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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]
Musical trams (1988)
Melbourne’s cable trams operated from 1885 to 1940. Jaunty music accompanies a tram ride through Melbourne in the 1920s. [read more]
‘Don’t touch anything’ (2007)
Cleo (Phoebe Tonkin) and Lewis (Angus McLaren) attempt to wish the fungus problem away. [read more]
‘Feel like going back home’ (2009)
Willy (Rocky McKenzie), Uncle Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), Annie (Missy Higgins) and Slippery (Tom Budge) travel north to Broome. In the combi they sing the Pigram Brothers’s song 'Feel Like Going Back Home’. Stopping for fuel Willy meets Roadhouse Betty (Magda ... [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]
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 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]
Catriona Brown (2005)
Actress Catriona Brown asked still photographer Carol Jerrems to take photos of her for her portfolio. Jerrems agreed if she could also use them for her own portfolio. Brown describes how Jerrems included two 15-year-old boys and how Jerrems introduced ... [read more]
Railcar and swimming (1926)
This clip contains two sequences. In the first, a railmotor pulls around a corner and passes by the camera before pulling into a station. Various shots of this scene show different aspects of the station. A second sequence shows a ... [read more]
View of Brisbane, c1929 (1929)
Aerial views show Brisbane’s city centre as well as rural settings by the Brisbane River in approximately 1929. [read more]
‘Don’t come back, Tessa’ (1994)
Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is remembering the night, at age 16, that her life changed forever. She closes a window and, at the next moment, her sixteen-year-old self (Simone Pengelly) falls into the room, in the midst of a miscarriage. Later, ... [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]
