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Library of grief (1993)
We see war graves in Europe, and learn about the ongoing responsibilities of the War Graves Commission to maintain the 1,000 cemeteries along the Western Front. Some bodies are still being found from the First World War. [read more]
The Gillies Report – Series 1, Episode 4 (1984)
This week’s Gillies Report includes the news read by John Clarke with inserts from various politicians of the day played by Max Gillies, and a National Press Club debate between the Prime Minister Bob Hawke and the Leader of the ... [read more]
Tony’s plan (1969)
Peg Sylvester (Hazel Phillips) and her daughter Kim (Bronwyn Barber) visit Peg’s nephew, Paul Lawrence (Sean McEuan). Paul asks Kim’s boyfriend Tony Brown (Rod Mullinar) for help on a design project. Tony agrees, as long as Paul’s friend, Leigh (Ann ... [read more]
‘Don’t resist’ (2006)
Daniel (Tom Long) awakes in chains, with the sound of a music box and the lapping of water outside. He is terrified, but unable to move. Later that night, the three women show themselves and begin to caress his body. [read more]
Smithy (1946)
A young Australian pilot in the Royal Flying Corps is shot in the foot while flying over the Western Front in 1917. Charles Kingsford Smith (Ron Randell) finishes the war with a Military Cross and a burning desire to do ... [read more]
The art museum (2006)
When Shane (Shane Dundas) opens the Stuff Closet, David (David Collins) falls in. Shane follows and they both emerge in the Art Museum (the Art Gallery of NSW). They search for a suitable spot for Shane’s picture and finally ... [read more]
Touch the Sun – Peter & Pompey (1988)
In a cave, near a small coastal town in Queensland, Peter (Clayton Williamson) finds the manuscript of Pompey (Aaron Ferguson), a young Roman boy from the past. Peter asks Margaret (Kate McDonald) to translate Pompey’s story from Latin, and it ... [read more]
Prime Minister Rt Hon. WM Hughes visits Western Front (1918)
On 2 July 1918, in the final stages of the First World War, the Australian Prime Minister, Mr WM (Billy) Hughes and his deputy, Sir Joseph Cook, visited various Australian headquarters in France. They are seen arriving on the steps ... [read more]
Polska (1991)
The documentary looks at Poland in 1991 through the eyes of journalist national, Beata Ligman. She visits different areas of her country talking to the ordinary people about their lives. Reference is made to the German occupation during the Second ... [read more]
Rebellious women (2005)
The settler women rebel against the clothing conventions of the early 19th century. Each feels that she can’t work alongside her husband and children unless she is able to adapt those ridiculous European dresses to the environment. So the women ... [read more]
I know who you are... (2008)
Ray (David Roberts) goes to meet Billy (Joel Edgerton) in the men’s restroom of the same Chinese restaurant where he hired him to burn down Carla and Greg’s house. Billy jumps on him and points a gun at his head. ... [read more]
Snowy Hydro - The Best of the Years (1974)
A documentary record of the construction and completion of the Snowy Mountains Scheme from 1949 to 1974. The film examines the multicultural work force and its achievement in building one of the world’s largest hydroelectric schemes to that date. [read more]
‘By the hundred thousand tons’ (1957)
This clip depicts life for Australian miners prior to the Second World War. Mine pits and shafts are abandoned because of fire or flood and coal miners move to the next job, leaving behind ghost towns in their wake. Mine ... [read more]
Henry Warburton arrives (1994)
Tegwyn (Amanda Douge) asks her mother, Alice (Lisa Harrow), why her paralysed father, Sam (Mark Fairall), has been brought home. Ort (Jamie Croft) answers a knock at the door. It is Henry Warburton (Peter Coyote), who says he has come ... [read more]
Crossing the threshold (2007)
The daytrippers are inside the entrance to the spectacular Kingston Gorge and preparing to return to base when Everett (Robert Taylor) thinks he sees a flare in the distance, ahead of them through the gorge. The others look and see ... [read more]
Boomerang magic (1965)
Tom (David Morgan) tries out the magic boomerang for the first time. He throws it and the magical powers described in his great-grandfather’s letter are demonstrated when horses, cows, sheep and his dog all freeze and only move again when ... [read more]
Facing the Demons (1999)
Young Michael Marslew was shot dead in an armed robbery of a Pizza Hut in Jannali NSW. The four offenders were jailed for up to 18 years. In 1998 two of the offenders and Michael’s family and friends attended ... [read more]
The Last Circus? (1993)
A plea for the survival of the circus as a form of entertainment. The film shows children and adults as they enjoy the circus. Audience members are interviewed. Trainers demonstrate their methods of training, arguing that they are humane. The ... [read more]
‘A pack of perverts’ (1975)
Sergeant Simmonds (Peter Cummins) is lecturing Kate (Kate Fitzpatrick) about the moral misbehaviour of the upper classes. Fiona (Jacki Weaver) defends her sister as Constable Ross (John Hargreaves) tries to find out what has to be loaded next. Inside the ... [read more]
‘A very friendly fellow’ (1973)
The Homicide team question friends of Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen) in an attempt to discover what he knows about the robbery. Inspector Lawson (Charles Tingwell) and Detective Sergeant Barnes (George Mallaby) question Buddy’s employer. Senior Detective Kelly (John Stanton) and ... [read more]
