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‘The luckiest chicks in the world’ (2008)
Sisters Ella (Laura Gordon) and Taylor (Charlotte Gregg) leave a meeting with Alphonse Gangitano (Vince Colosimo) in a car driven by Carl Williams (Gyton Grantley). The sisters were due to testify against Gangitano after seeing him commit a murder. Gangitano ... [read more]
Hide and seek (1968)
Sonny (Garry Pankhurst) and older brother Mark (Ken James) race through the Waratah National Park Wildlife Reserve playing a game of hide and seek with Skippy. Skippy wins round one and hides her eyes with her paws for a rematch. ... [read more]
Stark the animal collector (1968)
Cigar smoking Dr Stark (Frank Thring) wanders around his private zoo. Skippy is refusing food but the good doctor feels confident that his understanding of animal psychology in ordering a meal ‘fit for a king’ from his personal chef will ... [read more]
‘We shall only be gone a little while’ (1975)
After their picnic lunch, school friends Miranda (Anne Lambert), Marion (Jane Vallis) and Irma (Karen Robson) ask permission from their French mistress Mademoiselle de Portiers (Helen Morse) to go for a walk around the base of the rock. Overweight Edith ... [read more]
The scandal of intermarriage (1997)
An Indian woman talks about having chosen to marry a white Australian, and the effect of that on her family. Some people said she has no morals. Her mother felt degraded in front of her traditional Indian friends. [read more]
Byfield National Park (1992)
Peter Garrett visits the pristine Shoalwater area, where the Federal Government has granted licences for sandmining. He says that the mining will have a devastating effect on the beautiful area. [read more]
The shoe uppers (1924)
The leather uppers are sewn by machine and stitched together before being trimmed. A machine punches eyelets into both sides of the upper. This is demonstrated for the camera by a female worker. The uppers are then lined and stuffed. [read more]
Defending Nicaragua (1984)
We see footage of the young, poorly equipped Nicaraguan soldiers as we listen to a protest song performed by one of the soldiers. English TV journalist, Jon Snow, says that the Nicaraguan army is not well equipped by the Cubans, ... [read more]
‘Now, mate! Now!’ (1992)
Pete’s (Ben Thomas) day gets worse when Gribble Junior (Richard Young) and his gang Rabbit (Drew Campbell) and Tiger (Nick Mitchell) find out how to trigger his chook behaviour. With some snails, they lie in wait. [read more]
‘I just want my boy back’ (2000)
After realising she has left her purse at home and cannot buy any fuel, Kymmy (Olivia Patten) steals a demijohn of fuel from the back of a 4WD parked at the service station belonging to a retired couple. Her mother ... [read more]
Cornfield surfing in Nebraska (2008)
Jonno and Stefan surf a Nebraska cornfield. In South Dakota they meet Chad and surf the roof of his barn. [read more]
Matilda needs Mutt (2008)
Matilda is taken to hospital, and Mutt is the culprit. ‘In the doghouse’, Mutt is chained up, unable to touch his beloved ball. Matilda returns, all patched up, and Mac, alone, trudges up the hill to milk her. But Matilda ... [read more]
Mertz and Mawson’s ‘terrible ordeal’ (1963)
Frank Hurley continues telling the story (begun in clip two) of the terrible journey made by Douglas Mawson, Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Ninnis, during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14. Mawson’s party, with two dog teams, set out on 10 ... [read more]
In native Australia (1917)
This is the entire footage with French intertitles. Highlights include a sequence where young Aboriginal men throw their spears at a target, then form a line and begin moving forwards and backwards, and finally charge with spears raised at the ... [read more]
The women are running the show (1990)
Bill (Denis Moore) and Michael (Frank Whitten) are driving to the police station to pick up the teenagers. The police found them in a car that the household earlier reported missing. Out of ear shot of the women for the ... [read more]
Auteur (1999)
Footage of a group of bikers riding and interviews with Sandy Harbutt in 1998 and 1973 are intercut with black-and-white and colour footage. Harbutt explains how he was able to get the numbers of bikies for the funeral scene in ... [read more]
‘A bit of a squeeze’ (1977)
Kevin (Paul Couzens) has offered Anne (Eva Dickinson) a lift home from the pub. Instead he picks up Bob (Carl Stever), some alcohol, and they head for the local lover’s lane. Anne has never met Bob and she fancies Kevin, ... [read more]
I’m looking for someone like you (1998)
The five kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover the encrypted message in the web and intrigued, they each try to break it. One by one they ... [read more]
‘You gonna stay here with me?’ (1981)
In re-enactment, Constable Stott menaces Dolly, who is tied up to a tree. An elder now directs the action of the re-enactment, and the group collectively decide the details of the events and how they unfolded. [read more]
Tough love (2011)
Released from prison the day before, Karen (Shai Pittman) wakes up in a motel room to the sound of the cleaners at the door. Feeling sick from the night before, Karen quickly dresses and lets them into the room. As ... [read more]
