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‘Don’t touch anything’ (2007)
Cleo (Phoebe Tonkin) and Lewis (Angus McLaren) attempt to wish the fungus problem away. [read more]
Philip Wirth and Earl Dudley (1925)
A fixed camera positioned on the edge of an outdoor arena captures ringmaster and circus proprietor Philip Wirth rehearsing with his trick pony, Earl Dudley. The pony is led around the arena on a horsedrawn platform as Wirth instructs it ... [read more]
This is Australia (1970)
The brother and sister are dying of thirst, camped by a spring that has dried up while they were asleep. The boy (Lucien John) sees a figure on the horizon. He thinks it may be his father but it’s an ... [read more]
‘Wild things should be free’ (1976)
Mike (Greg Rowe) is overjoyed when Mr Percival, his pet pelican, returns after being set free. [read more]
I’m looking for someone like you (1998)
The five kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover the encrypted message in the web and intrigued, they each try to break it. One by one they ... [read more]
Can’t feed ‘em, can’t give ‘em away (1993)
The bank is about to foreclose on the Bell family property, although Matilda (Amy Terelinck) doesn’t yet know. The rural councillor Clive (John Hargreaves) visits Ben and Ellen Bell, as they prepare to call it quits. Ben and his co-workers ... [read more]
Taj Mahal and snake charmers, India (1958)
This clip begins with shots of the Taj Mahal and the extensive surrounding gardens in Agra, India. This is followed by two snake charmers, one of whom plays music to a cobra while the other holds a python in his ... [read more]
‘Page Three Girl’ (1982)
The Daily Mirror newspaper’s photographer, Ron Iredale takes location pictures of Leanne Nesbitt, 'Mirror Girl’. Ron and Leanne agree that it is the naturalness of Australian girls that is sexy. [read more]
Archer’s cabaret (1993)
Australian singer Robyn Archer has specialised in cabaret singing. Archer talking about her craft is intercut with performance pieces. Archer also talks about the beginnings of cabaret in Paris in the 1880s. [read more]
Pool and films (1998)
Poet Les Murray and writer Bob Ellis recall their favourite films over a game of pool. Ellis and Murray recall The Hustler and repeat some lines from the American classic. [read more]
Sexy pheromones (1994)
Cockroaches attract each other by pheromones. We get to witness the male in a mating ritual and copulation process that takes one to two hours. In one year the happily married couple can produce 400,000 descendents. [read more]
A blue charger and an angry cop (1975)
After his car is run off the road and his female companion killed, Inspector Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) chases the attackers in a blue Chrysler Charger, along country roads near Sydney. [read more]
Napperby (2000)
Interspersed with historical footage showing Napperby, Teddy Briscoe tells us about past musters and the many Indigenous men involved in them. Teddy tells us all the areas where mustering took place. [read more]
Redback (1995)
You can view the animated short Redback here in its entirety. A man, then a boy, try to kill a redback spider. But hard as they try, the redback lives on and has its revenge. [read more]
A problem of demographics (2005)
In this documentary about love for Indigenous singles, the subjects are contextualised by demographic. Statistics show that Indigenous Australians are a small percentage of the population – making it difficult for Indigenous singles who want to date other Indigenous singles. [read more]
‘Maternal instinct in hibernation’ (1997)
Baby Lee’s mother, Tracey, suffered from a lack of emotional connection with her child immediately after his birth. She recalls her lack of feeling at the time. Lee’s husband Simon, and her grandmother talk about the difficult time during Tracey’s ... [read more]
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]
A troublesome parson (1937)
Reverend Abel (George Doran) starts a series of fights with various passengers and crew, including Mr Packer (Desmond Hay). Chief Officer Vowels (William Carroll) warns the parson to stop making trouble. Miss Fortescue (Mollie Kerwin) attempts to follow Packer into ... [read more]
Mercenaries, misfits and missionaries (1996)
Peter Barter, the Governor of Madang Province, comments that democracy thrives in Papua New Guinea after twenty years of independence. [read more]
Violin virtuoso (1990)
The caretaker Mr Bretherton (Jonathan Hardy) seems to help Greta (Erica Kennedy) play Jason’s (David Presser) very difficult violin solo when he smiles at her from the balcony. Everyone is amazed at her performance – apart from Flea (Simon Grey). ... [read more]
