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Tom loses his way (2004)
After attacking one of his colleagues with a set of rolled-up plans, Tom White (Colin Friels) crosses the water on a ferry. In a pub, he sits down for a drink, but he’s enveloped by silence. He drips water, or ... [read more]
A boy’s worst nightmare (2007)
Jackie (Gemma Ward) asks Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) to walk home after school, just as Charlie (Luke Ford) arrives on the bus from his school. Thomas introduces her to his brother, who wants to carry her bag. As they walk, Charlie ... [read more]
Family album (1948)
John and his family are introduced through a real life family album. As the pages are turned, the voice-over tells the story of their lives. The first picture is of John as a young boy, followed by a picture of ... [read more]
Pauline Frederick (1924)
Pauline Frederick, a world famous actress from the stage and screen, poses for the camera showing off her new sophisticated bob haircut. She wears a cloche hat and a fox stole. [read more]
Model ship building (1925)
In this newsreel segment, electrically driven model passenger liners are gently released onto a pond by their makers. It features Mr Needum’s four funnel masterpiece and the ingenious model of the SS Benalla built by Mr Green. [read more]
‘I’m getting rid of him’ (2006)
Having failed to get Rusty’s cooperation in the plot to kill her father, Katrina (Emily Barclay) steps up her campaign on Kenny (Anthony Hayes), her brother’s intellectually disabled friend. She goads him with the promise of sex and taunts him ... [read more]
‘So nice to be home’ (2007)
Christina (Franka Potente) returns reluctantly to the Gaita family home in Frogmore, after one of her regular absences. Her son Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is overjoyed to see her, but her husband Romulus (Eric Bana) is less demonstrative. Christina sleeps with ... [read more]
First class or business? (2002)
After being told that her dead husband’s business has collapsed, widow Gabrielle King (Fiona Terry) and her pompous, daughter Gemma (Hollie Chapman) learn that they have inherited a property in Australia. Gemma is devastated but younger brother Gregory (Liam Hess) ... [read more]
A dream come true (2004)
Pamela Con Foo is from a fourth generation Darwin family. She and her husband Harry have paid $6,000 each for the privilege of a sleeper cabin on this historic trip, something they’ve waited a lifetime for. [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]
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]
Husbands see red over Purple (1973)
Alvin relaxes in a pool, with friends. He is determined to give up sex. He asks Tina (Elli Maclure) if she agrees that their friendship is based on an absence of sex – she asks how he knows that it ... [read more]
Bruce Samazan (1997)
Bruce Samazan went from brickie’s labourer to soap star in an instant. He won a Logie for Most Popular Talent in Australian TV. He is the only actor to have long running roles in E Street, Neighbours and Home and ... [read more]
‘Namby pamby excuses’ (1994)
The Dawn Rowen Group works with men who have suffered childhood abuse. 75 per cent of child abuse is perpetrated by people who themselves have been abused. Kate Gilmore, spokesperson for the National Committee of Violence Against Women, says that ... [read more]
Cheating (1993)
Robert (Henri Szeps) has offered to take his mother out for a drive but leaves her in the car while he pays a call on his latest girlfriend. Meanwhile, Arthur (Garry McDonald) uses this opportunity to gather up and launder ... [read more]
Blinky’s fire brigade saved us all! (1992)
Blinky’s (Robyn Moore) fire brigade has put out a dangerous fire and, although he is in trouble with his mother, Mrs Koala (also Robyn Moore), everyone now thinks his fire brigade is a good idea – including Miss Magpie (Robyn ... [read more]
‘History breaks down into images’ (1992)
Moments from Walter Benjamin’s last days are re-enacted, alongside contemporary scenes of Berlin and an interview with academic Michael Jennings on the way in which Benjamin’s ideas are used. [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]
