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An ill wind (1985)
Two US weathermen were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation when the US exploded a test hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands in 1954. Lamont Noley believes their exposure was the result of insufficient knowledge and care. Don Baker believes ... [read more]
‘Industrial quantities of shazoom’ (2006)
Mr Jonathon (Ben Miller) is feeling intense pressure after the loss of his only boy dancer, Jason. He promotes Tenille (Shayni Notelovitz) to the lead role, but he realises he needs more razzle-dazzle, a few show stoppers, in his grand ... [read more]
‘What’s today’s adventure, Bill?’ (2005)
The opening titles for The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill show Bottle Top Bill (voiced by Graham Matters), his best friend Corky (voiced by Emma Jane Hyland) and their surrounding environment being constructed from items found around the home. Today’s ... [read more]
What Claire sees (2011)
Claire (Sigrid Thornton) describes what she saw on the day of the incident. In flashback, she hears a commotion outside her home and sees Wayne (Luke Ford) smashing his car into her husband’s Jaguar, while Greg (Vince Colosimo) is still ... [read more]
Speaking forensically (1991)
Ian Cochrane (Sean Scully) finds a vital clue. Superintendent Wallace (Peter Cummins) tells Jock Brennan (Paul Sonkkila) that he will have to drill Cochrane on how to testify to the forensic significance of the find in court, a prospect Brennan ... [read more]
Don Bradman’s captaincy (1982)
Former international cricketer Bill O’Reilly recalls Don Bradman’s captaincy during the 1937 and 1938 test cricket series. [read more]
Incompetents at work (1986)
While our intrepid private detectives (Terry Bader and Richard Healy) are bungling yet another case, shadowing the factory owner’s wife (Anna Maria Winchester), their Girl Friday (Debra Lawrence) takes on the dirty work on the factory floor to find out ... [read more]
Scotties (1983)
While spending the day sick at home, Julie Fry (Rebecca Stewart) develops a theory about paper and tissue boxes. [read more]
Middle harbour scenery and canoeing (1927)
This clip from a silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Castlecrag Estate shows people alighting from a car and walking through the bush at Sylvan Glades to the foreshore of Middle Harbour. Two rowboats and a small motorboat are shown floating ... [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]
Magnetic Island (1926)
An intertitle describing Magnetic Island – only six miles from Townsville – introduces sepia-tinted images of passengers on board the daily service from Townsville. Another title card explaining Magnetic Island’s beaches and picturesque thatched roofed bungalows precedes a green-tinted and ... [read more]
Her gracious majesty (1977)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visit their loyal subjects in Victoria in 1977. We see them disembark from their plane to be greeted by dignitaries, and a crowd of children waving flags. ... [read more]
Second Test in Melbourne (1933)
This newsreel shows highlights of the second Test in the 1932–1933 series, which was won by Australia. It includes England’s Harold Larwood bowling to Jack Fingleton; Don Bradman batting as well as being bowled out; ‘Tiger’ Bill O’Reilly who was ... [read more]
Jack Johnson training (c1909)
In a medium shot, the camera films American boxer Jack Johnson training in preparation for a fight. A small crowd has gathered as Johnson warms up, wrestles and then practises with a sparring partner. A man with a stopwatch moves ... [read more]
One degree (2005)
As Jasper Morello (Joel Edgerton) reflects on the navigational error which resulted in a man’s death and may have cost Jasper his career, his wife Amelia (Jude Beaumont) hands him the letter assigning him to his next voyage. [read more]
Now or never (2001)
Writer Evan (Samuel Johnson) types in his room. His story, heard in voice-over, describes a woman’s decision to return from 12 years of solitude in the mountains, after deciding it was 'now or never’. He is interrupted by Will (Joel ... [read more]
Mother Tongue (2002)
You can view the short film Mother Tongue here in its entirety. In Korea in 1976, a young Korean girl and her mother record daily events for the girl’s absent father, then learn English in preparation for their move to ... [read more]
‘I’ve got your picture, she’s got you’ (1992)
Kerry (Belinda McClory) is shadowing Jack (Richard Sutherland) and his new girlfriend (Ola Chan), one of the nurses from the hospital. Her voice-over shows how close to the edge she is. The lovers are stopped in the street by a ... [read more]
Building for progress (1949)
Two men look at a drawing of a housing estate plan, a model of low-rise flats and a miniature of a freestanding house which can be easily extended as the family grow. Inside a factory at Homesglen, Victoria, workers construct ... [read more]
Looking for Mr Holt (1967)
This is mute unedited black-and-white footage showing members of the beach party retracing their steps soon after losing sight of Mr Holt. [read more]
