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Seeing a man about a dog (1938)
Young Bill Ryan (Peter Finch) comes to see Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) about marrying his daughter Sarah (Valerie Scanlan). Unfortunately Sarah has always been known as Sal in the family – the same name as the family dog. Dad thinks ... [read more]
Mr Chedworth gets the sack (1939)
Mr Chedworth (Cecil Kellaway) has been summoned to the office of his employers, Messrs Mason (Harvey Adams) and Welch (Ben Lewin). After 24 years of service, they tell him he is to be retrenched in a cost-cutting exercise. Mr Mason ... [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]
The bulldozer (1985)
This powerful sequence shows the violent clashes between the government and developers planning Sydney’s large-scale re-development and those that opposed it – the unionists, residents, conservationists and students. [read more]
Rescue and recriminations (1950)
The Kings have run out of water. They are holed up in the only room left standing after Aboriginal people have burned down the house. They wait anxiously for the impending attack, which they won’t be able to withstand. When ... [read more]
Crossing the Roper River (1946)
McAlpine (Chips Rafferty) swims his cattle across the crocodile-infested Roper River, one of the largest rivers in the Northern Territory. Mary Parsons (Daphne Campbell) plunges in, leading her horse across, as her mother (Jean Blue) and sister (Helen Grieve) watch ... [read more]
‘My foot against the back of your neck’ (2001)
Jim Doyle (David Wenham) has been hired by Centabank to perfect his research into how to predict the stock market. The bank’s senior research analyst Vincent (Greg Stone) sets up a series of preliminary tests, but chief executive Simon (Anthony ... [read more]
Citroën samurai (2000)
The Japanese man (Rikiya Kurokawa) uses his satellite phone to check on his snakes in Tokyo. He speaks to his girlfriend (Yoshiko Tatsumi), and to the police, whom he thinks are listening to his phone. He claims full responsibility for ... [read more]
A scenario we’ve long feared (2002)
Members of the CNNNN news team (Craig Reucassel, Julian Morrow) report breaking news on a high-speed car chase in Los Angeles. [read more]
How to be earnest (1989)
Denton and co-host ‘Gwen from ABC Documentaries’ (Genevieve Lemon) introduce the episode topic, heroin. [read more]
Mr Ten Questions (2006)
Andrew Hansen, as Mr Ten Questions, attends a promotional press conference with Hugh Jackman. [read more]
‘Sold a pup’ (2007)
General Vernon Sturdee (William Zappa) explains the military situation prior to the first Japanese attack to John Curtin (William McInnes) and Frederick Shedden (Brian Meegan). In the following scene Curtin consults with his friend Tatsuo Kawai (Shingo Usami), who also ... [read more]
Give a little credit to your dad (1939)
Buddy Williams sings a song urging sons to visit their fathers – including a monologue section and a yodelling finale. This excerpt is from the start of the song. [read more]
Lonesome for you, mother dear (1939)
Buddy Williams sings a sad song about a man missing his dead mother. This clip is from the start of the song. [read more]
‘Stranger in My Country’ (1973)
This is a 30-second excerpt from the beginning of 'Stranger in My Country’, written and performed by Vic Simms. Simms recorded this song from his LP 'The Loner’ during a single one-hour recording session in a mobile studio in Bathurst ... [read more]
‘Chant Vénitien’ (1904)
Dame Nellie Melba’s early recording of 'Chant Vénitien’, a song composed by Herman Bemberg, who accompanies her in this recording. It was made for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904. [read more]
‘He had a gift for conciliation’ (c1966)
Dame Enid Lyons and former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies discuss the strengths of Joe Lyons. [read more]
‘It was the best thing to do’ (2008)
It is 1830 and European settlement has begun in Tasmania. Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the resulting inter-racial tension and violence dubbed the Black War, the harsh world Truganini is born into. This clip introduces her personality and ... [read more]
A ‘final solution’ (2008)
Historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation describes the Protection Board as the real enemy of Aboriginal people, particularly in relation to the Half-Caste Act developed by the Protection Board and Brother Fredrich Hagenaeur. Professor Janet McCalman and Dr ... [read more]
‘Campaign of fear’ (2008)
Father Frank Brennan, Eddie’s daughter Gail Mabo of the Meriam and Manbarra Nations and Donald Whaleboat of the Meriam Nation, talk about Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo and the outcomes of the trial. Narrator Rachel Perkins and historian Professor Marcia Langton of ... [read more]
