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Playing the percentages (1998)

Drazic (Callan Mulvey) goes voluntarily into the police station for a chat with Todd (Dominic Purcell). When pushed by Tess (Katherine Hicks), Dennis (Putu Winchester) finally confesses to having caused Zac (Luke Jacobz) distress by manipulating the séance for ‘a ... [read more]

On the Danube (1989)

A massive engineering feat to provide dams and hydro-electricity, begun a decade before in the communist era, is now being questioned by scientists and the ordinary people of Hungary, who were never consulted when the project got underway. [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]

Municipal tramways (1910)

The camera pans across a large crowd gathered in the Malvern tram depot as a man standing on a spiral staircase addresses the audience. There are trams in a shed in the background. The camera films the first Prahran-Malvern tram ... [read more]

The Great Depression (1985)

A sequence of very powerful and rarely-seen historical images of the Great Depression in Australia in the 1930s – scenes of poverty, starvation, unemployment and protest marches. [read more]

Vietnam flashback (1985)

While Greg (Mark Kounnas) and Jackie (Mouche Phillips) Wilson enjoy the freedoms of island life by taking the boat to the mainland for an appointment, a spot grass fire throws Vo Diem (Phu An Chiem) back to memories of war-torn ... [read more]

The axe man (1990)

It’s a spooky night and Flea (Simon grey) and Martin (Scott Major) are outside, creeping along dressed up to scare the girls through their window, when suddenly they are terrified by the apparition of a man with an axe. They ... [read more]

The early years (1981)

The station began when Jackie and Wogga’s parents built fences and began branding wild cattle and calling the place 'Mallapunyah’. Wogga may be a millionaire but he’s unable to read and write. Sitting under a tree, he explains to the ... [read more]

Launching the lifeboat (1933)

This montage of still and moving images taken by Frank Hurley shows the launching of a lifeboat during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1914-16. As indicated on the map, they hoped to sail the boat 800 miles ... [read more]

Remembering the beginning (1982)

Over a glass of champagne Angela (Penne Hackforth-Jones) and Stephen (John Hargreaves) discuss the beginning of their relationship and it’s revealed that Stephen is married. [read more]

The Higgins familiy (1909)

This clip shows Ernest Higgins with his wife Else and son Bryce, probably at their Sydney home in Darling Point around 1921. The three of them pose for the camera. [read more]

Yvonne Kenny’s aria (2000)

Melissa Gainsford-Taylor, guest newsreader for day 15, describes to Roy (John Doyle) and HG (Greig Pickhaver) the atmosphere in the stadium from an athlete’s perspective. World-renowned Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny sings a hymn of praise to the athletes made popular ... [read more]

‘The master of the written word’ (2008)

Dominick Dunne visits the media stakeout at Paris Hilton’s house. Hollywood producer Robert Evans describes Dunne as ‘the master of the written word.’ Dunne discusses his interest in celebrity crime trials. [read more]

Breaking the rules (1971)

Grant (Gary Bond) is full of remorse, nursing a bad hangover. Somehow, he has ended up staying with 'Doc’ Tydon (Donald Pleasence), who lives in a shack on the outskirts of town. The doctor taunts him about his failure the ... [read more]

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1909)

A horsedrawn fire brigade unit drives along King William Street in Adelaide, watched by people from the sides of the street. The camera follows events from a fixed position at one side of the road. The vehicle with the extendable ... [read more]

Nearing the end (1985)

Burke (Jack Thompson), Wills (Nigel Havers) and King (Matthew Fargher) trudge towards the depot they left more than four months earlier at Cooper Creek. It is 21 April 1861. They have no food and the fourth member of the party, ... [read more]

The dating game (2007)

Suzanne likes Santo and hopes it will lead to marriage. Mark meets a new girl at the ball and gets her email address. Rob and Alice talk about babies. [read more]

Burying the dead (1977)

After the rape and murder of one of their new 'tribe’, the women paint their bodies in grief and perform burial rites. [read more]

Crossing the street (1996)

A small hut nestled in the hills. Koorine (Carrie Prosser) is sitting and writing by the light of a lamp. Her brother teases her as he walks past. Koorine fantasises about being a glamorous swimmer. Aboriginal kids, Koorine amongst them, ... [read more]

‘Across the river’ (1950)

A montage of brick houses and apartments gives way to an intertitle which introduces the contrasting living conditions of workers who live ‘across the river’. A wide shot of an industrial cityscape cuts to a shot of a street, which ... [read more]

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