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‘I’m coming to get you’ (2010)
At the very start of the film a young man (J, played by James Frecheville) is on the couch watching a TV game show while an older woman sits slumped – apparently asleep – beside him. A few seconds later ... [read more]
Recording (2007)
Jonathan Welch and the Choir of Hard Knocks have only a few days in the recording studio to record their CD. [read more]
‘Don’t come back, Tessa’ (1994)
Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is remembering the night, at age 16, that her life changed forever. She closes a window and, at the next moment, her sixteen-year-old self (Simone Pengelly) falls into the room, in the midst of a miscarriage. Later, ... [read more]
‘Sue me, Phil’ (2008)
Dominick Dunne reacts angrily to the declaration of a mistrial in the Phil Spector murder case. [read more]
Judgement day (2005)
A secret surfing competition has been set up between Anna (Mara Scherzinger) and Joe (Matt Rudduck) to determine which of them gets the coveted seventh spot in the Solar Blue Surf Academy. Joe has chosen The Gallows, a treacherous surfing ... [read more]
Willie’s lesson (c1939)
Willie collapses in the snow. He is found just in time by a rabbit, who summons help from the others. The following season, Willie takes a barrow full of fruit to the bank for deposit. He turns to the camera ... [read more]
What you need to know (1974)
This is one of the two television advertisements produced to facilitate the change to metric on Australian roads in July 1974. [read more]
Talking at the beach (2007)
A young woman’s grandfather has died and she has returned to Stradbroke Island to support her grandmother. Grandma (Freda Glynn) and her Granddaughter (Amy Miller-Porter) take a walk down to the beach at sunset. [read more]
Contraband (1938)
Customs officers try in vain to stop the illegal importation of various contraband goods which come in to the country by sea. ‘Men of the underworld’ – shady drug dealers and crime bosses – are shown under ‘cover of darkness’ ... [read more]
Bush medicine (1982)
Wandjuk Marika is visiting Melbourne from his home in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. He shows Geoffrey Blainey some of the plants and leaves that Aboriginals use to keep colds and other ailments at bay. Geoffrey Blainey recalls the ... [read more]
Pop star (1990)
Wilton grants CW’s wish to be the most exciting person in the whole world in order to induce Katie (Ebony Ricketson) to fall in love with him. Instantly, CW is a famous rock star with a gigantic hit song ‘The ... [read more]
‘You can’t take my photograph’ (1985)
At a bush camp, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) is at first spooked by the quiet arrival of an Aboriginal man in face paint. Mick (Paul Hogan) introduces Neville (David Gulpilil), a 'real city-boy’, and then goes with him to a ... [read more]
Australian wilderness (1980)
Bob Brown paddles along the tranquil final stretches of the Franklin River. This is as it must have looked even before the first Europeans arrived in Tasmania. [read more]
Embers (2004)
The crafting of the number seven boomerang refines what was once a tree stump and root, to create a weapon that is used for both self-defence and hunting. The Elders watch over the work, while telling us how they once ... [read more]
Berlei corsets (c1920)
Two women dressed in dark underwear, silk stockings and shoes model two styles of Berlei corsetry. They stand on raised platforms in front of a plain backdrop, the larger space of the studio visible beyond it. They turn, step down ... [read more]
Musetta (2002)
The Australian opera is on tour with La Boheme. Musetta (Teresa La Rocca) sings one of the opera’s most popular arias from Act II. In it, she is trying to reignite her lover Marcello’s passion. [read more]
Wigs for the boys (1996)
Traditionally young men in parts of New Guinea grew their hair long for ceremonies. Some New Guineans are not following the tradition so Aluago has created a business making wigs so that during ceremonies the wigs can be worn. [read more]
The break-up (1979)
Cath (Lorna Lesley) comes home after spending the night with another man. She tries to communicate with Mike (Sam Neill) but he doesn’t want to talk. Next morning he suggests they break-up. [read more]
The eggs are stolen (1905)
Two thieves have climbed into the rich farmer’s house and found the secret basement room full of golden eggs. The thieves steal the eggs by throwing them out the window and then escape. The farmer returns to the room and ... [read more]
Welcome to Kookaburra Springs (1972)
Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) is welcomed to Kookaburra Springs by pilot Bill (Bobby Limb), publican Mick Cassidy (John Meillon) and Mick’s wife, Sal (Dawn Lake). The Cassidys’ young son, Stevie (Dennis Jordan), is planning to play pranks on the new ... [read more]
