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A ride in the old bus (1934)
Mr McBride (Frank Bradley) takes Monty (Frank Leighton) to Mascot to meet the ‘flying parson’ (Eric Colman). Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, playing himself, offers to take them for a joyride over Sydney. [read more]
‘A pack of perverts’ (1975)
Sergeant Simmonds (Peter Cummins) is lecturing Kate (Kate Fitzpatrick) about the moral misbehaviour of the upper classes. Fiona (Jacki Weaver) defends her sister as Constable Ross (John Hargreaves) tries to find out what has to be loaded next. Inside the ... [read more]
‘A little sign of love’ (c1969)
A woman and a man walk separately through a park as a song about Milk Tray chocolates plays over the soundtrack. The lovers see each other, come together to kiss then the man hands the woman a box of Milk ... [read more]
The mining footprint (1976)
Mount Isa Mines, situated in the north-west of Queensland, is working to keep the deadly sulfur dioxide out of the township of Mt Isa. Detectors have been set up around its perimeters. Further away, there are hundreds of desolate hectares ... [read more]
Mother and daughter (1973)
Young office worker Jeni (Jeni Thornley) is having a conversation with her mother in the kitchen while they wash the dishes together. [read more]
Living in a film script (1996)
Two villagers explain the confusion they experienced upon the first sighting of white people in the area. Filmmaker Robin Anderson speaks about arriving in the village and the way the villagers remembered them. Footage from Joe Leahy’s Neighbours (1988) ... [read more]
Artie throws a tanty (2009)
Joe (Clive Owen) has taken his youngest son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty) on a road trip after the death of his mother. Artie throws a tantrum and Joe pulls over at a service station to buy him crisps and orange juice ... [read more]
Bad Bob loses it (1985)
Bertie (Anthony Richards) is in hiding, after having fed the gang’s stash of grog to the pigs in the hope of avoiding the violence that usually follows one of their drunken evenings. Bad Bob (Ray Meagher) finds him, drags him ... [read more]
A daughter’s ruin (1918)
Philip (Boyd Irwin) brings Marjory (Lottie Lyell) home after a day’s outing, during which they have become lovers. Mrs Manton (Connie Martyn) sends her to her room for being so late home. The next section of the film is missing ... [read more]
The most popular tractor in the state (1937)
This silent black-and-white clip from an Imperial Tractors cinema advertisement opens with an intertitle that tells us what we are about to see. A line of Imperial Tractors motor in single file to the railway line where they are then ... [read more]
In the old days (1979)
Frank Bourke’s old-time dance band is probably the last of its kind in Australia. He has a loyal following of country folk who are following a tradition passed down ever since their ancestors settled the land. [read more]
What God meant things to bee (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) takes two cages of bees to Granny McKinley (Sybil Thorndike) to help with her 'rheumatics’. He is terrified, because she is reputed to be the town witch, with a stash of gold to protect. He finds instead ... [read more]
Creating a new life (1963)
A montage of images, including stills and illustrations, shows the first fleet of convicts and their military guards after landing at Sydney Cove in 1788. Under the leadership of Governor Phillip, they begin building a town as the first step ... [read more]
Who gets the profits? (1948)
An elderly pensioner is another victim of inflated prices. While his ‘hands helped to build this country’, he lives in a run-down house and has to save his cigarette butts because tobacco is too expensive. In the wealthier suburbs ... [read more]
Inside the sawdust arena (1949)
The procession of performers and circus acts passes by the camera to enter the big top arena including horses, clowns and elephants. Some of the acts are filmed including a female lion tamer, a cycling clown, performing elephants, and barebacked ... [read more]
‘A very deep sleep’ (2009)
Joe (Clive Owen) carries his ailing wife Katy (Laura Fraser) into the bedroom. He runs to fetch her oxygen and comforts her at her bedside – all of which is quietly watched by their young son, Artie (Nicholas McAnulty). Soon ... [read more]
Take the tempo from the teeth (1948)
This 10-minute film, seen here in full, promotes the consumption of milk as a health product. Helen is having afternoon tea with a friend who compliments Helen’s grown son on his sparkling white teeth. Helen credits them to the large ... [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 AIM nursing hostel, Birdsville (1947)
At the Australian Inland Mission nursing hostel in Birdsville, the AIM sisters alternate between nursing and domestic duties. One of the sisters treats a young girl who has an injured finger. She washes and dresses the girl’s ... [read more]
A tornado hits (2007)
Lee Pearson (Radha Mitchell) warns George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) of a tornado coming towards them across the desert. He and some of the boys are changing a tyre on one of the trucks they have borrowed for the final ... [read more]
