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The chief wakes up (1962)
This clip is from the twelfth and final episode of Wambidgee, 'The Chief Wakes Up’. Wambidgee wakes the chief from sleep and tell him that there is a crocodile in the creek. The chief feels too tired and tells Wambidgee ... [read more]
‘Loyalty, dedication, discipline’ (2005)
Jay ‘Spasm’ Filkins (Sean Kennedy) is caught adjusting his skateboard in class. The teacher tries to humiliate him with a maths question but Spasm has all the answers – and a quick getaway. He bolts on the board, pursued by ... [read more]
Manly pursuits at Bondi (1954)
At Bondi Beach, the Queen observes an Australian surf carnival, a gathering of teams from surf clubs around the country and New Zealand, all wearing the traditional neck-to-knee surfing costume that was required just after the turn of the century, ... [read more]
‘I’ve come to ask for your forgiveness’ (1994)
Dale (David Field) has received a distressing letter from his girlfriend, Lorraine. He keeps a picture of her hidden in his cell. The prison officers trick him into believing that she has come to visit. Instead, the priest who beat ... [read more]
Uncle Arthur home movies (1988)
Uncle Arthur (Glenn Robbins) screens a home movie of a backyard BBQ. [read more]
Printing and Proofing (1994)
The workers in Printing and Proofing seem even more pious than Harvey McHugh (Aaron Blabey) – that is, until he accidentally discovers that they are selling government information to private investigators. His colleague Robertson (Richard Piper) explains what is going ... [read more]
‘Full as a goog’ (1960)
Ida sends Jean Halstead (Dina Merrill) to town to fetch Bluey Brown from the pub. Bluey’s wife is in labour and Paddy (Robert Mitchum) is under strict instructions to keep him sober. Jean finds Bluey dead drunk in a corner ... [read more]
‘A real partnership’ (1982)
Australian correspondent Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) thinks he’s alone in his office in Jakarta, but freelance cameraman Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt) has his own key. Billy offers to help Hamilton to get an interview with the head of the read more]
‘Did the right one get away?’ (1999)
Jack Christey (Steve Bisley) escorts ex-cop and murder suspect Brian Geary (Steven Vidler) to a motel room. There’s been an attempt on Geary’s life and it’s unsafe for him to go home. Geary asks Jack some uncomfortable questions about family. ... [read more]
A real stinker (1999)
David Hannay speaks in interview about the critics and newspaper headlines. Harbutt and David Stratton speak about the times in which Stone was released. Hannay, Harbutt, bikies and actors speaking about the ‘real’ responses to the film is interspersed with ... [read more]
Women join the war effort (1943)
Gwennie (Muriel Steinbeck) is just one of the thousands of women who have joined the war effort – she works in a munitions factory putting trinitrotoluene, or TNT, into shells. She explains that in the last war women 'couldn’t ... [read more]
Lone hero in search of the truth (2007)
John Woldring (William McInnes) visits the pub owned by Bob Potter (Bille Brown), who had earlier asked him if he’d seen his missing 'cleaner’ (Tahmeena). Noticing Potter is preoccupied with a customer he decides to snoop around upstairs, where he ... [read more]
Doors closed and opening (2001)
Minnie Meredith (Angie Milliken) puts an end to Jack Senior’s (William McInnes) systematic abuse of their son David (Nick Russell). The father only escapes official retribution because the family doctor (John Arnold) was an officer in Meredith’s regiment. As that ... [read more]
‘The bow-wows now are all the rage’ (1939)
George (George Wallace) leaps into song in the courtyard of Mrs McAllister’s dog kennel (and boarding house). Jean McAllister (Lois Green) whips off her skirt to join him, dancing in hotpants. Henry (John Dobbie) and a large cast of passers-by ... [read more]
Two dopes and a dog (1939)
George (George Wallace), Henry (John Dobbie) and their dog Aloysius are trapped in the haunted house, the lair of master criminal Dr Sunderman. They encounter a variety of scary effects designed to frighten them away. [read more]
The break-up (1979)
Cath (Lorna Lesley) comes home after spending the night with another man. She tries to communicate with Mike (Sam Neill) but he doesn’t want to talk. Next morning he suggests they break-up. [read more]
A Sydney story (1985)
Sydney, Australia, is established as the location of the film and the narration introduces the film’s premise and establishes the filmmaker as the story-teller. [read more]
Cattle drive (2008)
The Drover (Hugh Jackman) prepares to lead the Faraway Downs cattle to Darwin. He explains the rules to Lady Ashley (Nicole Kidman), Nullah (Brandon Walters), Bandy Legs (Lillian Crombie), Kipling Flynn (Jack Thompson) and the rest of the team. [read more]
The great white hunter (1978)
Walking with his dog Cricket, Peter (John Hargreaves) finds a broken doll covered in moss. At a tidal lake, he discards his beer bottle and pretends he’s in a western, firing off his gun at nothing in particular. Back on ... [read more]
One last job (2002)
The brothers enjoy a breakfast at Bondi after being released from prison. Mal (Damien Richardson) and Dale (Guy Pearce) enjoy Shane’s (Joel Edgerton) food after he refuses to eat it: the chips are not straight enough. They suit up and ... [read more]
