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‘Your parents are legends …’ (2006)

The talent show is in full swing as Taylor (Marny Kennedy) waits anxiously for Hector (Nicolas Dunn) to arrive with the DNA results. Unfortunately it doesn’t work out quite the way she imagined and her parent’s burlesque show ‘Undies ... [read more]

Be our guest (1968)

In the pre-titles teaser Clancy (Liza Goddard) gallops on horseback through beach and bush amidst the usual array of featured Australian animals, including a snake which spooks her horse. She falls heavily, observed by a group of Aboriginal men (members ... [read more]

Riding bikes (1940)

This clip shows three young children riding their bicycles with their father down a suburban street in Balwyn, Victoria. One of the girls rides on the handlebars of her father’s bike. [read more]

Belonging to Australia (2004)

Eric Bana insists that he doesn’t feel obliged to return to make films in Australia, he simply follows good projects, like the Australian gem The Nugget which he returned for after filming The Hulk in Hollywood in 2003. [read more]

Persian cultural heritage (1944)

Traditional Persian arts and crafts are preserved by modern craftsmen in Iran who pass on this cultural heritage to the next generation. These include: intricate lacquerwork, the pictorial portrayal of ancient stories and legends, the making and decoration of pottery, ... [read more]

Billy Hughes saves a life (1946)

Just after the First World War, Charles Kingsford Smith (Ron Randell) secures the backing of the Blackburn Aviation Co for his entry to the inaugural England to Australia Air Race, but he is dismayed when he meets the Australian Prime ... [read more]

What’s she doing in your bedroom at 7 am? (2004)

In the middle of the night, Hannah (Lynn Styles) comes though the portal from Ireland and arrives in Brett’s (Zachary Garred) bedroom in Perth at 7 am. She soon finds herself trying to explain to Brett’s mother Jackie (Kirsty Hillhouse) ... [read more]

My father’s land (2000)

Teddy Briscoe makes the journey to buy horses with his family. Teddy tells us that Atekerr is his father’s country. [read more]

Molly and Mobarak (2003)

Molly and Mobarak attend a rally in Canberra in support of the refugees being allowed permanent protection in Australia, Members of the Young community also attend. Jane Keogh from the Refugee Action Committee addresses the crowd. The director Tom Zubrycki ... [read more]

‘Don’t be like your old man’ (2011)

As Daniel (Daniel Connors) walks back home from Linden’s place he sees his father (Michael Connors) sitting in the gutter at the edge of the footpath. His father questions Daniel about school and threatens him if he mucks up or ... [read more]

A very public breakdown (2005)

Craig Hamilton had a breakdown in September 2000, at the pinnacle of his career. He and an old friend, Chris Williams reminisce about that terrible and very public moment of the breakdown, as Craig was travelling by train to take ... [read more]

Speeding Matilda (1993)

Matilda (Amy Terelinck) rescues a lamb in distress beside an almost dry waterhole, then realises she’s late for the school bus. She drives at high speed to the bus stop, on a flat, dusty road. The driver, Mrs Palmer (Fiona ... [read more]

Cheap blonde (1998)

You can watch Cheap Blonde here in its entirety. This experimental film rearranges the same sentence 22 times: ‘A famous filmmaker said: “Cinema is the history of men filming women”’, while deconstructing the video image of a woman bathing in ... [read more]

‘You’ll get used to it’ (2006)

Sara, a resident of Northcott public housing estate, says that some residents have thrown household appliances and furniture over the balcony. She recalls the night that a person died from the fall. [read more]

Darkening my skin (2004)

An elderly Aboriginal woman, Laurel Cooper, tells the story of her birth and early life in the bush and her mother’s attempts to keep her concealed from the police troopers by darkening her skin. [read more]

Village life in Fiji (1959)

As cousins Jale and Adriu break open coconuts in their village, they talk about what life in Suva might be like. While Jale is interested in the girls, Adriu says he’ll be too busy to worry about that – he’s ... [read more]

‘Dead doesn’t mean dead’ (2006)

The news of what the men did has hit the media and the victim’s Aboriginal relatives charge that it was racism that kept them from reporting it immediately. Billy (Simon Stone) and his girlfriend Elissa (Alice Garner) are woken in ... [read more]

‘We Are Going’ (1986)

In this clip, Oodgeroo Noonuccal reads her poem ‘We Are Going’ in full to an appreciative audience at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney in 1986. [read more]

View from ferry (1932)

A ferry ride in 1932 is captured by Leslie Francis Farey’s 16mm home movie camera. The Sydney Harbour Bridge can be seen from the bow of a ferry leaving Circular Quay and from directly underneath. [read more]

Parisian bohemians (2002)

The Australian opera is on tour with La Boheme. Part of act one is set on a very cold evening in the garret of two starving young bohemians. [read more]

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