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The fittings (2003)
Alex Perry runs through the A to Z of designing a wedding dress for the big day. It’s all about negotiating the demands of the bride, her mother and the bridesmaids. [read more]
‘Don’t you be frightened of anything’ (1983)
Aunt Vanessa has paid Logan (John Hargreaves) to come to Sydney to see his son, whom he has never met. Logan is overcome with emotion as he talks to the boy, PS (Nicholas Gledhill). The boy is now living most ... [read more]
Miles jumps in (1991)
‘Dingo’ Anderson (Colin Friels) and Billy Cross (Miles Davis) visit a famous jazz club in Paris. Billy asks the bandleader, an old friend (Onzy Matthews), if his friend can sit in. ‘Dingo’ makes a big splash, but the place erupts ... [read more]
‘An army always marches on its stomach’ (1943)
An injured soldier in the jungles of New Guinea struggles as he runs out of food. An aircraft drops food rations nearby. Meanwhile, back in Australia, two female volunteers package the emergency food parcels to be sent overseas. Back in ... [read more]
It’s no longer cradle to grave stuff (2006)
Cobar Shire is as big as Tasmania and until recently was served by Dr Kevin Coleman. He’s spent 11 years in Cobar thriving in the complete care of his patients. But now he’s finding the job less than satisfying with ... [read more]
The end of an era (2005)
After 20 years of research and planning and a 7 year journey into outer space, the Cassini mission to the planet Saturn is about to be realised – and Catalyst’s Dr Richard Smith is in the control room of read more]
No more music (1993)
Carmody tells how he and his brother were taken from their parents and put in a 'school’ (converted army barracks) and never lived at home again. Historical stills and footage show the young Carmody brothers and the school. [read more]
Lightning strikes (1983)
Mr Telford (Martin Vaughan) arrives at the stables with his son Cappy (Steven Bannister). Telford tells Tommy the strapper (Tom Burlinson) to take Phar Lap for his morning workout and work him hard. On the training track, other trainers joke ... [read more]
The frontline of the factory (1942)
A man is ready to leave for his night shift at the munitions factory when his young daughter, Topsy, runs up to him. Her mother has said that he works 'awful hard making bombs’ so that the Germans can’t attack ... [read more]
The Alibrandi curse (1999)
Josie (Pia Miranda) and her friends Sara (Leanne Carlow) and Anna (Diane Viduka) escape from ‘Tomato Day’ at Josie’s grandmother’s house to go to the beach. Josie’s mother Christina (Greta Scacchi) gives her a mouthful at home later for running ... [read more]
The lonely pleasures of a country dance (1987)
He’s alone, she’s alone, everyone’s alone at the mid-year dance, a cheerless gathering for all concerned. Danny (Noah Taylor) makes a statement with his outfit, a little bit Marlon Brando, a little bit Elvis. He is deflated when Trevor (Ben ... [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]
‘Hitta da ball – smasha da win’ (1927)
Fatty and his friends are being chased by an irate Italian man after Fatty hit a cricket ball through his window. Constable Claffey (Leonard Durell), who bowled the ball, pretends to be uninvolved, after hiding with ‘Seasy’ (Billy Ireland), the ... [read more]
Alfie Clay and Elley Bennett (1951)
Aboriginal featherweight Alfie Clay arrives in Sydney from Cloncurry, Queensland, to try his hand at boxing in the city. He arrives on the doorstep of fighting trainer Ern McQuillan’s gym. Clay works out in the gym with a punching bag, ... [read more]
Coruba Jamaican rum (1979)
Opening on a Jamaican drummer, the camera sweeps to the sky and follows a giant bird carrying the product, a bottle of Coruba Jamaican Rum. We see a beautiful island and its playground attractions: gliding, skiing, palm-fringed beaches, musicians, bikini-clad ... [read more]
Heard Island (1984)
A look at remote Heard Island south-west of Perth, near Antarctica. It has stunning scenery, including glaciers. [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]
Preparing the printing machine (1911)
Workers at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1911 furnish one of the main printing machines in the pressroom with curved plates and large rolls of paper. [read more]
Facing the bully (2003)
An extraordinary reunion after sixteen years between a woman who was bullied at school and her tormentor, the school bully. In year seven, Massiel was a young immigrant to Australia who tried to turn the other cheek when Richard called ... [read more]
The supernova of seduction (2002)
Dumby’s sister Clarence (Lisa Flanagan) and Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) share a marijuana cigarette under the pier. She is called away as their lips meet for the first time. Their courtship is watched by Gary’s team-mate Pickles (Tom Budge), who ... [read more]
