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Nicola’s confession (1990)
Thandiwe (Thandiwe Newton) returns to her room after sneaking out to see Danny (Noah Taylor) by the lake. Head girl Nicola (Nicole Kidman) ticks her off before offering her an alcoholic drink and surprising her with an intimate sexual confession. ... [read more]
I Should Be So Lucky (1987)
This is a 30-second clip from I Should Be So Lucky, a pop-dance song performed by Kylie Minogue. The song features a wickedly catchy chorus, of the kind writer-producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman were famous for in the 1980s and ... [read more]
HMAS Sydney’s Carley float (2004)
A tiny, war-ravaged liferaft from the HMAS Sydney is our only physical link to Australia’s worst-ever naval disaster. [read more]
‘The Magic Pudding’ illustrations (2004)
Norman Lindsay’s The Magic Pudding is one of our best-loved children’s books and the central character one of our great Australian antiheroes. [read more]
An average day: out of control (2011)
Tom (Matthew Goode) fields repeated phone calls from two different women as he goes about his daily work of selecting food for his restaurant from the wholesalers. [read more]
‘If there’s anything I can do…’ (2011)
This scene introduces Lisa (Marta Dusseldorp) during a sexual encounter with Tom (Matthew Goode) in her new kitchen. The next scene shows how they met by chance in a restaurant a little earlier. [read more]
‘We swear by the Southern Cross’ (1949)
Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) addresses the miners who have just elected him leader, calling for volunteers. He tells the crowd that some of them may be killed, so men with wives and children should think hard before joining their new ... [read more]
In the lab (2011)
Lucy (Emily Browning) submits to a medical experiment involving a narrow tube being inserted down her throat. [read more]
Lake Lodge Holiday (1959)
The competition continues with the final question of a second round as contestant Evan answers a series of general knowledge questions. Host Reg Grundy introduces Evan’s next opponent, Mrs Purdy of South Curl Curl. [read more]
What about this boy? (2009)
In China’s Shandong province in 1972 three Beijing Communist Party officials (Zhi Xue Chai, Chang Suo Zhang and Jie Cheng) visit a rural school where the young pupils sing a song of praise to national leader Mao Zedong. They are ... [read more]
Winning by two lengths (1922)
Spud Murphy (John Cosgrove) calls out for used bottles and Skinny Smith (Dinks Paterson) hawks rabbits before the two of them engage in friendly banter. Meeting with Sally (Yvonne Pavis) and Tottie (Joy Revelle), they race their carts through Woolloomooloo, ... [read more]
‘E’s a Les Darcy’ (1922)
Each in his own way, Skinny Smith (Dinks Paterson) and Spud Murphy (John Cosgrove) prepare for their boxing match. On a hillside above Woolloomooloo, Spud proposes marriage to Sally (Yvonne Pavis), who replies that she isn’t yet ready 'fer double ... [read more]
The black tracker (1919)
Jack Braggan (Wilfred Lucas) drives Muriel Hammond (Brownie Vernon) along an outback road. An Aboriginal man rides up and momentarily keeps pace with their buggy. The Aboriginal man is ordered away by Braggan, who explains that the man is a ... [read more]
‘I warned ye, wowser’ (1919)
Having intended to defend his church congregation from the gang of Jack Braggan (Wilfred Lucas), John Harland (Snowy Baker) refrains from violence when he sees Muriel Hammond (Brownie Vernon) in the congregation. Muriel accuses Harland of running away 'from others ... [read more]
Chauvel’s cyclone (1949)
Shane (Michael Pate) rushes out into the forest during a cyclonic storm. The cattle have broken out of their pens and Cathie (Wendy Gibb) has ridden after them. A falling tree knocks her from her horse, and she stumbles and ... [read more]
Ultimatum (1980)
Sandra Rast (Carmen Duncan) threatens to leave husband Nick (David Hemmings) unless Gregory Wolfe (Robert Powell) is freed from jail. Nick visits his backer, Doc Wheelan (Broderick Crawford), and is shown a damning file on Wolfe compiled by security chief, ... [read more]
Before the boom (2008)
Prior to its film revival in the early 1970s, Australia was occasionally used as a setting for international productions such as Wake in Fright (1971), directed by Canadian Ted Kotcheff. Sweeping new federal government policies led to a dramatic increase ... [read more]
Auteur (1999)
Footage of a group of bikers riding and interviews with Sandy Harbutt in 1998 and 1973 are intercut with black-and-white and colour footage. Harbutt explains how he was able to get the numbers of bikies for the funeral scene in ... [read more]
Leeton state fruit cannery (1926)
A row of women halve and stone peaches, which are fed via conveyor belt into a peeling machine. Women sort the damaged fruit from the good fruit. Another machine grades the peaches which are packed into cans by hand according ... [read more]
