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A blue charger and an angry cop (1975)
After his car is run off the road and his female companion killed, Inspector Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) chases the attackers in a blue Chrysler Charger, along country roads near Sydney. [read more]
Napperby (2000)
Interspersed with historical footage showing Napperby, Teddy Briscoe tells us about past musters and the many Indigenous men involved in them. Teddy tells us all the areas where mustering took place. [read more]
Redback (1995)
You can view the animated short Redback here in its entirety. A man, then a boy, try to kill a redback spider. But hard as they try, the redback lives on and has its revenge. [read more]
Bougainville healing (2000)
When the people of Bougainville Island were blockaded for forcibly closing the copper mine they had to relearn their traditional ways of medicine. We see them gathering, preparing and applying traditional medicine as they talk in voice-over. [read more]
Two roots (2004)
During a palaeontological excavation volunteer Nicola Barton found a remarkable fossil. The tooth contained two roots indicating a mammal. Dr Thomas Rich from Museum Victoria and the School of Geosciences, Monash University declared that it belonged to a mammal, not ... [read more]
Shanty houses and mine shafts (c1925)
A man stands outside the entrance to his small shanty home and smokes a pipe. A woman cooks in an outdoor cooking area. A man chops wood outside his home. Another man feeds his chickens. These scenes illustrate the shanty ... [read more]
Medicine (c1930)
This clip shows Balinese men and women lining up for, and receiving, injections from a foreign medical worker. A female nurse provides assistance and keeps the line moving. [read more]
Too much imagination (1979)
Jill’s frustration with Max (Ivor Kants) peaks after the second day of his indirect attempts to seduce her. She reacts coldly to his offer of tea and cakes. He tells her she’s a neurotic housewife, and denies flatly that he ... [read more]
I’m looking for someone like you (1998)
The five kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover the encrypted message in the web and intrigued, they each try to break it. One by one they ... [read more]
Can’t feed ‘em, can’t give ‘em away (1993)
The bank is about to foreclose on the Bell family property, although Matilda (Amy Terelinck) doesn’t yet know. The rural councillor Clive (John Hargreaves) visits Ben and Ellen Bell, as they prepare to call it quits. Ben and his co-workers ... [read more]
Taj Mahal and snake charmers, India (1958)
This clip begins with shots of the Taj Mahal and the extensive surrounding gardens in Agra, India. This is followed by two snake charmers, one of whom plays music to a cobra while the other holds a python in his ... [read more]
‘A kingdom of night-time pleasures’ (2001)
English writer Christian (Ewan McGregor) recalls his great love for Satine (Nicole Kidman), a courtesan at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in bohemian Montmartre. [read more]
You can be anything (1987)
Lilli (Judy Davis) takes Ally (Claudia Karvan) out for lunch. Overwhelmed when Ally talks about her father, Lilli cries in the toilet. [read more]
Indefinable moods (2001)
A series of abstract symbols and recognisable images – such as sky, grass and a house – metamorphose against the backdrop of a colourful Australian landscape. [read more]
‘You’re all mad’ (1979)
During her indoctrination at the Hyma Brotherhood’s compound, Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is told by Mrs Barker (Shirley Cameron) and Hodge (Max Phipps) that drinking human blood is the ultimate aristocratic act. [read more]
From joy to tantrum (1995)
The film opens with Jane (voiced by Rachel Griffiths) swimming in the sea she loves, walking by its shore and telling us of her joy at being pregnant. But when indoors, her mood flares into a tantrum. [read more]
‘I can’t help what I feel’ (1978)
Beth (Margaret Cameron) has left her husband and wants to live with her lover, Terry (George Shevtsov). Terry rejects the proposal, saying he does not feel the same way about Beth. [read more]
Child workers (1985)
Joe (Christopher Schlusser) is ill and has come back home. Things have changed. His father (Tony Llewellyn Jones) is now helping around the home and has signed the pledge, promising he won’t drink again. Talking to Joe, he shows a ... [read more]
Christmas barbarians (1995)
Mrs Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) has just measured Babe, because she’s planning on roast pork for Christmas lunch. The old ewe Maa (Miriam Flynn) is disgusted at the thought of someone eating a pig, but Babe is none the wiser. He ... [read more]
National Network Nightly News (1995)
Narelle Parkinson (Kitty Flanagan) and Ian Gooding (John Walker) present the National Network Nightly News, with a live cross to reporter David McGann (Shaun Micallef). Phil Toynby (Francis Greenslade) presents the weather. [read more]
