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They stole your great grandfather’s opal (1995)
Otto (Mark Mitchell) invites Lady Townes (Anna Galvin) and the family to a barbeque and she politely agrees. Otto complains to Conrad that because Sir Claude Townes stole his family’s lucky opal they are now poor. Seeing Conrad through ... [read more]
A young talent (2000)
Max was a highly intelligent and thoughtful twelve-year-old when he was first filmed in the late 1960s. A child performer, he was also the man of the house and breadwinner, as his mother was often ill and they lived on ... [read more]
‘Me depressed?’ (2004)
In this clip, Spike Milligan speaks frankly about his experience of depression and its impact on his life. His brother Desmond and his daughter Jane reflect on the use of medication to treat mental illness. Milligan explains the relationship between ... [read more]
Secrets of Antarctica (1989)
Reporter Bryan Smith is in Antarctica filming a group of scientists. They are coopting penguins as researchers by attaching to their backs a mini computer with lithium batteries that can last for up to three months. Their research is showing ... [read more]
A richer dust (1944)
Pete (Peter Finch) has been wounded in an action to take an enemy gun post. Bluey (Grant Taylor) orders a withdrawal, so Milo (Chips Rafferty) slings his wounded mate over his shoulder and carries him out. Pete only survives long ... [read more]
‘Playful volcanoes’ (1948)
This late 1940s travelogue takes the viewer to Java. It is part of a journey by air from Sydney to London. The stopover features 'exotic’ Java and a sequence where a woman is offered food by 30 waiters. [read more]
Kate meets some suitable men (1997)
Kate consults the Classique Introduction Agency. Margaret interviews her and suggests that she needs to be realistic, flexible yet selective in her choice. Kate is shown some prospective men on videotape. Later, Kate is ambivalent about her chances of finding ... [read more]
Annual Christmas treat (1925)
Brief intertitles introduce a Punch and Judy puppet show which plays to a large crowd of children. Another intertitle announces the arrival of Father Christmas in his chariot. He gives out presents by a Christmas tree. The clip ends with ... [read more]
What price mateship? (1984)
Kev (Ray Meagher) catches up with Tommo (Paul Sonkkila) at the pub, where he gradually becomes aware that Tommo is hiding something. His worst fears are realised when he returns to the caravan to discover Ampy (Charito Ortez) has been ... [read more]
Dan’s place (2007)
Dan (Jordan Gee-Hoy) gets home after a morning training at the gym and is already facing a hard day. His mum (Lillian Crombie) wants him to find a job, his dad’s in jail and the unpaid bills are piling up. [read more]
Broken heart, unsound mind (2005)
In reconstruction, in an overgrown field, an Aboriginal woman staggers through the lofty vegetation before falling to the ground. Frank, in voice-over narration, tells us that his mother’s heart and spirit were broken, and her life shattered because he was ... [read more]
Clive Barass, Australian champion (1926)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from 1926 shows Australian diving champion Clive Barass and his troupe diving from a tower at the Clifton Gardens Baths near Mosman, Sydney. Clive Barass dives followed by Arthur O’Connor, a young diver, who performs a ... [read more]
This is not a game (1995)
Harry (John Lynch) causes Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) to miss her bus. She panics and tells him she must find a television, so they run to a TV shop window in the city. Kate explains that she gets her messages from ... [read more]
Patsy chooses a coffin (1999)
Bo (Russell Dykstra) takes his mother Patsy (Jeanie Drynan) to the funeral parlour, to choose a coffin. He runs into one of his classmates, Swifty (Marin Mimica), who has turned his woodworking classes to good use. Swifty offers his old ... [read more]
A deal and a bet (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) arrives home with Sergeant Flaxman (Chips Rafferty). His mother (Margaret Christensen) thinks he’s in trouble again, but the policeman explains their new deal: if Smiley can be of good behaviour long enough to get eight nicks on ... [read more]
Pizza and pie (1980)
Thelma Bullpitt (Judi Farr) has gone to Rome after winning the second prize in Myer’s Italian Week competition. Her husband Ted (Ross Higgins) doesn’t want to go, so Thelma takes son-in-law Bruno’s mother with her. Meanwhile, much to Ted’s horror, ... [read more]
‘I don’t know what God wants anymore’ (1988)
Lindy Chamberlain (Meryl Streep) is charged with the murder of baby daughter Azaria. Her husband, Pastor Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill), is charged as an accessory. Surrounded by TV helicopters, Michael tells Lindy he doubts God’s will. [read more]
Mary shines but Max explodes (2009)
At her father’s grave, Mary (voiced by Toni Collette) looks at the little heart Max sent her, where it is written, ‘Love Yourself First’. She decides to take happiness into her life, marries her love Damien (Eric Bana), and writes ... [read more]
Posing for papa (1988)
Michael Tuckson, the son of painter Tony Tuckson, describes his life with his father, including memories of posing at home for paintings. [read more]
Moonlighting (1978)
Pamela Taylor (Rowena Wallace) tells daughter Gayle (Jo-Anne Moore) that her shoplifting charges have been dropped. She has had the family lawyer intervene, using her wealthy father’s influence, despite her husband Glenn’s wishes that they follow the usual legal process. ... [read more]
