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Cinesound Review title (1964)
This clip shows the opening title sequence from the Cinesound Review newsreel. Five Cinesound cameras appear around the edges of the frame and the head of the Cinesound kangaroo is superimposed in the centre. The title graphic – 'Cinesound Review’ ... [read more]
Profound impact (1987)
In 1939, for the first time, a French and British contemporary art exhibition was brought to Melbourne. It is the first large collection of cubist, post-expressionist and surrealist art exhibited there. It wowed the artists and public but had its ... [read more]
‘Who do you think you are?’ (2005)
Powerful local businessman Eden Fletcher (David Wenham) rebukes Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) for letting Charlie Wilson go. Stanley’s wife Martha (Emily Watson) overhears Fletcher describing the murder of her friend by the Burns gang. Fletcher orders Stanley to have Mike ... [read more]
‘I don’t eat bacon’ (1997)
Detectives Hummer (Chris Haywood) and Crean (Andrew S Gilbert) are eating breakfast. Crean declines to eat his bacon, telling his partner he’s Jewish. Faced with his partner’s scepticism, Crean goes on to tell a series of outlandish stories about his ... [read more]
The Olympic rings (1998)
Gina Riley and Brian Dawe are immersed in the logistics of the plan for the Opening Ceremony that has been put forward by Mrs Dundas (Linda Hagger) and her friend Joyce (Fahey Younger), apparently having completely forgotten that the contract ... [read more]
‘Stupid and infantile’ (1987)
On a return visit to Melbourne, Frank has had a heart attack. In hospital, Frank (Leo McKern) insists he will go back up north as soon as he can go, with or without Frances (Julia Blake). She reassures him that ... [read more]
Thirty dollars worth of talk (1981)
In Kings Cross, Sydney, Rob (Bryan Brown) asks Lou (Judy Davis) if he can talk to her about Lisa. She leads him to the hotel room where she takes her clients, requesting $30 for 15 minutes. Remembering her friend makes ... [read more]
The Alfred Hospital (1931)
An ambulance delivers the victim of a road accident to the emergency entrance of Alfred Hospital. Stretcher bearers transport the patient inside where he is taken to casualty. Another patient wears headphones to relax as she waits outside the operating ... [read more]
Now or never (2001)
Writer Evan (Samuel Johnson) types in his room. His story, heard in voice-over, describes a woman’s decision to return from 12 years of solitude in the mountains, after deciding it was 'now or never’. He is interrupted by Will (Joel ... [read more]
The early days of coal mining (1957)
This clip re-creates the early days of mining in Australia, when contract workers laboured for long hours underground in dangerous conditions. In sunny scenes above ground filmed in colour, a group of contractors walk to the mine with their equipment. ... [read more]
The Straford family (1927)
This silent 9.5mm home movie footage is of the Straford family, filmed mostly by Vivien Straford in the late 1920s. [read more]
‘The strangest woman I ever seen’ (2008)
Nullah (Brandon Walters) thinks 'coppers’ are coming to take him away. The car in the distance is actually bringing Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) to Faraway Downs. Nullah describes her as 'the strangest woman I ever seen’. [read more]
‘Bring your eyeliner’ (1986)
Anna (Saskia Post) is dressed up for a job interview. Her boyfriend Sam (Michael Hutchence) asks if she’s coming to watch his band. [read more]
Countdown! (1986)
Barbara (Fiona Latham) from the Socialist Youth Alliance asks Dogs in Space to play a benefit gig. Sam (Michael Hutchence) and everyone else is distracted by TV rock show Countdown (1974-87). Chainsaw Man (Chris Haywood) starts the engine of his ... [read more]
‘What did you do last night?’ (2000)
After making love with Andreas, Claire (Julia Blake) has breakfast with her husband John (Terry Norris), who asks what she did last night. After being vague, if not untruthful, she reveals she slept with another man but he refuses to ... [read more]
Two of Max’s life goals come true (2009)
In his New York high-rise, Max (voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman) is cutting and saving his toenails, aiming for order and stability. On the footpath below, a mime artist in the guise of Marcel Marceau goes through his silent paces. ... [read more]
‘Who do I live with now?’ (1997)
Bojan (Kristof Kaczmarek) quits his remote job with the Hydro-Electric Commission to live with daughter Sonja (Rosie Flanagan) in Hobart. Bojan takes her to a dilapidated house he calls a ‘wog flat.’ [read more]
Paul Keating multiple choice (1989)
Host Wendy Harmer interviews an audience member about then prime minister Bob Hawke’s resolution to clean up the language of politicians in parliament. [read more]
The dismissal (2004)
Malcolm Fraser discusses events preceding the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975. [read more]
Djedbang-ari (1953)
'Djedbang-ari’ is a three-part Indigenous manikay (song) and dance from the Yirrkala district in the far north-east of Arnhem Land. [read more]
