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‘Family and friends’ (1973)
Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen), on the run from the police, goes to his sister’s (Marie Redshaw) place but she says he can’t stay. Running out of options, Buddy visits his girlfriend Betty Breen (Bunny Gibson) at the pub before looking ... [read more]
Driving the cable (1988)
Historical footage shows the operation of Melbourne’s cable trams with voice-over explaining in detail how they were propelled by underground cable driven by steam boilers. The cable was in continuous rotation up to 18 hours a day. [read more]
Stretching the sausages (2000)
Lauren (Jasmine Ellis) is very worried about what Horace (Frank Gallacher) might be up to, and when she finds him stealing the sausages out of the kitchen she knows she was right. Her behaviour is making her stepfather (Matthew Parkinson) ... [read more]
‘Clean, green and healthier’ (2006)
Vehicle exhaust emissions are responsible for increased deaths from asthma, heart disease and lung cancer due to all the toxins in petrol and diesel, according to Professor Ray Kearney, a vocal supporter of biofuels. He says that ethanol will cut ... [read more]
That bizarre creature, the platypus (1989)
The platypus up close and very personal; this bizarre creature, which is neither mammal nor marsupial, seemed to be 'a hoax sewn together from the parts of other creatures’, as the early settlers explained it when the platypus was shipped ... [read more]
Into battle (1964)
Damien Parer’s first taste of battle was with the British infantry in the Middle East. He quickly learned that if he wanted to get the shots that best showed men in action, then he needed to be up there on ... [read more]
Inhaling depleted uranium (2005)
Dr Doug Rokke, retired from the US airforce, was sent to clean up the residue of the depleted uranium used in weapons in the first Gulf War. He inhaled uranium and is now dying. He describes how his medical records ... [read more]
The building business (1980)
Builder Terry Vince has observed through his work on building sites that scaffolding needs a gadget to assist the sole operator to lay the planks. He’s come up with a simple, inexpensive and easy-to-use invention to plug a gap for ... [read more]
Lunar research (1992)
Carbotek is an American firm working on a technique to extract the oxygen locked up in the surface of the moon. They are working with NASA to explore this technique as a future source of ... [read more]
Always crying (1983)
The camera tracks across the wreckage of the previous night’s party, over debris and bodies, to arrive at Jane (Vera Plevnik) crying in the backyard. Karli (Tracy Mann) wakes up beside Shadow (Ian Gilmour) who is sick of hearing Vera ... [read more]
Raising boys (2007)
Janet Merewether ponders whether her new son will miss having a dad. She’ll have to be both father and mother. She’s heard Dr Peggy Drexler, who has written a book called Raising Boys Without Men (2008), on the radio speaking ... [read more]
‘It’s the rainbow!’ (2006)
Tutu (voiced by Emily Hunt) sees a rainbow in the sky, tries to follow it and finds a trail of edible ‘rainbow drops’ left behind. While the two brothers search for each other, their new friends Chump the chimp (voiced ... [read more]
Philomac escapes Henty’s brutality (2007)
Storytellers Donald Kemarr Thompson and Alec Petyarr Peterson begin the story of Willaberta Jack with the brutal treatment Henty inflicted on Philomac, including chaining him up overnight to a metal block cemented into the ground. They explain how Philomac escaped ... [read more]
Redex Trials (1978)
Cameraman Len Maguire (Bill Hunter) and assistant Chris (Chris Haywood) rush ahead of the entrants in the round Australia Redex Trials to capture footage. They set up at a dangerous corner to wait for the cars. When one crashes, the ... [read more]
‘We’re keeping him’ (1974)
After his brother is killed in a car accident outside the small town of Paris, Arthur (Terry Camilleri) meets Len (John Meillon), the mayor, who leads the funeral procession. At a council meeting afterwards, the mayor complains about unemployed youth, ... [read more]
The Land of Unlikeness (1991)
Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert) wakes up to find herself, Maeve (Maeve Dermody) and Herman (Kristoffer Greaves) in the Land of Unlikeness. Over news and historical footage fusing the political, the historical and the spectacular, the Narrator (Gillian Jones) asks questions ... [read more]
‘You’re dumping me because you’ve got cancer?’ (2005)
Nick (William McInnes) and Meryl (Justine Clarke) break up in a public park, beside a group of families playing cricket. Nick tells her he’s not in a position to start a relationship. Meryl reacts angrily. He then explains why. Meryl ... [read more]
‘I won’t let you go!’ (1978)
Laura (Susannah Fowle) and Evelyn (Hilary Ryan) make up after a big fight. Evelyn takes Laura into her bed and comforts her. Next day, Laura interrogates her friend about seeing the headmistress, Mrs Gurley (Sheila Helpmann). She confronts Evelyn about ... [read more]
A truce at Gallipoli (2005)
Only a few weeks after the 25th April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove, the troops of both sides organised an unofficial truce in order to pick up their wounded, bury the dead and share a cup of tea. [read more]
