hallways of Montclare. [read more]
Marriage resisters (2002)
Anna Yen says in a voice-over, ‘Once upon a time, long ago, in a land far, far away’. The story she tells is about Yen’s grandmother’s region becoming famous for silk growing. There are extreme close-ups of silk passing through ... [read more]
The summer of 77 (2001)
The Summer of 77 can be viewed here in its entirety. Cathy (Mary-Ann Henshaw), age 36, recalls a youthful summer holiday romance involving herself (Brooke Ryan), surfer boy Mick (Tristan Roache-Turner) and her best friend Anna (Kassandra Lee). The older ... [read more]
The art museum (2006)
When Shane (Shane Dundas) opens the Stuff Closet, David (David Collins) falls in. Shane follows and they both emerge in the Art Museum (the Art Gallery of NSW). They search for a suitable spot for Shane’s picture and finally ... [read more]
Culture clash (1970)
Jack (Tony Ward) is bored when Gillian (Judy Leech) takes him to an art gallery. Gillian is repelled by the violence when Jack takes her to the wrestling. [read more]
’There is no excuse’ (1929)
Paula Marsh’s (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) attempt to rob the Travers family safe is interrupted by the arrival of Lee Travers (Josef Bambach). [read more]
Washington scenes (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a view of the White House through the windscreen of the prime minister’s car. It then cuts to a baseball match being played in ... [read more]
‘A stumbling block in the path of progress’ (1981)
After a night in jail, retired professor B.C. Simmonds (Alexander Archdale) and his daughter Jessica (Liz Alexander) return to Angel Street, where demolitions are in progress. B.C. explains why he won’t leave. [read more]
What’s wrong with being Greek? (1988)
Nikos feeds his birds and Sophia plays with makeup before the family sits down to dinner. On their way to school, Nikos tells Sophia it’s about time she started doing her own maths homework. [read more]
‘We shall only be gone a little while’ (1975)
After their picnic lunch, school friends Miranda (Anne Lambert), Marion (Jane Vallis) and Irma (Karen Robson) ask permission from their French mistress Mademoiselle de Portiers (Helen Morse) to go for a walk around the base of the rock. Overweight Edith ... [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]
Bondi bush baby (1936)
Chut explores his forest world, hopping about madly, as his mother keeps a watchful eye. He encounters many strange things – a koala moving from one tree to another and a bossy emu that chases him, until an older kangaroo ... [read more]
Flowers and veges galore (1967)
Shot during the 1960s in the Snowy Mountains, this is footage of quintessentially 1960s-style gardens, including rockeries, flowers and vegetables. [read more]
‘Just give me sunshine’ (1972)
An old farmhouse, with cows. A door opens to reveal a man shaping his own surfboard, as the music ('Simple Ben’ by John J. Frances) builds momentum. [read more]
Inheriting the earth (1988)
Now a widower, Richard Eastwick’s (Hugo Weaving) son, David (Peter Phelps), had gone to fight in the First World War over his father’s objections. He is killed in action and Richard is heartbroken that he will no longer have an ... [read more]
‘Why did you come here?’ (1974)
Petersen’s lover, Trish Kent (Wendy Hughes), asks why he bothers coming to university. Petersen (Jack Thompson) angrily defends his commitment and academic record. Trish asks if they can go away together. [read more]
What is it like to die? (2003)
Children splash around in a desert waterhole. Penny (Kirsty McDonald), face down in the water, is holding her breath. Suddenly, she is pulled up. Her cousin Steven (Rhimi Johnson Page) demands to know what she was doing. She tells him, ... [read more]
