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A medical miracle (2006)
Professor Nagy Habib has invented a device that is saving lives in the hospital operating theatre. The Beyond Tomorrow medical reporter, Dr Caroline West, explains how it works. It’s a device called the Habib Sealer that seals the tissue in ... [read more]
Sale of the Century – Series 1 Episode 1 (1980)
Host Tony Barber and co-host Victoria Nicholls introduce the quiz contestants on the first episode of Sale of the Century. Each player starts with $20 in the bank and competes to press the buzzer first for an opportunity to answer ... [read more]
The system (2007)
Drew (Aaron Pedersen), Sam (Kelton Pell) and Bella (Tammy Clarkson) discuss the next client, Debbie (Jedda Rae Hill), who tried to smuggle drugs to her husband in prison. When the court is in session, Drew raises a point of order ... [read more]
The Good Woman of Bangkok (1991)
In Bangkok, Thailand, Australian filmmaker Dennis O’Rourke hires a prostitute, Aoi, and makes her the subject of the film. Glimpses of the red light area of Bangkok are intercut with Aoi’s views of her life and her place in the ... [read more]
Tall Timbers (1937)
Jim Thornton (Frank Leighton) saves a young woman, Joan Burbridge (Shirley Ann Richards), in the surf at Palm Beach, Sydney. He then goes to work for her father, Stephen Burbridge (Harvey Adams) as a timber-cutter. Joan’s fiancée, Charles Blake (Campbell ... [read more]
Chopper (2000)
In 1991, Mark 'Chopper’ Read (Eric Bana) is in jail watching himself on television. He has become the most famous criminal in Australia, a standover man who claims to have robbed and killed only drug dealers and other criminals. The ... [read more]
My Life Without Steve (1986)
After a lengthy romance, Steve (who is only seen in photographs and is played by Mark McManus) has left Liz (Jenny Vuletic). During the months that follow, the wounded and angry Liz obsesses on the end of the relationship, attempting ... [read more]
Some of Many: Germans in Australia (1983)
A documentary that traces the changing fortunes of German immigrants to Australia from the first fleet to the late 1980s. Australian-based German filmmaker Juergen Corleis interviews migrants in South Australia and New South Wales as well as recalling some well-known ... [read more]
Port Botany: A Planning Dilemma (1979)
A documentary that examines the environmental and community impacts of the Botany Bay port development and the conflicts between the different parties involved. [read more]
A Personal History of the Australian Surf: Being the Confessions of a Straight Poofter (1981)
Sydney born theatre director Michael Blakemore returns from England for a nostalgic remembrance of his childhood on the Sydney beaches. His father, who developed young Michael’s love of the surf, wanted Michael to be a doctor, but Michael was set ... [read more]
Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (2007)
In 2007, polar adventurer Tim Jarvis returns to Antarctica to try to answer his own questions about the epic journey made by Douglas Mawson in early 1913. Mawson trekked across almost 500 km of Antarctic terrain after the death of ... [read more]
Skippy – Be Our Guest (1968)
Clancy (Liza Goddard) unwisely decides to go riding in the bush on the day her mother Mrs Merrick (Jessica Noad) is scheduled to visit. Thrown from her horse, dazed and lost, she is discovered by a group of Aboriginal men. ... [read more]
Year of the Dogs (1997)
A year in the life of the Footscray Football Club. The Bulldogs haven’t won a premiership since 1954. They fight back with the threat of amalgamation hanging over them. The documentary takes us to the boardroom, the change room, the ... [read more]
Next of Kin (1982)
Twenty-four-year-old Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) inherits Montclare, a country mansion which was turned into a retirement home by her late mother and her sister, Aunt Rita. Strange events described in her mother’s diaries – lights and taps turning on by ... [read more]
Round the Twist – Series One – Skeleton on the Dunny (1989)
Eccentric sculptor Tony Twist (Richard Moir), and his three children – thirteen-year-old twins Linda (Tamsin West) and Pete (Sam Vandenberg), and eight-year-old Bronson (Rodney McLennan) – move from the city to live in an old lighthouse in an ordinary seaside ... [read more]
Mao’s New Suit (1997)
Two young Chinese fashion designers combine forces to stage a fashion show in Shanghai. The enterprise is plagued with problems but the designers are optimistic about their future. [read more]
Gerakiteys: Greek Scenes (c1955)
This home movie footage is from a four-part compilation of 16mm silent colour home movie footage of the Greek community, filmed by Emmanuel Gerakiteys and his family between 1949 and 1955. Scenes in this 1955 compilation include the family ... [read more]
Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)
An epidemic of romance has broken out among the Rudd children. Bill Ryan (Peter Finch) wants to marry Sarah Rudd (Valerie Scanlon) but Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) wants nothing to do with the Ryan family. Old Mr Ryan (Marshall Crosby) ... [read more]
Going to the scan (2007)
Rachel has had a seizure. The medical staff must do a scan of her brain quickly to see from where in the brain the fits are originating, so they know where to operate. [read more]
Australian Movie Magazine No 7201 (1971)
This cinema newsreel features news highlights from 1971 including anti-apartheid demonstrations against South African sporting teams; John Gorton’s tour of Vietnam; William McMahon becoming Prime Minister; a wool fashion parade staged in the New Guinea Highlands; an underwater wedding at ... [read more]
