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‘You ever shot a horse?’ (1971)
At the Matlock police station, Sergeant Bert Kennedy (Vic Gordon) gets a call from Mrs Templar about an injured horse. Detective Curtis (Grigor Taylor) and Constable Hogan (Paul Cronin) set out to investigate. Meanwhile, Les Baker (Danny Adcock), currently a ... [read more]
‘Where are you blokes from?’ (1994)
After a drunken night at a pub in Broken Hill, the three drag artists – Mitzi (Hugo Weaving), Felicia (Guy Pearce) and Bernadette (Terence Stamp) – awake to find their bus defaced with an anti-gay slogan. They leave the city ... [read more]
Wheat harvesting (1899)
This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899. It shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop ... [read more]
Science for bureaucrats (1961)
At Mawson base on the Antarctic coast, the new men settle into their tasks, gathering vital weather information to send back to Australia. The radio room operates 16 hours per day, communicating with home base via Perth, Western Australia. A ... [read more]
‘I feel like a slut’ (2007)
Jerry (Nathan Phillips), Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) and Pete (Khan Chittenden) visit the scene of the crime in the culvert, with a few other friends. Jerry does not know that Pete and Cheryl took part in the bashing. When Jerry breaks ... [read more]
‘Murder suicide’ (2002)
At the club, Barry (Bryan Brown) and Darcy (Sam Worthington) shift the bodies of two men that Barry has just shot. Detective Sergeant Ray (Sam Neill) arrives. The policeman is Barry’s main paid fixer of problems. Back in the outback ... [read more]
No work (1982)
We see all the characters in a typical day – babysitting, doing house work, going to the dole office, eating fish and chips at the beach and shopping for hair dye. [read more]
New girl (1985)
Buzz (Mitch Ambrose) checks out the new girl at the rink. His girlfriend Francine (Shanti Gudgeon) is jealous and calls Susan (Sherie Graham) a ‘daddy’s girl’. When Susan’s dad (Bruce Myles) arrives with a jumper for her, Buzz introduces himself ... [read more]
Aerial acrobatics and flying formations (c1935)
From inside an open cockpit, John Mack captures three Tiger Moths flying in a staggered formation close by. A single plane does some aerial acrobatics including a loop-the-loop, a falling leaf and flying upside down. [read more]
She, from Epsilon (1995)
An old lady (Alethea McGrath) tells her two granddaughters (Chloe and Phoebe Ferguson) a story that a man once told her. It is about a woman from the star Epsilon, in the Southern Cross, who arrives unexpectedly on earth. She ... [read more]
Chooks and hypnosis (1992)
Dad (Richard Moir) tries to impress Miss James (Robyn Gibbes) with his pet chook Russell. Linda (Joelene Crnogorac) hypnotises the chook and then she hypnotises Pete (Ben Thomas) to act like a chook every time he hears the word ‘now’. ... [read more]
Fisher of women (1934)
The Reverend Cyril Maitland (John Longden) and his best friend, Dr Everard (John Warwick) go to the beach after visiting the home of Alma Lee (Charlotte Francis). Alma approaches the pastor as he fishes alone on the point. He resists ... [read more]
Snippy and Snooks (c1925)
A young boy, Snooks, chases the animated figure of Snippy up a ladder in his back garden. Snippy teases Snooks before springing over his head and up a tree, then onto a children’s roundabout. Snooks pushes the roundabout but Snippy ... [read more]
Discriminatory legislation (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins and Father Frank Brennan explain legislation brought in by the Queensland government to quash Mabo’s land claim. Barrister Bryan Keon-Cohen QC and historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation describe consequences of the legislation and its ... [read more]
‘I interfaced with your primitive circuitry’ (2000)
Cybergirl (Ania Stepien) and Jackson (Craig Horner) get to know each other as Cybergirl demonstrates her superpowers by influencing the electrical equipment in the bus. [read more]
‘How many have you had?’ (1933)
Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) and his son Joe (Tal Ordell) have become separated from the rest of the family during a visit to Sydney. They arrive home (at the Townleigh’s mansion) rolling drunk, to be castigated by Mum Hayseed (Katie ... [read more]
Of lice and women (2001)
Lola (Lola Marceli) has become obsessed with cleanliness since the departure of Ricardo, her husband. When she discovers lice in her hair, the family’s pet bird is tossed out the door. Lucia (Alice Ansara) loses most of her long hair ... [read more]
Scientific complexities and contradictions (2007)
David Bradbury heads across Scotland on a train to interview Professor Eric Wright, who disagrees with the findings of another scientist (Chris Busby, see clip one) about the increasing incidence of cancer around nuclear power plants. Wright’s own discoveries about ... [read more]
A disturbing dream (1982)
Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) dreams of her childhood. Aged four, Linda (Kristine Marshall) wanders through the deserted hallways of Montclare. [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]
