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First kiss (1985)

Susan (Sherie Graham) goes to the movies, shopping and hanging out in the city with Buzz (Mitch Ambrose) and the gang. In the cinema, Buzz makes a pass but Susan seems oblivious, unlike the jealous Francine (Shanti Gudgeon). Susan is ... [read more]

Collaroy Home (1940)

On the sunlit veranda of Collaroy Home, convalescing children are shown in their beds, tended by nursing staff. A young bedridden boy is covered by a sheet as he holds his books. The front of the home is visible as ... [read more]

Do-it-yourself wireless (1925)

Mr Jones unpacks all the parts of his newly bought wireless and tries to construct it. Two weeks later he demonstrates the wireless to his friends but to his disappointment, it doesn’t work. [read more]

‘Watcha gunna do with it?’ (1988)

Vera (Margaret Ford) explains why she and her son George (Bill McCluskey) are living on the children’s land and how she has saved the trees from being cut down by loggers. [read more]

Looking for answers (1995)

At Ubri, the rival scientific research station, Hellegren (Nicholas Bell) is determined to find out what or who travels and communicates with the whale. He brings in Mr Forsyth (William Gluth) to help him. Neri (Marzena Godecki) reflects on her ... [read more]

Castlecrag Estate (1927)

This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement from about 1927 for Castlecrag Estate, a new suburb overlooking Sydney’s Middle Harbour, shows panoramic shots of the surrounding scenery, a woman with a dog looking out to the harbour and newly ... [read more]

Angels and monsters (1988)

The villagers have emerged on the other side of their deep pit and discovered a glittering modern city. One of them has pronounced this the work of God, which is why Ulf (Noel Appleby) doesn’t realise the danger he’s 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]

Building pyramids (1992)

Young Bert (Kevin Jones) is caught up in the dream to build a huge church and a religious community in the middle of nowhere. He’s willing to give his all without realising that the dream is demented and Brother O’Neill ... [read more]

Life in exile (1985)

Colonel Berry (Simon Chilvers) has been put in charge of this POW camp when all he yearns for is to be at the battlefront with the Australian troops. Meanwhile, the internees are homesick for their homeland and their culture, ... [read more]

This blessed spot, this Gold Coast, this paradise (1981)

Stacey (Ray Barrett) goes to a separatist political rally, looking for the missing girl, Cathy McCredie (Janet Scrivener). He listens to Sir Ted Godfrey (Robert 'Tex’ Morton), the state MP, make a rousing speech about why the Gold Coast should ... [read more]

What’s Robbie plotting? (1991)

Brother Robbie (Henri Szeps) has arrived at the Beare family home with a most uncharacteristic offer. He wants to take his mother out to the art gallery. Of course this would have nothing to do with his desperate attempt to ... [read more]

Berlei corsets (1920)

Two women dressed in dark underwear, silk stockings and shoes model two styles of Berlei corsetry. They stand on raised platforms in front of a plain backdrop, the larger space of the studio visible beyond it. They turn, step down ... [read more]

HIdden dreams (1990)

Cherry (Rebecca Smart) tells Mr Edmund (Robert Grubb) of her dream to become a lawyer, to help poor people like her mother and the boarders, but says that her mother gets angry with her for having unreachable dreams. In turn, ... [read more]

Scotty wants to dance (2005)

Kev is telling the boys that they need to carry on without Franky. Scotty (Scott Angeles) tells Kev (Lafe Charlton) he is sick of playing the yidaki (didgeridoo) and wants to dance. Franky is walking along the road side, a ... [read more]

Male puberty (1981)

The physical and emotional effects of adolescence in boys is discussed humorously. An outbreak of blackheads invades young Michael. [read more]

‘If you kill her dreams, that’s unforgivable’ (1990)

Mr Edmund (Robert Grubb) breaks the peacefulness of an evening at home by bringing up Cherry’s (Rebecca Smart) dream to be a lawyer with her mother while she is ironing. Margaret Williams (Rhondda Findleton) is furious and confronts Mr Edmund ... [read more]

Message (1988)

Mrs Millie Boyd tells the story over re-enactment. She describes how the people sent for Leo, a famous warrior in his time, who trained with his two dogs. Leo’s wife would sing a special song that helped him in battle. ... [read more]

Magic satellite (1991)

Freda Glynn (director of CAAMA), Voya Rajic (head of production, SBS TV), Dion Weston (station manager, Imparja TV), Horace Winitja (PY Media Committee), Rhoda Roberts (producer, SBS TV), David Hill (managing director, ABC) and Phillip Batty ... [read more]

Everything is upside down (2006)

A sacred stone has been taken, and a child killed by a crocodile. An old woman explains, ‘Everything’s upside down now, it’s all wrong’. The old men meet and agree to contact the ‘number one Jungaiy for the crocodile dreaming’, ... [read more]

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