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Don Bradman’s captaincy (1982)
Former international cricketer Bill O’Reilly recalls Don Bradman’s captaincy during the 1937 and 1938 test cricket series. [read more]
Incompetents at work (1986)
While our intrepid private detectives (Terry Bader and Richard Healy) are bungling yet another case, shadowing the factory owner’s wife (Anna Maria Winchester), their Girl Friday (Debra Lawrence) takes on the dirty work on the factory floor to find out ... [read more]
Scotties (1983)
While spending the day sick at home, Julie Fry (Rebecca Stewart) develops a theory about paper and tissue boxes. [read more]
‘I’ve missed so much of my life, sir’ (1976)
Exhausted and increasingly incoherent, Morgan (Dennis Hopper) bails up a wealthy family, the McPhersons, as the Victorian police close in. He becomes maudlin as he reflects on the life he has missed out on. [read more]
‘She’s not for you’ (1988)
Richard Eastwick (Hugo Weaving) is newly arrived from England, a poor young immigrant with no prospects. He’s befriended by a government clerk who invites him to live in the same boarding house. Richard is smitten by a young woman, Kate ... [read more]
‘There is nothing a horse can do, but bear it’ (1978)
Gerry Barker has taken his family and Black Beauty on a happy Sunday picnic. On their way home they meet old Sam. Black Beauty is horrified to discover that Sam’s worn-out old horse is the once spirited but now beaten ... [read more]
A multicultural marriage (2004)
Dallas and Zabi are getting married. The couple met when Dallas, a law student, was teaching Zabi English. Zabi is a refugee survivor of the MV Tampa and Nauru. Scenes of the wedding are shown, including some of the Afghan ... [read more]
‘(I’m) Stranded’ (1976)
This is a clip from '(I’m) Stranded’, performed by the Saints and written by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey. This song and the single’s B-side, ‘No Time’, were recorded at Bruce Windows Studios in Brisbane. [read more]
‘Sing about happy things’ (1972)
The inhabitants of Diddley-Dum-Diddley have had a bad week but Liza (Liz Harris) suggests they look on the bright side. Liza, Mrs Flower Potts (Brian Crossley), Percy Panda (Jack Manuel) and Clown (John Michael Howson) sing a song about 'happy ... [read more]
Demoted to bank robberies (1988)
Criminal Eddie Weaks has been killed in a car accident following a bank heist. Journalist Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) leaves the accident with the cash, after promising to give it to Eddie’s girlfriend Suzie (Marise Wipani). Tom and his photographer ... [read more]
A Bali experience (1971)
This clip shows a tourist group visiting a Balinese village and family compound where turtles are sold by the roadside. A salt-making settlement nearby is shown where, the voice-over explains, salt is boiled inside large cauldrons within huts. The group ... [read more]
What do we need two banana plantations for? (1999)
Digging up the sand to plant a new banana plantation, Lopaka and Bolo find an ancient carved stone. [read more]
Mannix on communism (1962)
Dr Daniel Mannix, the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, explains why he spoke out against the Australian Labor Party during the elections of 1954 and 1958. He wants to be remembered as a great Irishman, a great Australian and a great ... [read more]
Her brilliant career (1996)
Judy Davis attended a convent school in Western Australia during the late 1960s when the Catholic Church was in turmoil. When she left school in the early 1970s, there were no Australian female actor role models for her to emulate. ... [read more]
A very British solution (1985)
Captain Webber (Kirk Alexander) has been called into Whitehall. He’s to travel to Australia to sort out the problem of the internees. He’s been chosen because he’s Jewish. [read more]
Trapped (1985)
The narrator tells how journalist Paul Rea found a letter that inspired him to make the film. Alex McClelland explains how no-one believed he spent time in a German concentration camp. [read more]
Culture clash (1970)
Jack (Tony Ward) is bored when Gillian (Judy Leech) takes him to an art gallery. Gillian is repelled by the violence when Jack takes her to the wrestling. [read more]
Friends in need (1975)
The four addicts visit Jo (Helen Garner) to pick up tools for a break-in. Jo is high on speed, which makes her paranoid, skittish and obsessive about cleaning. The heroin-addicted Lou (Gary Waddell) warns her to be careful of amphetamines. [read more]
Magnetic Island (1926)
An intertitle describing Magnetic Island – only six miles from Townsville – introduces sepia-tinted images of passengers on board the daily service from Townsville. Another title card explaining Magnetic Island’s beaches and picturesque thatched roofed bungalows precedes a green-tinted and ... [read more]
Her gracious majesty (1977)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visit their loyal subjects in Victoria in 1977. We see them disembark from their plane to be greeted by dignitaries, and a crowd of children waving flags. ... [read more]
