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In the audience at Cannes (2006)
Margaret Pomeranz concludes her warm review of Ten Canoes with a reference to how warmly the film was received at Cannes. David Stratton was actually at Cannes and takes up the theme by describing what it felt like to be ... [read more]
Short Cuts – Wheels on Fire (2001)
This is episode two and the students are thinking about their three minute films. Straight 'A’ student Anna (Lucia Smyrk) is concerned that she will have to make films she doesn’t believe in and is further upset when Oscar (Damien ... [read more]
The Queen Goes West (1988)
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, opens the Stockman’s Hall of Fame in Longreach, Queensland. The townsfolk are excited at the prospect of the 80-minute visit and prepare for the royal visit. Bands rehearse, protocol is observed, and children practise their ... [read more]
Bridging the Parramatta River (1967)
Children play on the banks of a stream west of Sydney where the Parramatta River begins. A coloured beach ball tossed into the stream floats down the waterway which becomes a river then runs into Sydney Harbour. As the beach ... [read more]
Skyway Express (c1948)
This travelogue was one of a series produced for Qantas in the late 1940s under the generic title of Universal Skylogues. Each film in the series uses the notion of flying into an 'exotic’ location, usually giving the audience a ... [read more]
Bobby at home (2003)
Bobby (Teo Gebert) is at ’home’ (an abandoned sofa and his own car, which he’s sleeping in) when a colleague (Dan Wyllie) drops by to check he’s OK. Bobby doesn’t like being reminded of his former professional life, nor of ... [read more]
The Sundowner (1953)
Convinced her father was murdered, Kim Marsden (Jeanette Elphick) tells cattle station manager McLeod (Max Osbiston) she has sent for ‘the Sundowner’. McLeod claims the Sundowner is a myth created by Aborigines. [read more]
For All the World to See (1992)
A biography of Fred Hollows, an eye surgeon who was committed to reforming medical services in indigenous Australian communities and third world countries. The film follows Fred to Aboriginal communities and Eritrea, Africa. Fred is passionate about saving the sight ... [read more]
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
Two women, both misfits of a sort, become friends in a small rural community. Mrs Bilson (Ruth Cracknell) pretends to be an invalid, and carries the deep scars of a failed marriage. Charlie (Elisabeth Crosby) has relocated from the city ... [read more]
Mad Max 2 (1981)
After a disastrous war over oil, Max (Mel Gibson) has become a desert wanderer with few ties to the world. His family is dead; his only companion is a smart and ferocious blue heeler called ‘dog’. The desert is a ... [read more]
The Breaker (1973)
A documentary of Henry 'Breaker’ Morant’s life. It covers his disputed parentage, his variety of names, and his adventures as a bushman in Queensland and New South Wales. He volunteered to fight in the Boer War. He is famous for ... [read more]
This is not my past, I’m the future! (1999)
In the underground tunnels that the Nomads call the ‘Deep Road’, Noah (Jeffrey Walker) sees something familiar and realises this is actually the ruin of his home, North Col. His theory has been all wrong – he is not in ... [read more]
Looking For Alibrandi (1999)
Josephine Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) is cursed, like all the women in her Italo-Australian family. She’s in her final year at a posh Sydney school for Catholic girls, but her temper keeps getting her into trouble. Her grandmother Katia (Elena Cotta) ... [read more]
‘Concentration, the key to success’ (1958)
This advertisement for road safety begins with a cricket match. As Keith Miller bats, the male narrator speaks about concentration as one of his keys to success, with his 'eyes front all the time, or you’re out’. This tip is ... [read more]
The extra mile (2008)
Robbin is looking for Haley, who is not doing well, and Robbin wants to get her into rehab. She has a strong but tender heart-to-heart with her. Robbin is upset after she leaves Haley. [read more]
Nick-away Ned (1957)
Nick-away Ned (Jock Levy) is a proponent for shorter working hours … every day of the week! Ned sneaks off the job early, only to encounter more trouble than he bargained for. Meanwhile, a shipping owner lurks on the docks ... [read more]
Eureka Stockade (1949)
As thousands of men leave their jobs to search for gold in Ballarat in 1854, the Victorian Governor imposes harsh taxation in the form of a mining licence, to discourage new miners. New arrivals Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) and his ... [read more]
The Human Journey – Episode 1 (1999)
This is the first in a three-part series that describes the evolution of humankind from the heart of Africa, and its subsequent migration around the world. It presents recent genetic research that claims that all humans originated from the one ... [read more]
The First World War in cartoons (1915)
This clip begins with cartoonist Harry Julius walking into his office reading a newspaper. Some of his cartoons are visible around his desk. Julius puts the newspaper down and begins to draw. This is followed by three cut-out and drawn ... [read more]
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? – Series 1 Episode 5 (1999)
Host Eddie McGuire recaps the previous evening’s episode and introduces carry-over contestant Rick, who attempts to increase his $32,000 win. Ten potential contestants then compete in a game of ‘fastest fingers first’ to answer a multiple choice question and gain ... [read more]
