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King Billy’s first car (1939)

This clip is a segment from an animated cinema advertisement for Super Shell oil. After unsuccessfully using a kangaroo as a mode of transport, King Billy and a koala solve their transportation problems by inventing an animal-made and animal-powered car ... [read more]

Body awareness program (1989)

Glynn Nicholas performs a physical comedy sketch. [read more]

Go on Willy, run to your mum (2009)

This clip introduces Willy (Rocky McKenzie), the lead character; Rosie (Jessica Mauboy), his love interest; Lester (Dan Sultan), his romantic rival; and Willy’s mother Theresa (Ningali Lawford-Wolf). Torn between his love for Rosie and a strong sense of responsibility to ... [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]

‘I think he’s having an affair’ (2001)

Valerie (Barbara Hershey) and husband John (Geoffrey Rush) argue before breakfast, on what will be the last day of her life. Later, Sonja Zat (Kerry Armstrong) tells Valerie about her fears for her marriage. [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]

Kate’s search for a partner (1997)

The clip shows Kate at home and at work while in voice-over she tells us about herself. Kate is an artist and mother to five-year-old Liam. It’s five years since her last serious relationship. Kate is seeking a life partner ... [read more]

One shoe short (2007)

You can watch the short film One Shoe Short here in its entirety. Rodney (Rodney Malbunka) can’t find his shoes. As he needs them to go to school, his friend Jesse (Jesse McCormack) helps as best he can. [read more]

Car boys (1986)

Jimmy (Ned Manning) arrives at a car crash scene with his brother Frank (Ollie Hall), a tow-truck driver. Frank and a rival driver both claim rights to the wreckage. During their argument with police a gang of ‘car boys’ arrives. ... [read more]

Memories (2004)

Filmmaker Clara Law has given Trish and Ali some homework – she has asked them to respond to a series of word-prompts including the words ‘ancestors’ and ‘sea’. Against a montage of quiet landscapes and a sparse score, Trish narrates ... [read more]

Discrimination (2003)

Bernie compares the nature of a male jockey’s career to her own. Former champion Roy Higgins reveals his concerns about female riders going head-to-head with male ‘kamikaze’ jockeys. A race writer wonders whether women are aggressive enough, while trainer Betty ... [read more]

‘Could he take me back?’ (1985)

Lindy (Marillac Johnston) receives a second letter from the man who says he is her father, with more information about her family. Her real name is Mai and there is a photo of Lindy as a baby with her mother. ... [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]

‘Money matters’ (1992)

Gina Hard-Faced Bitch (Marg Downey) presents economics talk show Money Matters. Here she poses the question of whether Australia should trade with countries who are known to breach human rights. Gina is joined by guests Nigel Lillywhite (Geoff Brooks) and ... [read more]

Father plants an idea (2006)

Misty (Lee Cormie) overhears Fearless (Sullivan Stapleton) tell Father Scully (Frank Gallacher) that he and Teresa are still having difficulty starting a family. Father Scully points out that the December Boys are desperate to be part of a family. A ... [read more]

‘Why don’t you go back to your own bloody country’ (1966)

A drunken Anglo-Australian (Keith Petersen) abuses an Italian migrant family on a Sydney ferry. Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) watches in discomfort. [read more]

Boomerang kid (2006)

Glenn A Baker talks about the success of Jimmy Little’s single Royal Telephone and how this song was competitive in the market place. Other musicians Bobby McLeod and Archie Roach talk about Jimmy Little as an inspiration. [read more]

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