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In Barcelona tonight (1997)
The Seven Network nightly current affairs program Today Tonight has broadcast a story from Spain about disgraced businessman Christopher Skase, who fled Australia to live in Majorca. Media Watch accuses reporter David Richardson and producer Chris Adams of flaunting the ... [read more]
‘She’s sincerely talented’ (1989)
After his wife has walked out, Gordon (Jon Darling) arrives at Kay’s door, looking for help from his daughters. Sweetie (Geneviève Lemon) becomes anxious and self-conscious at the sight of him. Gordon later defends her, when Kay (Karen Colston) and ... [read more]
‘Are you beautiful?’ (1986)
Colo (Isabelle Huppert) and Robert (Robert Menzies) talk about blindness, after she has had the operation to remove her left eye. He explains his feeling that there is a kind of knowing possible when one is blind that is like ... [read more]
Menzies home movies (2006)
This montage of clips from the Menzies Home Movie Collection features footage from Menzies’ wartime tour in 1941, including Tobruk, Palestine, Cairo, Jerusalem, Khartoum and England during the Blitz. It ends with close-ups of the ‘Rulers of England’ including the ... [read more]
Trading buai (2004)
Buai or betelnut is a stimulant used widely in New Guinea. Lucas wants to trade in it to acquire some cash. He meets Jane in the market and she introduces Lucas to her aunt who is a grower. [read more]
Vocational training for returned soldiers (1919)
In 1919 returned First World War soldiers, accompanied by their wives, inspect various forms of vocational training such as building construction, making Sunshine harvesters, assembling cars and bricklaying. The clip begins with the three returned servicemen with their partners ... [read more]
‘You hold your nose and you jump in’ (1997)
Robert Hughes describes the long hard slog of writing. He says that all his books, except for The Culture of Complaint (1993), would never have been written if he’d known what was ahead of him when he first sat down ... [read more]
Memories (2004)
Filmmaker Clara Law has given Trish and Ali some homework – she has asked them to respond to a series of word-prompts including the words ‘ancestors’ and ‘sea’. Against a montage of quiet landscapes and a sparse score, Trish narrates ... [read more]
Life’s expectations (1997)
An ethnic young man outlines his wishes for life: money, success in business and community respect. [read more]
‘How many razorbacks would you kill in a season?’ (1984)
Beth Winters (Judy Morris) and cameraman Danny (John Howard) arrive in Gamulla. After booking rooms at the pub run by Turner (John Ewart), Beth interviews shooter Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr). Jake says he enjoys killing razorbacks. [read more]
Lord Birdwood at Hampton Court (1948)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, features a close-up of Lord Birdwood looking at the camera and presenting Hampton Court. [read more]
Wokabout Marketing (1996)
Andrew Rose is a marketing executive based in Port Moresby. He organises a troupe of actors who perform vignettes in remote villages to promote the purchase of Western goods. Omo, the washing powder, is demonstrated. [read more]
Trapdoor spiders (1992)
Presenter Densey Clyne goes looking for a trapdoor spider in the bush. We see the spider’s unique 'door’. Trapdoor spiders can sense vibrations from passing insects. We see in close-up the spider leap out to capture a passing beetle and ... [read more]
Labor wins in 1972 (1983)
In a campaign speech, Bob Hawke pledges that an elected Whitlam government would stand-up to the US and other nations to openly declare when it believes a policy is wrong. In separate interviews, former US Ambassador Marshall Green and ... [read more]
‘Let’s try to put it all behind us’ (1988)
Richard Eastwick (Hugo Weaving) has a second son, Richie (Robert Menzies), who has returned from the Second World War a broken man. He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and seems unable to settle to life back in ... [read more]
‘Bloody rent increases’ (1976)
In Norma’s wine bar, Norma (Sheila Kennelly) and Weppo (Roger Ward) discuss the new barman. Edie (Wendy Blacklock) comes in with her nephews, Grant (Michael Howard) and Lee (Stephen McDonald), and has trouble understanding their teenage talk. [read more]
Time frame to independence (1971)
John Guise has been asked about the time frame to independence for his country. He thinks there should be a degree of self-government before independence to allow time for a constitution to be drawn up. He’s being interviewed by Richard ... [read more]
Carnival scenes, Melbourne (1918)
This clip includes scenes from a carnival held in aid of blind returned soldiers in May 1918. Consisting of a combination of still and panning shots, the scene captures groups of people in the crowd including a singing group dressed ... [read more]
Irrigation construction and equipment (1925)
This clip shows an orange-peel scoop; ‘flying fox’ machinery; Lake Victoria; a channel bridge and inlet regulator; and the construction of channels and levees. [read more]
Hot new chicks and teachers (1993)
Cousins Nick (Alex Dimitriades) and Con (Salvatore Coco) and their friends drive to their first day back at inner-city school Hartley High. Meanwhile, rookie teacher Christina Milano (Sarah Lambert), also on her way to school, farewells her parents and heeds ... [read more]
