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Crying (1997)
Lena (Jamilla Frail) and Vaughn (Luke Carroll) walking on the road. A car pulls up. Vaughn talks to the driver, his friend (Allan Campbell). Lena stands a little distant, disinterested. She looks into the car to see a young mother ... [read more]
‘Get an ambo!’ (2007)
Senior Detective Noel Birchall (Nicholas Bell) arrives at the scene of a mass murder on a suburban train. He’s on the phone to his offsider Detective Melanie Ryan (Fiona Macleod) as he walks through the hectic crowd of police, ambulance ... [read more]
‘Just give me sunshine’ (1972)
An old farmhouse, with cows. A door opens to reveal a man shaping his own surfboard, as the music ('Simple Ben’ by John J. Frances) builds momentum. [read more]
And then there were nun (1992)
Former Sisters talk about their reasons for leaving the order. Some realised as they approached 30 that they wanted to have a family after all, others saw that the world was accepting women in a broader range of roles than ... [read more]
Pulling down houses (1974)
In the streets of inner-city Sydney, residents gather to protest against the demolition of their houses and the dissipation of their local community. As a local strums on his guitar and sings a protest ballad, we then see a montage ... [read more]
Bedside manner (1989)
Anxious about competition from the 24-hour surgery up the road, Dr William Sharp (Michael Craig) has been urging his staff to adopt a more overtly caring attitude towards the clinic’s patients. As receptionist Julie Winters (Denise Roberts) sees off a ... [read more]
Illywhacker (1986)
The unreliable narrator Herbert Badgery (Les Foxcroft) sits behind bars in a pet shop. He tells a tale – which he acknowledges is a lie – about the goanna seen in the opening image. But Herbert has a larger, possibly ... [read more]
‘Dead landscape’ (2000)
Out in the bush, ecologist Wyn Jones says that Australian bushland is not necessarily devoid of life if no mammals are visible. He points out that many animals are nocturnal and that other species like birds and insects can flourish ... [read more]
Warren Blair (1994)
Warren Blair, son of Aboriginal tenor Harold Blair, recalls being taunted about his Aboriginality at school. Harold advised Warren to fight the taunter, which he did, resulting in the school calling in his parents. Harold sings to his son and ... [read more]
Lawyers confer (2004)
David Hicks’s lawyer, Stephen Kenny, meets up with David’s father, Terry, and Michael Ratner, a lawyer from the Centre for Constitutional Rights in New York. Terry is trying to get a trial for his son. Both lawyers agree that the ... [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]
Forest justification (1990)
Environmentalist Bill Mollison explains the value and purpose of forest. [read more]
Janet’s sixth birthday (1941)
Children wearing party hats at the Dyer family home are seated around a table. Janet, the birthday girl, wears a blue dress and matching ribbon in her hair. A suitably coloured birthday cake topped with six candles is iced with ... [read more]
Painting and welding (2008)
The boys work on their bush toys in the community workshop, painting and adding finishing touches. [read more]
Houdini escapes (2007)
Showman Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) quietens the enthusiastic audience with a gesture before talking about the stunt he is about to perform. He is handcuffed and, feet held fast in stocks, lowered upside down into water. Once out of sight ... [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]
‘You’re scum!’ (1990)
Will Barnes (Tamblyn Lord), Ned (Nathan Croft) and an assortment of boys being sent to Fort Queenscliff, are marched to the train. Scratch (Lachlan Jeffrey) reads from the newspaper giving Government and public opinion about the desire to have young ... [read more]
A bull in a house (1932)
Dave (Fred MacDonald) and his new wife Lily (Lilias Adeson) have moved into a newly built shack over the hill from the main house. Mrs White (Dorothy Dunkley) comes to visit as a bull walks into the back of the ... [read more]
Tea’s up (1968)
Musgrave Station is a busy crossroads in the far north of Queensland. Every day, planes come into the station airfield to refuel. Both passengers and pilots find a ready cup of tea from the station owner’s wife, Mary Hales. She ... [read more]
