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What God meant things to bee (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) takes two cages of bees to Granny McKinley (Sybil Thorndike) to help with her 'rheumatics’. He is terrified, because she is reputed to be the town witch, with a stash of gold to protect. He finds instead ... [read more]
Tracey, you’re a genius! (2001)
Tracey has created a life-like Shamus hologram but unfortunately it disintegrates when Shamus high fives it. Shamus is quite devastated until they discover that the explosion has brought about dozens of miniature Shamuses. [read more]
Training on Sydney Harbour (1916)
Australian Middleweight Champion Les Darcy trains beside the waters of Sydney Harbour. He begins by jumping rope, then wrestles with a sparring partner before putting on boxing gloves and training with mentor Dave Smith. [read more]
‘A really big pearl’ (1937)
Concert pianist Daubenny Carshott (Lloyd Hughes) plays for the woman he loves, London society beauty Stella Raff (Elaine Hamill). He has already made up his mind to give up performing, but Stella unsettles him with comments about his music. They ... [read more]
‘I got off in Sunray’ (1996)
Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov) gets personal with his listeners in Sunray, a small town on the Murray River. Dimity Hurley (Miranda Otto) stops under a roadside speaker to listen, trying to ignore a ute full of local boys yelling obscenities. ... [read more]
‘I’m a practising Catholic’ (1972)
Sonia (Lynn Rainbow) discovers why she will always be ‘the other woman’ to Gordon (Joe James), a married man; his wife (Shirley Cameron) won’t divorce him because of her Catholicism. [read more]
Ready to kill (1982)
‘Turkey shoot’ participant Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) shows off her hunting rifle to fellow guest Tito (Michael Petrovich). As government secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier) watches, prison boss Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) offers his opinion on the merits of Jennifer’s weapon. [read more]
‘What does it all mean?’ (1978)
Mark (Bryan Brown) and Danny (Linden Wilkinson) discuss the meaning of life. Mark says he isn’t happy unless he has something to worry about. In flashback, Mark stops to listen to a public speaker (Elaine Hudson) who talks about faith. [read more]
‘You’ve got to tell him’ (1987)
Asta (Deborra–Lee Furness) is confronted by Danny (David Franklin). Lizzie (Simone Buchanan) pleads for her boyfriend, Andrew (Douglas Walker), to tell her father, Tim (Tony Barry), the truth about her sexual assault. Lizzie’s grandmother, Norma (Margaret Ford), asks Asta to ... [read more]
Empire Day pageant (1915)
The camera captures a group on a horse and carriage; a woman dressed as Queen Victoria; and various groups of children in costumes. Two girls are dressed as Britannia and other children appear as Indians, Red Cross volunteers and Australian ... [read more]
‘A hard God’ (1980)
In constant pain, Dan (Graham Rouse) suspects that he is dying. As he prepares to meet his maker he asks his wife Aggie (Dawn Lake) what she thinks about God, confiding in her his own doubts. [read more]
Getting a rise out of Barry (1963)
Star contestant Barry Jones features in this episode as the Australian contestant in the ‘World Championship Quiz – Australia versus New Zealand’, which is in its eighth round in this episode. Here, host Bob Dyer tries to ‘get a rise’ ... [read more]
‘Chinese family dream’ (1998)
When David Wang, a successful businessman, was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 1969, his wife recalls that they were sent newspaper cuttings from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, all reporting his election. His daughter recalls her confusion over ... [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]
‘I’ve outgrown that’ (1977)
Robbie (Phil Avalon) takes Sandy (John Jarratt) aside and tells him to loosen up and enjoy his ‘last fling’. Sandy overhears Boo (Steve Bisley) telling Scollop (Mel Gibson) that he’s been with Sandy’s fiancée. Sandy attacks Boo. [read more]
Good and bad crooks (2003)
Restaurant owner Darren ‘Dabba’ Barrington (Timothy Spall) rejects an offer of partnership from drug dealer Chicka Martin (Gary Sweet). Dabba is an experienced criminal now largely going straight. Chicka wants to launder drug money through his loss-making restaurant, but Dabba ... [read more]
‘I need you’ (2007)
Alex (Shaun Evans) meets Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) outside a hostel in Kings Cross, Sydney. They spend a night carousing with two girls that Taylor knows. Alex wakes up beside one of them the next morning as Taylor takes a Polaroid. ... [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]
Panning for gold (1971)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Alan Bresnahan in 1971 shows a group of people panning for gold in a creek bed to the song, Goldfever. [read more]
Santa at Anthony Hordern Pavilion (1929)
This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Anthony Hordern & Sons shows a crowd of 20,000 people welcoming Santa as he arrives by horse-drawn carriage at the Anthony Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. [read more]
