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Stone Forever (1999)
For Stone Forever, the director Richard Kuipers interviews many of the original Stone (1974) cast and films the 25th anniversary of the film in 1998. The filmmaker makes extensive use of the rich sources of stills, black-and-white footage from the ... [read more]
Jack Thompson Down Under – Episode 25 (1987)
A magazine-style program representing aspects of Australian life, culled from footage shot over the years primarily by the ABC and Film Australia and presented by Aussie icon Jack Thompson. In this program there’s an item about the ... [read more]
‘A couple of gargoyles’ (2006)
Katrina Skinner (Emily Barclay) is watching television when her father John (Robert Morgan) comes in, talking to a local detective on the phone. Katrina angrily denies she was at the pub the night before, when a handbag was stolen. The ... [read more]
Paying For the Past (2000)
In a Second World War concentration camp inmates and prisoners were forced to work for German industry in the war effort. Many died. The world’s largest class action seeks compensation for the victims from the German industries that benefited from ... [read more]
The players have a snow fight (1930)
In the retreating snow of Switzerland, the Australian team have snow fights. The camera pans across the vista capturing the players throwing snow balls and chasing each other through the snow. [read more]
‘Lousy, no-good bludgers’ (1998)
Brett (David Wenham) provokes a fight with Jackie (Jeanette Cronin), Glenn’s girlfriend, as the police arrive at the front door. Sandra (Lynette Curran) tries to jolly her son along, then defends him against the cops. Michelle (Toni Collette) and Glenn ... [read more]
Australia Post – Lettergram (1988)
This is a set of three Australia Post television commercials (TVCs) promoting the Lettergram service. [read more]
Jackson stops a protest (1980)
China Jackson (Bryan Brown) stops a sit-down protest in the exercise yard, after prison officer Norton (Max Phipps) promises there will be no reprisals. In the middle of the night, his cellmate, old Bob (Syd Heylen), is dragged out and ... [read more]
Deadly Yarns – Don’t Say Sorry (2004)
Christine Jacobs, a Western Australian Aboriginal woman, provides a short account of the pain she suffered as a child of the stolen generations when she was removed from her family. Jacobs tells how as an adult she liberated herself from ... [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]
‘I’m still in love with you’ (2001)
The night after they slept together without having sex, Eddie (Ben Mendelsohn) talks to barmaid Kay (Belinda McClory) in the pub. He did not want to complicate his relationship with the woman who serves him drinks; she took it as ... [read more]
Sylvania Waters – Episode 5 (1992)
This documentary series follows the lives of Noeline Baker and Laurie Donaher in their waterfront home in the south of Sydney, over a period of several months. Noeline and Laurie have been in a de facto relationship for 14 years ... [read more]
A society wedding (1914)
This clip begins with the arrival of guests at a wedding. The camera films from a static position at the entrance of the church as they get out of their cars and walk towards the church. The guests are followed ... [read more]
A new centralised system (1966)
This clip talks about how the volume of mail the Australian Post Office is handling per year has resulted in the need for a new centralised mail exchange. It explains how the Redfern Mail Exchange will function as a centralised ... [read more]
Masterpiece Special – Robyn Davidson (1996)
Andrea Stretton interviews the expatriate Australian writer Robyn Davidson, who has just written a book about her experience of living with one of the last great nomadic tribes of the world in the desert regions of Rajasthan in northern India. ... [read more]
Choir of Hard Knocks – Episode 3 (2007)
Inspired by an article about a homeless men’s choir in Montreal, choirmaster and former opera singer Jonathan Welch forms a similar choir in Melbourne in association with local charity Reclink. Auditions are not required – anyone who is homeless, struggling ... [read more]
‘I feel like a slut’ (2007)
Jerry (Nathan Phillips), Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) and Pete (Khan Chittenden) visit the scene of the crime in the culvert, with a few other friends. Jerry does not know that Pete and Cheryl took part in the bashing. When Jerry breaks ... [read more]
The Sydney Morning Herald (1911)
This Pathé documentary short produced for the Commonwealth Government in April 1911 shows the newspaper printing process of the Sydney Morning Herald. The film begins with the unloading of paper from a steamer at dock and progresses through the printing ... [read more]
Rebellion (1970)
Mrs O’Keefe (Phyllis Freeman) dislikes Jack (Tony Ward) for being a hoodlum and a Protestant. Against her mother’s wishes, Gillian (Judy Leech) goes for a ride into the countryside on Jack’s motorcycle. [read more]
The Mavis Bramston Show – Series 1 Episode 1 (1964)
This is the first episode of The Mavis Bramston Show, a weekly sketch and variety series featuring topical satire, sketches and songs. [read more]
