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Residents’ demonstration (1974)
On 12 December, at the beginning of school holidays, Balmain families assemble down at Mort Street for a demonstration to stop the containers being trucked through their streets. Children hold up signs, a representative from the transport committee speaks to ... [read more]
Prejudice against Lebanese (1996)
Lebanese men say that the police in the south-west of Sydney are prejudiced against them. A Lebanese father of six children says he feels unsafe in his house. We see the men in their backyards, and their families inside their ... [read more]
Everybody’s looking for something (1979)
Paul (Bryan Brown) looks for work in a surfboard factory, as Nick (Nat Young) and his friend Joe (Ken Brown) are there trying to score some LSD. Private investigator Larry (John Flaus) asks policeman Eric (John Clayton) if he ... [read more]
Centre for Social Studies (1998)
Feminist and concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin establishes the Centre for Social Studies in Bethnal Green, London with her second husband, Richard Hauser. [read more]
‘Yeah!’ (2001)
Veronica (Heli Simpson) is horrified as the three united riders pass by, with Stevie smiling and unharmed. Stevie (Sophie Bennett), Carole (Keenan MacWillian) and new best friend Lisa (Lara Jean Marshall) consolidate their friendship by forming and naming their own ... [read more]
Slipknot (2002)
After a group of nine young men get turned away by bouncers at a selective Melbourne nightclub, ‘onesixone’, John Safran helps them pose as American nu-metal band Slipknot to gain entry into the club. [read more]
‘Then there was Ned’ (1983)
Lee Whitmore narrates her childhood recollection of a regular family visitor, Ned Wethered. [read more]
Commitment to work (1992)
Dr Hollows expresses the view that people should concentrate on getting a job done properly. He says he inherited this ability from his parents, and attributes his success to it. [read more]
‘We don’t roll over’ (1997)
Patsy (Miranda Otto) comes to visit Boyd (Richard Roxburgh) and Ralph (Matt Day) in jail, somewhere in western Queensland. Boyd thinks she’s pregnant, but Patsy has much graver news. [read more]
Business as usual (2005)
The United Nations has just completed a report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo detailing how President Joseph Kabila and his cronies are pillaging the country of its mineral riches, aided and abetted by African and other foreign companies. [read more]
‘Gidday, I’m Otto von Meister’ (1995)
Otto von Meister (Mark Mitchell) and his nephew Conrad (Fletcher Humphrys) arrive at Townes Downs with a busload of unfortunate Russian tourists. Supervised by Trish Emu (Kylie Belling), the tourists are desperate to use the toilet. Otto doles out the ... [read more]
‘Boogie Wonderland’ (2006)
Mumble and his Adelie friends have returned to the Emperor colony so that Mumble (Elijah Wood) can try once again to woo Gloria (voiced by Brittany Murphy). His attempt to mime while Ramon (Robin Williams) sings My Way has not ... [read more]
Growing up Aboriginal (1991)
Actor Stephen Albert and writer Jimmy Chi, the author of the musical play Bran Nue Dae, talk about childhood, education and identity, intercut with one of the musical numbers from the production, historical footage and archival photographs. [read more]
‘All these memories of you’ (2001)
Eddie Maloney (Ben Mendelsohn) hitches a ride back home to Coollawarra, his home town, as his brother Pete (Andrew S Gilbert) negotiates his way out of some free fish. At home, Pete’s wife Tully (Susie Porter) reiterates her opposition to ... [read more]
Sydney Research Group (1993)
In 1941 the HMAS Sydney was sunk by a German ship off the coast of Western Australia. There were no Australian survivors. There are conflicting opinions about whether the HMAS Sydney sent a distress signal and why there ... [read more]
Winning and losing (1994)
Tears and triumphs follow the end of the game. Boys and men talk frankly about winning, losing and crying. [read more]
Three ships (1939)
This clip consists of three segments of newsreel footage, shot at Cockatoo Island dockyard in Sydney Harbour, showing the launching of three ships during the Second World War. [read more]
Two roots (2004)
During a palaeontological excavation volunteer Nicola Barton found a remarkable fossil. The tooth contained two roots indicating a mammal. Dr Thomas Rich from Museum Victoria and the School of Geosciences, Monash University declared that it belonged to a mammal, not ... [read more]
Maitland Floods (1978)
Cameraman Len Maguire and assistant Chris Hewitt (Chris Haywood) have battled rising waters to reach Maitland – then got drunk with their competitors, while waiting for the daylight. Chris wakes up in the pharmacy, as the mayor calls to ask ... [read more]
Cheryl tries to shake the ‘monkey’ (1997)
Cheryl wants to give up her addiction to drugs (the monkey on her back) and prostitution. She agrees to dry out with the help of Samaritans ex-prostitute Rachel and her husband. Cheryl invites her boyfriend and pimp, Con, to visit. ... [read more]
