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Culture clash (2009)
Fiona (Radha Mitchell) and Ben (Joel Edgerton) have just arrived in Kolkata. They are faced with travel stress (a lost suitcase) and culture clash (Indian beggar children) before their driver Krishna (Samrat Chakrabarti) arrives and they can leave the airport. ... [read more]
Uncivilised (1936)
Beatrice Lynn (Margot Rhys), a successful novelist, journeys into the ‘unexplored’ reaches of north-west Australia in search of book material. She has heard rumours of a ‘wild white man’ who lives with Aboriginal people, but she finds more than she ... [read more]
On the road (1987)
Buster (Rebecca Smart) the city kid has been kitted out for her new life in the bush and her father (Bryan Brown) is setting a cracking pace as they walk to his next farm job because, as he says, 'if ... [read more]
Monkey business (1939)
George (George Wallace) has to display the prize new gorilla to the zoo’s best patron, Mr Inchcape (Harold Meade), but the animal is sick, so George’s mate Henry (John Dobbie) dresses in a gorilla suit. George shows off in front ... [read more]
An outback emergency (1949)
In a dramatised scenario, an injured stockman is given urgent medical attention in remote Australia. It begins with ‘Skipper’ Partridge and a property owner who are notified of the situation. This then cuts to a woman on a pedal radio ... [read more]
Wirth’s Circus Film (c1925)
This silent actuality footage shows circus proprietor and ringmaster Philip Wirth and his trick pony, Earl Dudley, as it performs a range of tricks in an outdoor arena. The final segment of this footage shows elephants and circus workers setting ... [read more]
The Last Husky (1993)
Husky dog teams have served on the Mawson Base in the Antarctic for fifty years. The documentary records the last dogs to be used there and their journey to a new home in Minnesota in the USA. [read more]
Bush tucker (2004)
Aboriginal brother and sister (Luke Carroll and Kyas Sherriff), who are used to life in town, are trying to find and cook bush tucker for the German tourists they’ve offered to look after. The menu will include witchetty grubs and ... [read more]
Blinky Bill’s Fire Brigade (1992)
This is episode two of the first series of Blinky Bill. When lightning starts a fire in Greenpatch, Blinky (Robyn Moore) decides to set up a fire brigade and enlists his friends to help. They collect everything they need, by ... [read more]
Crash Zone – The Dream Team (1998)
Five very different Melbourne kids, Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover a coded message while playing games on the internet. By following the clues and playing the game, ... [read more]
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
‘Tick’ Belrose, aka Mitzi Del Bra (Hugo Weaving), a Sydney drag artist, accepts an invitation from his ex-wife (Sarah Chadwick) to bring his stage show to the outback. Tick recruits two friends – a brash young drag queen called Felicia ... [read more]
The boomerang maker (1962)
This clip is from the first episode of Wambidgee, 'The Boomerang Maker’. Wambidgee the boomerang maker decides to take his latest boomerang to the chief of his clan. En route, he is stopped by a crocodile and then Gerribung, the ... [read more]
Round the Twist – Series Two – Next Time Round (1992)
Pete has been hypnotised by Linda and every time someone says the word 'now’ he behaves like a chicken for ten seconds. Unfortunately, Linda can’t undo the hypnosis so Pete gets into some serious trouble at school. [read more]
A, B and C (1965)
Detective Sergeant Bronson (Terry McDermott), Detective Fraser (Lex Mitchell) and Inspector Connolly (John Fegan) have three suspects for the murder of escaped prisoner Edgar Thompson. All were also suspects in an old unsolved robbery case, along with Thompson. A large ... [read more]
Success not lightly purchased (1931)
Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) expresses contrition to her father Bill Marsh (Arthur Greenaway) after stealing from a jewellery store. ‘Lady Worth’ (Leal Douglas) tells Paula about valuable pearls owned by a Mrs Hugh Nash. Bill Marsh ... [read more]
Browning Machine Gun (c1940)
An animated training film made by the Owen Brothers and commissioned by the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces illustrating the operation of the Browning machine gun. [read more]
Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not (c1939)
In this Eric Porter animation of ‘the grasshopper and the ant’ fable, Willie Wombat lazes and plays all summer. He laughs at his animal mates devoting time to collecting and depositing food in their local bank. Winter arrives and Willie, ... [read more]
A man without a past (1989)
Joseph Mueller (Max von Sydow) is cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel (Nancy Black). She questions Joseph about the evidence of his identity being destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in the Second World War. Iya Zetnick (Julia Blake) appears on ... [read more]
Lessons in policing (1975)
Sergeant Simmonds (Peter Cummins) and Constable Ross (John Hargreaves) wait for their lunch in a café booth. The sergeant taunts the new recruit with his lack of knowledge about real police work. When the hamburgers are ready, the older policeman ... [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]
