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‘Give her Roses’ (1959)

This advertisement for Cadbury’s Roses chocolates shows a man dressed in hat and gloves, carrying a cane and singing to three women as he offers them each a box of Roses chocolates. The set is in the style of a ... [read more]

‘You want a drink?’ (1986)

After a long drive from the city, Trevor, the officer in charge (David Argue), pulls into a country pub for a drink. Constable Nikki Iceton (Gia Carides) is appalled when he chains his prisoner Kath (Lydia Miller) to a tap. ... [read more]

‘You don’t track boys down, you lure them!’ (2004)

Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) bullies geeky young Gerald Semple (Damian Neate) into helping her find Max Hammer (Cameron Nugent) on the internet. To enter the Webweave chat room she has to create an avatar. When she aggressively enters the chat room ... [read more]

‘I can’t hear you’ (2007)

McGahan (Brendan Cowell) arrives home in the morning after a very stressful night at the caravan, during which he fired a shot at three men beating up Lucky Phil. The ringing in his ears gets worse. McGahan’s partner Caitlin (Katie ... [read more]

Scabs (1984)

The wharfies are locked out because they won’t accept lower wages and a lessening of working conditions. Into this maelstrom come shiploads of Italian immigrants, refugees from Mussolini’s fascist state who are desperate to work and know nothing of the ... [read more]

A chemical imbalance (1985)

Col Turner (Chris Haywood) enjoys a beach walk with his wife Lorraine (Jennifer Cluff). They arrive home as the neighbour’s child, Kathy (Marion Chirgwin), breaks bottles on their driveway. Col hands her over to her father, Craig (Peter Kowitz). After ... [read more]

Delilah, Samson and Grandma (2009)

Delilah (Marissa Gibson) sees Samson (Rowan McNamara) at the shop, and his message of love written on the shop wall. She gives him a packet of chips and he follows her home to her grandmother’s place. Delilah’s grandmother (Mitjili Napanangka ... [read more]

‘Love doesn’t feed you’ (2001)

Lola (Lola Marceli) has begun to go out with men, in the hope of getting some money to live on. One of these is Bruno (Silvio Ofria), her late husband’s best friend. She has warned the younger Stefano (Alex Dimitriades) ... [read more]

Crime scene (2002)

The Kingsway major crime squad try to make sense of the crime scene, after the groom was gunned down at a wedding. Outside, Harriet Walker (Freya Stafford) speaks to the bride Francesca Decia (Bianca Biasi) while Sophia Marinkovitch (Brooke Satchwell) ... [read more]

‘What did you say?’ (2001)

Upset by a patient, psychiatrist Dr Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) attacks a stranger in the street, imagining she heard a remark. The stranger, Pete O’May (Glenn Robbins) seeks refuge in a pub, where he meets Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia). [read more]

A bag of oranges at a funeral (1984)

The procession of funeral cars comes to a halt because Maggie (Ruth Cracknell) has spied a roadside stall selling really cheap bags of oranges. [read more]

A Charlie Chaplin comedy (1950)

Basher Bill (Michael Bidencope) is robbing Dolores (Lilian Fetherstonhaugh) on the side of the road after her return from the grocery store. She cries for help. Her cries wake Charlie (Cynthia Bidencope) who was sleeping in the bushes nearby. Charlie ... [read more]

Packed lunch (1985)

Bob (Gerry Sont) collects his father’s deliveries from ‘boss’ Fred Morgan (Peter Whitford) and the workers all enjoy a laugh at Fred’s expense. [read more]

‘Why don’t we get something different?’ (1996)

After another heavy night of drinking, Mick (Jeremy Sims) walks home, past his disapproving brother Terry (Paul Gleeson). Meanwhile, a gang of bank robbers holds up a bank in Punchbowl, Sydney. The news is transmitted quickly over the airwaves. That ... [read more]

Go out and win (1985)

Coach (Kate Ferguson) gives Carol (Nicole Kidman) a pep talk, telling her that winning is everything. She wants Carol to be competitive and focused on winning the race. Carol easily wins her race to the satisfaction of her coach and ... [read more]

Stork considers his future (1971)

Anna (Jacki Weaver) takes her new housemate Stork (Bruce Spence) to Monash University, where she helps him look in the newspaper for a job. Stork has reveries about storming the Supreme Court as a revolutionary for the workers, or being ... [read more]

By plane (1988)

This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) advertising the Express Courier air service. [read more]

By road (1988)

This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) advertising the Express Courier road service. [read more]

Express Courier (1988)

This is an Australia Post television commercial (TVC) promoting the organisation’s new corporate image and its Express Courier service. [read more]

Land rights (2004)

John Safran identifies a tendency among left-wing people in inner Melbourne to put signs on their houses acknowledging the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of the land. He gets a group of local Aboriginal people (Lou Bennet, Corleen Cooper, ... [read more]

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