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Cambridge (1948)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a wide shot of a bridge over a river. Dame Pattie and Heather Menzies pose for camera and various shots of the grounds are ... [read more]
‘Who are you?’ (1978)
Tony (Richard Moir), Sam (Judy Morris) and the dog Billy have left Sydney, heading for Queensland. Their intimacy is growing, but Tony is still unable to touch her, or let down his guard. On a jetty, largely drunk or stoned, ... [read more]
‘Pick a card’ (1932)
Bored with matters of state, Tommy (George Wallace) tries to interest his footmen in a game of cards. He has to order them to take part, and to stay seated. He makes the rules up as he goes. [read more]
Grieving (1992)
At a big gathering, people are stunned and grieving. Madang, one of Joe’s main adversaries regarding the plantations, has been killed. In interview, a very distraught Joe Leahy laments what is going on and having no choice but to leave ... [read more]
Chaos (1986)
Caroline (Caroline Gilmer) tries to hide from the storm with her two small granddaughters Molly (Kate Ritchie) and Meghan (Kendall Monaghan). Meanwhile their mother, Connie Hampton (Tracy Mann), tries desperately to contact boyfriend Tony Baker (Noel Hodda), a navy lieutenant ... [read more]
Farming at Werribee (1953)
Having been unable to secure city employment, Il Contratto’s four recently arrived migrants (Giuseppe Michelini, Luigi Borsi, Giuseppe Cusato, Giorgio Mangiamele) find work on a farm outside Melbourne. Previous uncertainties about their life in Australia dissolve as they share the ... [read more]
All that promise (2000)
Grant was an adorable child star who could dance and sing and play the drums. He gave it all away when the kids at school teased him about his work in television ads. Later when he tried to get back ... [read more]
Terry Hicks meets Jon Mohammed (2004)
David’s father, Terry Hicks, seeks the truth about his son in Afghanistan. He meets David’s friend, Jon Mohammed, who was imprisoned in the cell next to David. Jon says David was a good Muslim. Jon was released after 15 months. [read more]
Thailand (1958)
This clip begins at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok and shows Buddhist monks walking the grounds. Scenes of life along the river are filmed from a boat, including village houses, wooden boats, temples, people bathing, locals playing music, and men ... [read more]
Accommodation on board (1979)
Adventurers Malcolm Douglas and Brett Nixon are travelling from Sydney to New Guinea on a five-metre motorboat. The men stop over on an idyllic, remote and untouched beach in far north Queensland and net fish near the shore. [read more]
Looking for father (2005)
We are introduced to Tommy E Lewis. Tommy speaks about his stepfather who raised him and loved him as his own, imparting Dreaming stories, and his white biological father, Hurtle Lewis, who was like ‘the phantom’. He speaks of his ... [read more]
‘Dance, fool, dance’ (1934)
Monty Ralston (Frank Leighton) and his manservant Thompson (Leo Franklin) narrowly escape a police raid on a two-up game but Jim McBride (Frank Bradley) is caught. Ralston and Thompson blunder onto the stage of a nearby theatre, where they entertain ... [read more]
‘You have killed me’ (1984)
John (John Hargreaves) remembers the birth of their child Lucy, in a series of happy flashbacks that turn bitter when he imagines his wife Helen (Wendy Hughes) and her lover Tom (David Cameron). John rushes to find her, at the ... [read more]
Facing realities (1991)
Anna (Gosia Dobrowolska) tells Jonathon (Chris Haywood) that his mother should stay at home, rather than move to an institution. Marta (Sheila Florance) tells Anna that she will die at home, and that she likes Anna using Marta’s flat to ... [read more]
‘Do you have any ID?’ (2004)
Tom’s homeless friend Malcolm (Bill Hunter) has been taken to hospital with a stroke. He gives Tom the key to his secret room, his most prized possession. Tom (Colin Friels) rejects an offer of help from Tania, a social worker ... [read more]
‘Strictly confidential’ (1988)
While searching the damaged house at Raven’s Gate, police sergeant Taylor (Max Gillies) is surprised by Dr Hemmings (Terry Camilleri), an astrophysicist attached to Special Branch. Hemmings tells Taylor that whatever they find at Raven’s Gate is strictly confidential. [read more]
‘Nothing to lose’ (2002)
At Sydney airport, Barry Ryan (Bryan Brown) collects his nephew Darcy (Sam Worthington), who’s returning from his service in Vietnam. Barry introduces his crew – ‘Hollywood’ Riley (William McInnes) and Norm (Andrew S. Gilbert) – and offers Darcy a job. ... [read more]
War bonds (1943)
This animated advertisement, seen here in its entirety, aims to persuade cinemagoers to invest in five shilling war-saving stamps and the 4th Liberty Loan. It features on-screen slogans, a voice-over narration, an instrumental music score and caricatures of a Japanese ... [read more]
A chance reunion (2003)
At a bus stop, old school friends Phaedra (Susan Prior) and Tia (Olivia Pigeot) run into each other for the first time in ages. They chat away, catching up with what they’ve been up to in the intervening period. [read more]
An open letter (2005)
Monica tells us why she felt obliged to make public her letter to her cousin, Cardinal George Pell, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. It’s a heart-rending appeal to a family member to treat her as a human being and ... [read more]
