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Turning point (2003)
Bernie explains her struggles over the years to reach a competitive level of horseracing. She admits she couldn’t do it by herself, leading her to join forces with trainer Paul Sutherland. Bernie turns a corner with a thrilling win in ... [read more]
Postpak (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and its Postpak products. [read more]
‘You embarrass us’ (1994)
Muriel (Toni Collette) joins her friends, once the in-crowd from high school, at a local club. Tania (Sophie Lee) has discovered her new husband is having an affair. The others invite Tania to dump him and come on a holiday ... [read more]
‘Never lie to me’ (1991)
Martin (Hugo Weaving) and new friend Andy (Russell Crowe) look at the pictures Martin took the previous night, when they took an injured cat to the vet. Martin asks Andy to describe each picture in less than ten words. He ... [read more]
‘I want my mum’ (1995)
Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) arrives home with his new pig, causing great excitement among Fly’s litter of puppies. The little pig is indignant when Fly (voiced by Miriam Margolyes) calls him stupid. Fly takes pity on him and becomes a ... [read more]
Get faxed (1988)
This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the Faxpost service, using the slogan: ‘Faxpost – Everyone’s fax’. A document slides out of a fax machine displaying the words, ‘To send a fax to someone without a fax ... [read more]
Prime Minister Phar Lap (1932)
After a knock on the head, Tommy (George Wallace) wakes up as the heir to the throne of Betonia, a kingdom somewhere in Europe. He refuses to meet his ministers until the court officials find his best mate, Jim (John ... [read more]
You are not white (1936)
Sondra, a Malay girl (Marcelle Marnay) calls Mara (Dennis Hoey) a white savage when he rejects her advances because of her colour. Akbar Jhan (Ashton Jarry) arrives with Beatrice Lynn (Margot Rhys) and Mara is well pleased with her appearance. [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]
‘Instituting some changes’ (1992)
Mr Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) takes Carey (Ben Mendelsohn) on as his offsider, in a study of employee efficiency. Carey jumps at the chance, because it means sharing a desk with the gorgeous Cheryl (Rebecca Rigg). Mr Wallace’s changes include partitions ... [read more]
‘My babies’ (2004)
Toma is both passionate about his eggplants and keen to show off his invention, an ingenious machine which helps with the picking. His wife works along side and afterwards it’s home to the barbie where both of them explain one ... [read more]
A dangerous proposition (2008)
At a nightclub, Nabil (Buddy Dannoun) puts a dangerous proposition to his best friend, Tarek (Les Chantery). Nabil has been cleaning an apartment he suspects is being used to stash drugs. He wants Tarek to help him rob the place, ... [read more]
Dependency (1986)
Over photographs of happier times, both during her relationship with Steve, and from the time before, Liz quotes her mother and some feminist writers and deliberates on her struggle with dependency on a lover, and on the general nature of ... [read more]
Taking matters into your own hands (2010)
John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) whips up a vigorous roundtable discussion amongst a group of friends in the kitchen about the need to take action against sex offenders. [read more]
Aunty Flo (1998)
Aunty Flo sits in the foreground, behind her stretches the countryside. She tells us about her experience of being moved to Toomelah Reserve. [read more]
Background (2007)
As part of the medical process Rachel talks with a psychologist, Dr Marie O’Shea. [read more]
‘Physics is my business’ (1973)
A simple title sequence featuring dramatic drum roll and a model eyeball. This is followed by Professor Julius Sumner Miller standing in front of a large blackboard. After his ‘usual salutations and greetings’, the professor introduces the theme of this ... [read more]
‘Victims’ justice is going to prevail’ (2000)
President Rau of Germany publicly apologises to the forced and slave labourers used by German industry during the Second World War. German lawyer Dr Michael Vitti says that getting closure is difficult for the Holocaust victims. US lawyer, Ed Fagan, ... [read more]
Asylum seekers at work (2002)
Afghan asylum seekers are good employees in the rural Victorian town of Loxton. The then Minister for Immigration, Phillip Ruddock, argues that they are not necessarily entitled to permanent status. [read more]
‘American girls love Mel Gibson’ (1983)
Australian actress Olivia Newton-John talks about the popularity of Australian films and Mel Gibson in this 1983 documentary. An extract is included from The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and a young Mel Gibson is interviewed. [read more]
