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Green gold (2004)
People at a market are seen buying and consuming the psychoactive drug, betelnut, also called green gold. It is chewed with lime and mustard. It is used by millions of people in the Western Pacific and East Africa. [read more]
Willie’s lesson (1939)
Willie collapses in the snow. He is found just in time by a rabbit, who summons help from the others. The following season, Willie takes a barrow full of fruit to the bank for deposit. He turns to the camera ... [read more]
Getting a fair trial (2002)
In court, David O’Sullivan (Robert Carlyle) and his associate Helen Devaney (Kerry Fox) discuss the best way to have Max give evidence. They decide to use an unsworn statement from the dock, in order to prevent the Crown prosecutor, Mr ... [read more]
Hyde Park and Lloyd George (1941)
This home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1941 shows Hyde Park, filled with rubble from the Blitz, then cuts to some close-ups of British Home Secretary, Lloyd George. [read more]
‘You’re all mad’ (1979)
During her indoctrination at the Hyma Brotherhood’s compound, Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is told by Mrs Barker (Shirley Cameron) and Hodge (Max Phipps) that drinking human blood is the ultimate aristocratic act. [read more]
From joy to tantrum (1995)
The film opens with Jane (voiced by Rachel Griffiths) swimming in the sea she loves, walking by its shore and telling us of her joy at being pregnant. But when indoors, her mood flares into a tantrum. [read more]
‘I can’t help what I feel’ (1978)
Beth (Margaret Cameron) has left her husband and wants to live with her lover, Terry (George Shevtsov). Terry rejects the proposal, saying he does not feel the same way about Beth. [read more]
Rehearsing for war (1918)
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr WM Hughes, poses for the camera with General Sir William Birdwood, commander of the Australian forces in France, in mid-1916. Mr Hughes is accompanied by the Australian High Commissioner to Great Britain, Andrew Fisher, a ... [read more]
School (2004)
Ricco sits amongst a group of children roughly the same age as himself. They are learning about maps of the world, as well as Warlpiri. [read more]
National Network Nightly News (1995)
Narelle Parkinson (Kitty Flanagan) and Ian Gooding (John Walker) present the National Network Nightly News, with a live cross to reporter David McGann (Shaun Micallef). Phil Toynby (Francis Greenslade) presents the weather. [read more]
A chance meeting (1987)
There’s a truck parked on the side of the road and Mac (Bryan Brown) rushes to grab them a lift. It turns out to be the recently widowed Lily (Noni Hazlehurst), the love of Mac’s life, and she brings him ... [read more]
Sack race (1984)
The second version of the opening titles lead into a hotly contested sack race between presenters Noni (Hazlehurst) and John (Hamblin) involving an obstacle course around Play School toys Jemima, Diddle the cat and Big Ted, with Humpty watching on. [read more]
Kings saved by Ransom (1950)
The King family is about to turn back, defeated by dry waterholes, when they meet a government patrol officer. Ransom (Michael Pate) tells them where to find water. He and Wally (Chips Rafferty) then discuss the King family’s new land ... [read more]
A totally casual thing (1976)
Penny (Briony Behets) comes home in the middle of the day and finds her husband Richard (John Derum) with another woman, Dee (Judy Morris). Both women are surprised and humiliated. After Dee leaves, Penny and Richard argue about Richard’s lack ... [read more]
Jen-Diki attack (1987)
Soldiers from the future and Jen-Diki cyborgs wage war in outback Australia, 1988. Annie (Nikki Coghill) and Ballard (Tom Burlinson) are caught in the crossfire. Ballard gains strength from his injured mentor, Sun-wah (Thye Liew Wan). [read more]
Read, consume and destroy (2003)
John St Vincent Welch was head of the Tobacco Institute of Australia for 15 months from 1991 to 1992. Kerry O’Brien interviews him about the common practice of document retention which in fact was the practice of destroying any documents ... [read more]
No place for a kid (1956)
Smiley (Colin Petersen) sings for pennies at Rankin’s Hotel. While the drinkers are distracted, Rankin (John McCallum) takes a package of opium from his safe and sends it off to King Billy in the hands of Jacky, a small Aboriginal ... [read more]
Visits from a promise (1997)
Granny telling her story to Ngyamia (Ali Torres) in the kitchen is intercut with the story played out in flashback. We see the young Gilladi (Sabrina Sabaan) led by her Aunty (Annie Watson) to meet her promise husband Waamba (Robert ... [read more]
Judge not, lest ye be judged (1988)
Bea (Victoria Longley) visits Marcus (Philip Sayer) hoping for a quiet, congenial evening but finds him ensconced with a woman called Muffet (Pat Bishop), whom she perceives to be an empty-headed socialite and drunk to boot. She tries to disconcert ... [read more]
Welcome to Seymour Island (2006)
This contemporary Polar expedition follows in the footsteps of Otto Nordenskjöld, the explorer who went to Antarctica over a hundred years ago to look for fossils which would connect Antarctica to South America and Australia. [read more]
