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A typical teenager (2005)
Cuinn is a typical teenager. He’s 16 years old and full of curiosity. He’s creative, thrillseeking and learning to break away from his parents’ world. But according to the latest science, his brain is still very unformed and won’t be ... [read more]
A Ticket in Tatts (1934)
George (George Wallace) gets fired from his job at a country grocer’s shop. He is hired by the local stud farm, where he has a favourite horse. Hotspur is fancied to win the Melbourne Cup, but big city crooks want ... [read more]
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
On St Valentine’s Day 1900, three schoolgirls from an exclusive English-style boarding school go missing, along with a teacher, at Hanging Rock, in central Victoria. One of the girls is found alive a week later, but the others are never ... [read more]
Heartbreak High – Series 7 Episode 210 (1998)
School at Hartley Heights High is out for the very last time, but not before there is compromise, a sporting victory, personal growth and even a proposal. This episode continues the story of self-appointed bad guy Drazic (Callan Mulvey), facing ... [read more]
Teen marriage (1984)
Gladys Shoesmith is mother to two girls – Myree, 15, and Roslyn, 14. She expresses the hope that they choose wisely when they marry and says that she is letting her children discover the world in their own time. [read more]
‘You lookin’ or dreamin’?’ (1990)
Danny (Ben Mendelsohn) goes shopping for a Jaguar, driving the 1962 Nissan Cedric given to him by his parents for his 18th birthday. He meets Gordon Farkas (Steve Bisley), a car salesman who manages to be both insulting and friendly ... [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Spectacular Surf Club Parade at Bondi Championships Carnival (c1929)
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1929 shows a Scottish pipe band leading the opening parade of a surf carnival at Bondi Beach, Sydney. Surf clubs including North Bondi, Maroubra, Curl Curl, Clovelly, Collaroy and Manly participate. ... [read more]
Pathe Animated Gazette: Fire Breaks Out at Hornsby, Sydney (c1908)
An Australasian edition of the Pathe Animated Gazette newsreel from around 1908 which contains items including a fire at Hornsby in Sydney, the funeral procession for the late Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Hon J Bell, and women modelling ... [read more]
The big night (2004)
It’s the big night, the first performance of the Messiah that everyone has been working towards, both soloists and choristers. Even the experienced conductor, Clive Pascoe, is nervous. And what a performance. They truly surpass themselves with a soaring oratorio. ... [read more]
Delegates to the Australian Labor Party’s Easter Conference at the Trades Hall Melbourne (1928)
This is mute newsreel footage, edited with caption cards identifying individual delegates, of the Victorian Labor Party’s 1928 Easter conference at the Melbourne Trades Hall. [read more]
A Morning at the World’s Greatest Agricultural Show (c1926)
This fragment is from a documentary about the Royal Agricultural Show held at the Sydney Showground in approximately 1926. Horses and cattle are prepared for display prior to the agricultural events. We see children grooming, saddling and riding ponies in ... [read more]
Don’t emphasise the disability (1998)
Mick is preparing to depart overseas to perform at a disabled arts festival in Japan. His carer (who appears to be his sister) has bought him some new shoes to go with the outfit he’ll wear for Big Bag’s performance. [read more]
A Day at an Engineering Works (c1926)
A silent documentary produced by the Made in Australia Council that details the work inside the Perry engineering works in Adelaide in order to promote and support Australian manufacturing industries and workers. The film is tinted and contains intertitles. [read more]
Breaking down (2007)
Brothers Scott (Michael Tuahine) and Nick (David Page) are at Big Boy Burgers drive-through restaurant. When the car breaks down, it places them in an awkward position. Will they get over it? [read more]
Life Guards at Bondi Beach (c1929)
A fragment of actuality footage that shows lifesavers marching on Bondi Beach, a demonstration rescue of a person from the surf and lifesaving boats being rowed out into the surf in front of onlooking crowds. [read more]
Big head (2005)
Clinton (Michael Tuahine) and Crystal (Kylie Farmer) are relaxing on the balcony of Clinton’s apartment. Crystal calls Clinton a big head and a coconut, accusing him of being a 'big notin’ sellout’. [read more]
The circus arrives (1949)
Once the circus train has arrived, the task of unloading begins. The elephants and ponies are guided out of the carriages. The elephants are then shown pulling the poles for the big top from the carriages. Children watch as the ... [read more]
At Footscray a Church is Pulled Down (1911)
This Pathé Freres Australian Animated Gazette newsreel item shows a small church in Paisley Street in Footscray, Melbourne. It is being prepared for demolition to make way for a new cinema, the Grand Picture Theatre. [read more]
Shifting Shelter 3 (2005)
Shifting Shelter 3 is the latest instalment in a documentary series shot over a ten year period. Reminiscent of the British 7 Up Series, the Shifting Shelter series records the lives of four Indigenous individuals on their journey from teenagers ... [read more]
Faireez – A Chilling Plot (2005)
Quincy Questholler, Faireezia’s flying security guard, panics again! This time the weather has gone mad in sunny Faireezia, and it is snowing. Of course it is Jumpalina, the big-footed baddy in her floating castle, up to her tricks again. Wise ... [read more]
