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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]
Toula wants to dance (1998)
Ari (Alex Dimitriades) dances a males-only traditional Greek dance in the ‘Steki’, admired by the man he has gone there to meet, Sean (Julian Garner) and Sean’s date, Ariadne (Katerina Kotsonis). The whole place is silenced when Johnny (Paul Capsis) ... [read more]
‘Some things in life you just can’t control’ (2006)
Katrina (Emily Barclay) flies into a rage after an argument with Rusty (Michael Dorman), her boyfriend. When she finds her car blocked in, she dumps her baby and takes the keys to his most prized possession, a Valiant Charger. At ... [read more]
‘You can’t have both’ (2006)
Tory (Sibylla Budd) tells Will (Matthew Newton) to leave, after he refuses to call off the bet. On the trading floor soon after, Brex shares begin to tumble. Will and the rest of the traders lose a fortune in a ... [read more]
‘You lookin’ or dreamin’?’ (1990)
Danny (Ben Mendelsohn) goes shopping for a Jaguar, driving the 1962 Nissan Cedric given to him by his parents for his 18th birthday. He meets Gordon Farkas (Steve Bisley), a car salesman who manages to be both insulting and friendly ... [read more]
Captains (1987)
An intoxicated man sways before the camera. Three Aboriginal women walk into a games parlour in seedy Kings Cross. They sit at a table and check out the other patrons. Subtitles tell us about 'Captains’ – men who can be ... [read more]
For the future (2006)
Against a backdrop of images of the Ramingining community, director Rolf de Heer talks about the unexpected problems in casting Ten Canoes (2006). The kinship laws are so complex that the final choice of cast is now in the hands ... [read more]
‘Industrial quantities of shazoom’ (2006)
Mr Jonathon (Ben Miller) is feeling intense pressure after the loss of his only boy dancer, Jason. He promotes Tenille (Shayni Notelovitz) to the lead role, but he realises he needs more razzle-dazzle, a few show stoppers, in his grand ... [read more]
Alcohol in the blood (1980)
Dr Graham Starmer, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Sydney University, explains to presenter Peter Wherrett that driving skills are affected even with only a small amount of alcohol in the bloodstream. Once the amount is up to 0.03 blood alcohol ... [read more]
No equality of opportunity (1973)
Bishop Lamont lived in Rhodesia for 30 years until he was expelled from the country by Ian Smith and his minority white government. He believes passionately in equality for everyone in southern Africa and he argues that Ian Smith’s non-democratic ... [read more]
‘Don’t come back, Tessa’ (1994)
Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is remembering the night, at age 16, that her life changed forever. She closes a window and, at the next moment, her sixteen-year-old self (Simone Pengelly) falls into the room, in the midst of a miscarriage. Later, ... [read more]
The ginning of cotton (1945)
Sudanese workers in a large ginning factory separate the cotton seed from the fibre so it can be processed. Others flatten the cotton manually into a press. After ginning, the cotton is fed into large presses, which shape it into ... [read more]
Secrets in the desert (2007)
After meeting up with his girlfriend Sophie (Amelia Warner), Alex has reluctantly agreed to Taylor’s suggestion that they travel together. They head into western Queensland, and tensions rise between the two men. Sophie tells Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) that she and ... [read more]
‘Dirty little bugger’ (2007)
Charlie (Luke Ford) draws rude self-portraits as he and his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) sit at home. Their parents return from a sex and pregnancy class, where Maggie (Toni Collette) has had one of her ‘attacks’, due to high blood ... [read more]
Into the void (1983)
Jenny is determined to show her worth to the rest of the group, even if it means tackling abseiling when she has a terror of heights. [read more]
A true story, a true family (1982)
This opening sequence outlines the family relationships of Tim Pye (Tim Pye), Katie Pye (Katie Pye) and Ben Martin (Ben Martin). As the trio head along a country road, Ben gets in trouble for throwing orange peel out the car ... [read more]
The Roebuck Bay Hotel (2009)
Willy (Rocky McKenzie), Uncle Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), Annie (Missy Higgins), Slippery (Tom Budge) and Roxanne (Deborah Mailman) arrive in Broome and head straight to the Roebuck Bay Hotel for a drink and some fun. Roxanne leads the travellers into the ... [read more]
From the sink to the sewer (1957)
This clip outlines how clean water becomes polluted once it is used in the home, at workplaces and in factories. It also illustrates the responsibility of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works in disposing of the city’s sewage. A ... [read more]
Meet the Vanes (1980)
The Vane family gathers at the Christmas dinner table with friends Tony Duff (Sam Neill) and Blake Minor (Rick Ireland). Seen here are Fred Vane (George Dixon), his wife Julie (Carol Burns), daughters Lucinda (Wendy Hughes) and Lydia (Lisa Rogers), ... [read more]
Love at first sight (2003)
Term has just ended at Rimside High School and students stream through the school gates. Last out is Beau. He’s melancholy at the thought of the lonely holiday ahead – that is, until he catches sight of Bec, the bike ... [read more]
