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The supernova of seduction (2002)
Dumby’s sister Clarence (Lisa Flanagan) and Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) share a marijuana cigarette under the pier. She is called away as their lips meet for the first time. Their courtship is watched by Gary’s team-mate Pickles (Tom Budge), who ... [read more]
‘Vicki’s in trouble!’ (1994)
Alex (Elena Mandalis) has just seen that Vicki (Dora Kaskanis) is being sexually abused by her own father (George Harlem). She runs to the home of her English teacher, but leaves when a man – another teacher – answers the ... [read more]
‘Big sister make money for family’ (2007)
Crystal (Emma Lung) is interviewed after her rescue. Agent Mollica (Damien Richardson) tries to be sympathetic, but these federal policemen remind her of the men she has seen as a prostitute. Crystal tells them her real name and how she ... [read more]
The dragonfly super skimmer (2004)
Inventor brothers explain a pool cleaner they’ve invented that picks up leaves and other debris from the surface of the pool before it settles onto the bottom to finish the job. [read more]
‘The face that killed your mother’ (2007)
Rose (Joan Chen), Joe (Qi Yuwu) and the two children go to a Chinese martial arts movie, where Joe and May (Irene Chen) throw popcorn at each other. Rose is angry afterwards and accuses May of dressing ‘like a slut’. ... [read more]
Pony club (2001)
Tess Silverman-McLeod (Bridie Carter) reveals that she has no home to go to and Claire McLeod (Lisa Chappell) finally invites her to stay at Drover’s Run. Having fired her men for stealing fuel, Claire sets out to muster the cattle ... [read more]
Djedbang-ari (1953)
'Djedbang-ari’ is a three-part Indigenous manikay (song) and dance from the Yirrkala district in the far north-east of Arnhem Land. [read more]
‘We’re happy little Vegemites’ (1959)
A children’s chorus promotes the health properties of Vegemite, a popular Australian yeast spread, in this radio jingle from the late 1950s. [read more]
Bridge construction (1967)
An aerial shot shows the completed steel false work for the bridge in preparation for the concrete stage. A concrete box unit is delivered by barge and elevated by lifting winch to the top of the steel arch where it ... [read more]
Washington scenes (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with a view of the White House through the windscreen of the prime minister’s car. It then cuts to a baseball match being played in ... [read more]
It’s a multicultural world (2004)
In the heart of Italian Leichhardt, Robyn Touchard is a chef whose family hails from Mauritius, the large island off the coast of Africa. She moves easily between her family’s cooking tradition and that of her husband, whose parents are ... [read more]
Tourism (1997)
An elder speaks about the choice to use tourism as a vehicle through which to make culture economically viable, as well as preserving it for future generations. In order to ensure the preservation of cultural practice, cultural knowledge is made ... [read more]
‘Interesting editing!’ (2001)
Ross (Alex Tsitsopoulos) needs to hand in his soccer film but most of the footage he has is the embarrassing material shot by Sophie (Gemma Bishop) after he tipped her out of her wheelchair. He turns the footage into a ... [read more]
Chooks and hypnosis (1992)
Dad (Richard Moir) tries to impress Miss James (Robyn Gibbes) with his pet chook Russell. Linda (Joelene Crnogorac) hypnotises the chook and then she hypnotises Pete (Ben Thomas) to act like a chook every time he hears the word ‘now’. ... [read more]
Making biscuit kisses and chocolate creams (1926)
A man uses his body weight and a hook secured on a wall to stretch out the caramel toffee used to make flavoured Ernest Hillier ‘kisses’. The dough is then fed into a machine that is ‘almost human’ in which ... [read more]
The beaches, bays and rivers (1957)
This clip shows various leisure activities in the beaches, rivers and bays of the Geelong area. At Eastern Beach swimming pool hundreds enjoy the waters. Only a few miles from the city, at some of the ‘best surfing beaches in ... [read more]
Another world (2007)
Twin sisters Yuma (Cassandra Glenn) and Kyanna (Christine Glenn) have swapped identities. While Yuma is in the desert eating bush tucker, Kyanna (Christine Glenn) is in Sydney trying to continue the facade at Yuma’s dance lessons. Heath (James Fraser), Yuma’s ... [read more]
Engineering works (1926)
A steel saw, made from a plain steel disc without teeth, cuts through the girders using only friction. A man turns a wheel which pulls the disc through to cut the girder. The cut girder is then lifted by a ... [read more]
Making beautiful music (2003)
Catherine was principal cellist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra when she broke her wrist trying to save her cello as she fell. For a time it seemed she might never play again. [read more]
