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‘I want to be an actor’ (2008)
Frances explains that she would like to be an actor like her famous uncle, David Gulpilil, and how she secured a role in the Rolf de Heer film Ten Canoes (2006). [read more]
Children as ruthless killers (2002)
Three children are asked to talk about their experiences of killing and maiming people. Olara Otunna, Special Representative Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations, comments on the recruitment of children to armed action and how easily they are trained to ... [read more]
A unique audience (1920)
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee screening of a film, arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. Injured soldiers travel in wheelchairs or are pushed ... [read more]
Killer dust (1993)
Matilda (Amy Terelinck) and her father (Geoff Morrell) are caught a long way from home by a fierce dust storm. It overturns their truck and kills a lot of sheep, but they survive unhurt. Matilda’s mother Ellen (Susan Lyons) is ... [read more]
A blonde, a burger and a Buick (1978)
Tony (Richard Moir) recognises two youths (Shuvus and Lou Brown) in a country café, as the ones who stopped to pick him up earlier before speeding away, laughing. When they become aggressive outside the café, Tony takes a tyre lever ... [read more]
Trapped (1978)
Angela (Sigrid Thornton) is being followed and asks Elmer (Robert Bruning) for help. She arrives at his company headquarters and enters a photo studio. Her photograph covers the walls and floor. The door is locked by an unseen figure. [read more]
‘How many razorbacks would you kill in a season?’ (1984)
Beth Winters (Judy Morris) and cameraman Danny (John Howard) arrive in Gamulla. After booking rooms at the pub run by Turner (John Ewart), Beth interviews shooter Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr). Jake says he enjoys killing razorbacks. [read more]
Cheryl descends into hell (1997)
Back on the streets and while under the influence of heroin, Cheryl tells us her story. She was raped by her father at 10 years of age, had a child and her mother threw her out of home at aged ... [read more]
Fairy story comes true (1935)
This black-and-white Rinso soap powder cinema advertisement from 1935 shows two young girls dressed in fairy costumes dancing in a lounge room. When they finish, one asks her mother to tell them a story. The mother tells a story about ... [read more]
‘Let them stew’ (1978)
Claire O’Reilly (Louse Phillip) is staying with Danni Francis (Paula Duncan) for a break from her father, Senior Sergeant Eric O’Reilly (Terry Norris) and fiancé Tony Benjamin (Gregory Ross), who are constantly arguing. Meanwhile, the anxious men have been consoling ... [read more]
Jinaali gets a dressing-down (2007)
In her nervousness, Jinaali (Elaine Crombie) makes a faux pas over the loudspeaker. Her boss Mr Chuck (Roy Billing) has something to say about that, and more! [read more]
‘A leftover hippy’ (2003)
There are many different sorts of stitches and many fibres apart from wool that can be knitted, such as silk, cotton and even possum fur. [read more]
Letters from Holden drivers (1956)
A General Motors Holden representative directly addresses the viewer. He describes the broad range of Holden owners throughout Australia, accompanied by footage of a Holden vehicle driving through a suburban street. He uses a blackboard to illustrate that Holden’s 'proved ... [read more]
‘This is Australia mate’ (1975)
Inspector Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) and Sydney detective Bob Taylor (Roger Ward) barge into crime boss Jack Wilton’s office, but he eludes them. Fang puts pressure on Wilton’s sidekick (Frank Thring). Narcotics Squad detective Morrie Grosse (Hugh Keays-Byrne) tells Fang ... [read more]
‘Rewind and learn’ (2007)
Yuma (Cassandra Glenn) and Kyanna (Christine Glenn) are desperate to return to their own lives. Kyanna cooks for the family – father Henry (Myles Pollard), stepmother Roz (Jen Apostolou) and brother Heath (James Fraser) – in an attempt to get ... [read more]
It’ll get better (1978)
At her work, cleaning offices, Dana (Basia Bonkowski) breaks down and confides to the nightwatchman (Martin Vaughan) that she’s not heard from her husband in Poland for quite some time. He reassures her and invites her to come to his ... [read more]
‘Clean, green and healthier’ (2006)
Vehicle exhaust emissions are responsible for increased deaths from asthma, heart disease and lung cancer due to all the toxins in petrol and diesel, according to Professor Ray Kearney, a vocal supporter of biofuels. He says that ethanol will cut ... [read more]
Wheelie Wonder (1987)
Most dads expect their kids to be perfect and newborn Wheelie Wonder’s father is no exception. While his mother loves, accepts and ‘doesn’t seem to mind’ the fact that their baby has wheels instead of feet, his father is less ... [read more]
‘He’s a bloody Australian’ (1990)
Frank (Nicholas Eadie) and his son Ken (Christopher Parker) return home to find Mac (Chris Haywood) visiting. Mac tries talking to Ken in Japanese, angering Frank. His reaction upsets Aya, and she leaves the room. Frank, looking a little rueful, ... [read more]
‘No thin-hipped women’ (1997)
Ralph (Matt Day) is nervous as he prepares to leave his parents’ property in western Queensland, bound for Nashville. His father (Roy Billings) has to stiffen his resolve, and give him some good advice about women. Ralph’s mother (Annie Byron) ... [read more]
