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Always crying (1983)

The camera tracks across the wreckage of the previous night’s party, over debris and bodies, to arrive at Jane (Vera Plevnik) crying in the backyard. Karli (Tracy Mann) wakes up beside Shadow (Ian Gilmour) who is sick of hearing Vera ... [read more]

‘God bless you. Please make it quick’ (1993)

In a dramatic re-creation Ronald Ryan (played by Colin Friels) is hanged in Pentridge prison. Radio journalist, Brian Morley, recalls being a witness to the hanging. In the dramatic re-creation, the priest (John Clayton) gives Ryan’s body the last rites. [read more]

‘30 million Matsuno-sans’ (c1948)

This clip begins with scenes of traditional and civilian life in Japan. Matsuno-san, according to the narrator, is an educated civilian of 'good type and a family man’. He reads at home with his family and drinks tea. The next ... [read more]

Canadian turbulence (1983)

Explorer Dick Smith is on a round-the-world solo helicopter flight. He is travelling in northern Canada when he is forced to land because of poor weather. [read more]

False alarm (2007)

Jim (Ben Oxenbould) is taking holidaymakers Adam (Andy Rodoreda), Grace (Diana Glenn) and Lee (Maeve Dermody) out on the water in a dinghy in search of a good place to fish. They settle in a quiet spot, drop anchor and ... [read more]

Triumph and tragedy (2003)

At the height of his success in discovering the significance of what was once called 'junk DNA’, or non-coding DNA, Dr Malcolm Simons is diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer. [read more]

Jack captures Masura (2008)

Masura (Shingo Usami), lying down, has just finished remembering the events depicted in a flashback: in a combat zone in the south-west Pacific the exhausted Masura was ordered by his commanding officer to get back on his feet and march ... [read more]

From Benghazi to London (1941)

This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows scenes from his trip to Benghazi and England. The clip begins with children playing volleyball and includes camels resting on the ground, a local tribal ... [read more]

‘(I’m) Stranded’ (1976)

This is a clip from '(I’m) Stranded’, performed by the Saints and written by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey. This song and the single’s B-side, ‘No Time’, were recorded at Bruce Windows Studios in Brisbane. [read more]

Pearl overboard (1937)

A Torres Strait Island crew member aboard the ‘Dugong’ finds a large pearl as Daubenny (Lloyd Hughes) returns from the deep in his diving suit. The crew members cheer for joy, attracting the jealous attention of Mendoza (Ronald Whelan), who’s ... [read more]

Blackbuster (2012)

You can watch the short film Blackbuster here in full. Pirated-movie dealer Kainen (Jeremy Ambrum) is spurred into a confrontation with rowdy punters at a Queensland pub defending the honour of the publican’s daughter, Tanika (Naomi Bowly). Undeterred by the ... [read more]

Violins not guns (2005)

The Australian Chamber Orchestra under its leader, renowned violinist Richard Tognetti, has set up an outreach program for mentoring young teenagers. The musicians bring their music practice and music appreciation to a high school at Cabramatta in the western suburbs ... [read more]

Marbuck’s madness (1955)

Marbuck (Robert Tudawali) and Jedda (Ngarla Kunoth) are in a cave. Marbuck, gradually losing his mind, begins to hallucinate. After being sung by the older men for breaking tribal laws, Marbuck believes he is dying. Jedda is panicked. How will ... [read more]

Hawke wins in 1983 (1983)

Newly elected Prime Minister Bob Hawke confirms the US-Australian alliance. Former director of the CIA, William Colby, says that the rhetoric got heated during the Whitlam era but at the fundamental level relations between the US and Australia were ... [read more]

Passionate painter (1988)

We see samples of Tony Tuckson’s later work in a gallery, while in voice-over friends and colleagues discuss his work, and the changes he went through in later life. [read more]

Junk into gold (2003)

Dr Simons and his business partner have patented his discovery that non-coding DNA is vital to our understanding of how disease works. Other medical researchers are outraged that this information – which they say should be freely available – ... [read more]

Christmas Day at home, 1945 (1945)

With all three brothers home in time for Christmas, the men relax in the sun for an afternoon drink with their uncle Stan. Mrs Sprod, Kathleen and her aunt Mary also enjoy Christmas day and smoke a cigarette in the ... [read more]

I Should Be So Lucky (1987)

This is a 30-second clip from I Should Be So Lucky, a pop-dance song performed by Kylie Minogue. The song features a wickedly catchy chorus, of the kind writer-producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman were famous for in the 1980s and ... [read more]

We have to live with it (1974)

Balmain resident of 48 years Mrs Moran addresses a local crowd gathered in the streets of Balmain about the dangers of shipping containers being trucked through the main streets of their suburb. As she is talking, the noise of the ... [read more]

‘Why can’t you give yourself?’ (1982)

British embassy staffer Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver) tells her new lover Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) that a Chinese ship is en route with arms for the Indonesian Communists. She wants him to leave before the country explodes in violence but ... [read more]

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