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Nightmare (1989)
The three characters – the Redhead (Robin Laurie), the Investigator (Rose Wanganeen) and the Hothead (Kaarin Fairfax) – each feel the threat from world events outside themselves. [read more]
A Charlie Chaplin comedy (1950)
Basher Bill (Michael Bidencope) is robbing Dolores (Lilian Fetherstonhaugh) on the side of the road after her return from the grocery store. She cries for help. Her cries wake Charlie (Cynthia Bidencope) who was sleeping in the bushes nearby. Charlie ... [read more]
One wave, one surfer (1973)
After a great day surfing with his friend Richie West, George Greenough goes back to work on his boat, a 37-foot hull on which he is building his own cabin. He explains his philosophy of surfing, and his need for ... [read more]
Check out your new neighbours! (2004)
Fergus (Sean Ohlendorf) and his father Don McPhail (Brett Swain) arrive in Melbourne on the bus, and it’s an embarrassing experience for Fergus. Their arrival at their new home in front of Sophie (Megan Harrington) and Angela (Heli Simpson), two ... [read more]
Tenterfield beauty queen (2005)
Over footage of Cindy as a 17-year-old, we hear Cindy five years on, talking about what she has done since completing her HSC. She lists working in St George doing seasonal work; moving to Tenterfield to live with her ... [read more]
‘I don’t trust you’ (1997)
Nikki (Frances O’Connor) and Al (Matt Day) are driving across the desert in a four-wheel drive they’ve stolen, having just driven away from a petrol station where Al pulled a knife on a truck driver who’d earlier tried to force ... [read more]
Like brothers (2005)
Kaleb Comollatti talks about meeting his two friends John Stacey and Dallas McNamara, and how he started bull riding. We see Kaleb go through his preparation before riding a bull. [read more]
Desert Rats (2006)
Aaron reads the paper while Vinnie mows the lawn. Over family stills and clips showing Aaron performing in Dead Heart and Water Rats, Aaron describes how Vinnie always turned to him to be looked after, and how, with a lack ... [read more]
Looking for father (2005)
We are introduced to Tommy E Lewis. Tommy speaks about his stepfather who raised him and loved him as his own, imparting Dreaming stories, and his white biological father, Hurtle Lewis, who was like ‘the phantom’. He speaks of his ... [read more]
Borrowing and lending (1951)
Mr Phillips takes the children down to the bank’s basement level vault, where the cash is stored. While they watch the money being counted, Mr Phillips explains how the banking system works. [read more]
What is great writing? (2001)
Tensions in the newsroom come to the surface when Bernard Brewster (Jack Thompson) singles out David Meredith (Matt Day) for praise, citing an article that he has written in defiance of instructions from news editor Curtis Condon (Denis Moore). David’s ... [read more]
‘Hiding behind a character’ (1987)
Actor Max Gillies is a guest on Michael Parkinson’s show. The then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, is also a guest. Gillies uses gestures, make-up and voice impersonation to pretend to be the real Bob Hawke with amusing results. [read more]
‘I only want to announce’ (1997)
Zelda (Nadine Garner) applies for work at 'Radio Visually Impaired’. Her request to work as an announcer, even in a voluntary capacity, is rejected. Later, Robert (Matthew Dyktynski) and Zelda share their mutual admiration for the novel Catch 22. A ... [read more]
‘A glass church’ (1997)
Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) shows Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) a scale replica of a house made from glass and steel. Oscar proposes the structure be built and transported to Reverend Hasset in Bellingen. This clip also features narration by Geoffrey Rush. [read more]
This land is mine; this land is me (2001)
Men are gathered on the property ready to begin the search for the lost girl Emily (Memphis Kelly). The father (Paul Kelly) wants the tracker Albert Riley (Kelton Pell) off his property. The men are organised into a search party. ... [read more]
Artist camp (1980)
Jack Wunuwun grinds the red ochre and applies the paint to his bark painting about the Morning Star. [read more]
Devils pool (2005)
Annie Wonga, an elder of the Yidinji people, tells the history of her family and the Devils Pool of Babinda. Annie did not visit the waterhole until 1985 because it is a sacred space. Daryl Murgha tells of how, as ... [read more]
A new life in Australia (2004)
Channa Dassanayaka is from Sri Lanka and came to Australia when his mother, who was a politician, thought that things were becoming too dangerous in Sri Lanka and sent Channa to Australia for his safety. When his mother died, he ... [read more]
‘I got off in Sunray’ (1996)
Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov) gets personal with his listeners in Sunray, a small town on the Murray River. Dimity Hurley (Miranda Otto) stops under a roadside speaker to listen, trying to ignore a ute full of local boys yelling obscenities. ... [read more]
Go out and win (1985)
Coach (Kate Ferguson) gives Carol (Nicole Kidman) a pep talk, telling her that winning is everything. She wants Carol to be competitive and focused on winning the race. Carol easily wins her race to the satisfaction of her coach and ... [read more]
