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Footy Legends (2006)
Ten years after leaving school in Yagoona, in Sydney’s western suburbs, Luc Vu (Anh Do) is unemployed and struggling to raise his little sister Anne (Lisa Saggers). Their mother has died and their grandfather (Dao Minh Sinh) is in a ... [read more]
Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Milkshakes and Bomb Shelter (c1940)
This 16mm black-and-white home movie shot by Frederick Simpson Dyer features three children riding their bikes in Balwyn, Victoria, enjoying milkshakes at an old-fashioned milk bar, and playing in a bomb shelter in their backyard. [read more]
Winners – Just Friends (1985)
Thirteen-year-old Susan (Sherie Graham) has just moved to a new part of town. She’s practising her skills at the local roller skating rink when Buzz (Mitch Ambrose), the prince of the rink, spots the talented newcomer and moves in on ... [read more]
Shit Skin (2002)
A short drama about a young man who takes his grandmother back to the place of her childhood so that she may reconnect with her surviving family. [read more]
Catalyst – Genius of Junk (2003)
This is a story of triumph and tragedy. Dr Malcolm Simons, an internationally recognised immunologist, has turned 'junk DNA’ into gold. He has patented his discovery that non-coding DNA is of vital importance to our understanding of how diseases ... [read more]
Short Cuts – Wheels on Fire (2001)
This is episode two and the students are thinking about their three minute films. Straight 'A’ student Anna (Lucia Smyrk) is concerned that she will have to make films she doesn’t believe in and is further upset when Oscar (Damien ... [read more]
Fatal Bond (1991)
Small town hairdresser Leonie Stevens (Linda Blair) is instantly attracted to mysterious drifter Joe Martinez (Jerome Ehlers). Leonie packs her bags and heads south with Joe, who says he’s going to set up a car business with his brother Jack. ... [read more]
Hoota and Snoz – Series 3 Episode 13 (2003)
In this episode, Snoz finds a mini Hoota as the novelty item in a cereal pack. Unfortunately for Hoota, even when he seems to be coming out on top, his tendency to act rashly and attract bad luck means that ... [read more]
Next of Kin (1982)
Twenty-four-year-old Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) inherits Montclare, a country mansion which was turned into a retirement home by her late mother and her sister, Aunt Rita. Strange events described in her mother’s diaries – lights and taps turning on by ... [read more]
Snobs – Episode 8 (2003)
When snobbish Rachael Oakley (Nathy Gaffney) reports the travellers to the council for having ‘rubbish’ everywhere, their recycling business is placed in jeopardy. Marian (Ross Pirrelli) has plans for an old bathtub and makes a bet with Abby (Indiana Evans) ... [read more]
The Big Gig – Series 1 Episode 1 (1989)
A live comedy-variety show featuring stand-up comedians, sketch comedy and music. [read more]
Australasian Gazette – Annual Christmas Treat (c1925)
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1925 shows Christmas celebrations for children in the Victoria Barracks, Sydney including a live puppet show and Father Christmas handing out presents. [read more]
More Winners – His Master’s Ghost (1990)
A group of kids are on a music camp in a spooky old mansion. Some of them are more interested in the stories about a resident ghost than their music and young Flea (Simon Grey) is particularly fascinated by it ... [read more]
If Only – Series 1 Episode 5 (2003)
Three moving vignettes make up this program of lost opportunities. There’s one about a man who thought his problems of cloudy vision were an irreversible factor of old age when in fact he needed a simple cataract operation. There’s another ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Kwatye (2007)
Gary (Donnovan Mears) comes home after a big night drinking beer and collapses on the couch. He is awoken early by his daughter, Aspen (Aspen Beattie). Hung over, he wants to be treated like a sick patient and asks Aspen ... [read more]
Eco House Challenge – Episode 3, Emission Impossible (2007)
The families from the first two programs who had to survive for 24 hours with no water, electricity, cars or waste disposal, have now had one of those resources returned so long as they can cut their household emissions by ... [read more]
Bonjour Balwyn (1971)
Kevin Agar (John Duigan) has left a job in insurance to start his own magazine, called Bolo. His middle class parents don’t understand it, and very few people buy it. As his debts mount, Kevin loses his girlfriend, his friends ... [read more]
A Girl’s Own Story (1983)
A group of teenagers in the 1960s struggle with mixed messages and feelings about families, friendships and sex. A game of make-believe between a brother (John Godden) and sister (Marina Knight) develops into incest. A man attempts to lure a ... [read more]
Berlei Corsets: Beautiful Lines of Woman Triumphant (c1920)
This silent black-and-white cinema advertisement shows women modelling Berlei ladies foundation garments. [read more]
Seeking Asylum (2002)
A report on the status and treatment of asylum seekers in 2002. The documentary uses archival footage, interviews with asylum seekers, people involved in care capacities and politicians. It argues that refugees are detained for too long, with centres ... [read more]
