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Not so tall timbers (1937)
Darley (Frank Harvey) has just shot dead Charles Blake (Campbell Copelin), in Jim Thornton’s cabin. Blake had made Claire Darley pregnant, then refused to marry her. Thornton (Frank Leighton) and Joan Burbridge (Shirley Ann Richards) rush to the log cabin ... [read more]
Wave Hill walkout (1993)
Kevin Carmody and Paul Kelly discuss the song 'From Little Things Big Things Grow’. They also discuss the Wave Hill walkout, when the Gurindji people – led by Vincent Lingiari – went on strike to get their land back from ... [read more]
Rugged cross (1998)
The clip opens with billowing curtains, a statuette of Christ and the close-up of a young albino girl (Melissa Middleton). In flashback the young albino girl closes her eyes as her mother (Christine Palmer) smears her with mud. A cross ... [read more]
Friends in need (1975)
The four addicts visit Jo (Helen Garner) to pick up tools for a break-in. Jo is high on speed, which makes her paranoid, skittish and obsessive about cleaning. The heroin-addicted Lou (Gary Waddell) warns her to be careful of amphetamines. [read more]
A fire emergency (1932)
Members of the NSW Fire Brigade tackle a blaze at a paper mill until the fire is brought under control. The smoking wreckage and the building’s shell is all that remains. As orchestral music builds over the soundtrack, the ... [read more]
Choker! (2005)
Ralph’s (Jared Daperis) nerves have got to him. He tells Johnno (Michael Harrison) about his dream where he appears on court naked in front of the home crowd. Jacinta (Greta Larkins) tells her grandfather Max (Alan Hopgood) that she really ... [read more]
‘Horses don’t like salads’ (1936)
Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed Stormalong, his new thoroughbred, on spinach and celery, ... [read more]
Snake for Christmas (1947)
After two days trying to find the thieves, the children have no food, so they must eat snake. Neza (Neza Saunders) is pleased with Helen’s cooking of the snake but Michael (Michael Yardley) can’t face it. Neza offers some live ... [read more]
‘Through that door!’ (2006)
Mrs Foil (Amanda Bishop) suggests that Shane’s picture belongs in the Art Museum. Setting off through a red door in an attempt to find it, a disembodied voice reminds Shane (Shane Dundas) and David (David Collins) that they have forgotten ... [read more]
Contacts are not mates (1990)
Police Sergeant Micky McClintock (Gary Sweet) has abseiled down dozens of stories of one of the city’s tallest buildings to place himself in a position to talk to a 'jumper’, someone who’s threatening to suicide. [read more]
Fairy story comes true (c1935)
This black-and-white Rinso soap powder cinema advertisement from 1935 shows two young girls dressed in fairy costumes dancing in a lounge room. When they finish, one asks her mother to tell them a story. The mother tells a story about ... [read more]
Cattle and TB (1984)
Vet David Bradley undertakes the dangerous job of testing wild cattle for tuberculosis. [read more]
‘Holden’s number one’ (c1966)
This black-and-white television advertisement for Holden sedans and wagons incorporates the 'Holden’s Number One’ jingle. The cars feature prominently in three scenarios – a suburban family going on holiday, a group of friends on a skiing weekend, and an affluent ... [read more]
‘Tell him I need him’ (2007)
The burdens of office are affecting John Curtin’s (William McInnes) health. His daughter Elsie Junior (Asher Keddie) feels helpless in the face of his returning depression and confides as much to her mother, also Elsie (Noni Hazlehurst), while close friend ... [read more]
‘Just to prove that I met him’ (1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australia’s Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, begins with Mrs Clementine Churchill in curlers waving out a window to the camera. It then shows Sarah Churchill in the garden, Mrs Randolph Churchill getting ... [read more]
‘I sit next to Toby!’ (2003)
Mr Tesslar (Robert van Mackelenberg) introduces his science class to his newest piece of equipment, the MFE machine. Garth (Brook Sykes), the school bully, is totally bored by the whole thing until new girl Dina (Saskia Burmeister) upsets Elizabeth ... [read more]
Rescue demonstration (c1929)
A team of lifeguards on Bondi Beach enact a rescue demonstration to save someone caught in the surf. A lifeguard, with a safety line strapped to his body, runs into the surf while those ashore cable the line out to ... [read more]
‘This is not a horse’ (1983)
Harry Telford (Martin Vaughan) watches his new horse arrive on the docks from New Zealand. His wife, Vi (Celia de Burgh), wonders why the horse looks so skinny. The buyer, Dave Davis (Ron Liebman), thinks the horse is a joke. ... [read more]
Cheryl descends into hell (1997)
Back on the streets and while under the influence of heroin, Cheryl tells us her story. She was raped by her father at 10 years of age, had a child and her mother threw her out of home at aged ... [read more]
‘This is a black country’ (2005)
Greg tells us that there is no such thing as an Aboriginal person. There are Waddi Waddi, Gubbi Gubbi, Warlpiri, but the Aboriginal person does not exist. He offers an explanation of the necessity to strengthen blood ties. [read more]
