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Patsy chooses a coffin (1999)
Bo (Russell Dykstra) takes his mother Patsy (Jeanie Drynan) to the funeral parlour, to choose a coffin. He runs into one of his classmates, Swifty (Marin Mimica), who has turned his woodworking classes to good use. Swifty offers his old ... [read more]
A deal and a bet (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) arrives home with Sergeant Flaxman (Chips Rafferty). His mother (Margaret Christensen) thinks he’s in trouble again, but the policeman explains their new deal: if Smiley can be of good behaviour long enough to get eight nicks on ... [read more]
Pizza and pie (1980)
Thelma Bullpitt (Judi Farr) has gone to Rome after winning the second prize in Myer’s Italian Week competition. Her husband Ted (Ross Higgins) doesn’t want to go, so Thelma takes son-in-law Bruno’s mother with her. Meanwhile, much to Ted’s horror, ... [read more]
Early Harold (1994)
Tenor Harold Blair was the son of Esther, a 14-year-old girl who had been raped by her stepfather. He was raised in a dormitory in an institution for outcast children. Herbie Shields, an Elder, recalls the hardships they both had ... [read more]
Marking Nanna’s grave (2006)
Aaron Pederson and his family come together to place a cross on their grandmother’s grave. They remove the existing plaque which said nothing of who she was, and replace it with a cross with her full details and a photo. ... [read more]
Movies by candlelight (1983)
Goose (James Lugton) tells a ‘horror road movie’ story by candlelight as the three friends retrieve stolen walkie-talkies. Judy (Nicole Kidman) wonders why they don’t make ‘nice movies’ anymore, where happy couples end up at the altar. Soon trouble appears ... [read more]
‘Follow that sheep’ (2005)
The errant washing is now heading towards Mrs Whistlehead’s farm with Bottle Top Bill (voiced by Graham Matters) and Corky (voiced by Emma Jane Hyland) in hot pursuit aboard their ‘special flying machine’. Fearing Mrs Whistlehead’s wrath they urgently try ... [read more]
‘You’re starting to like this guy’ (1997)
Constable Dee Suzeraine (Jennifer Kent) shows Detective Tessa Vance (Lucy Bell) a digital enlargement of the gorilla mask that murder victim Trevor Parkin was wearing. Meanwhile Detective Steve Hayden (Peter Mochrie) has discovered where the gorilla suit was hired. Tessa ... [read more]
Between two cultures (1990)
John Waiko is walking around his village holding a child. He speaks loudly about having been away for so long and acknowledges that he has confused some customary terms. The village appears almost empty. This sequence is followed by the ... [read more]
Jonah (2007)
After attending a conference on EBPSM – Extreme Behavioural Problem Student Management – student welfare officer Doug Peterson (David Lennie) decides to give Jonah (Chris Lilley) greater responsibility in the hope that he will 'rise to the challenge’. He ... [read more]
It’s a multicultural world (2004)
In the heart of Italian Leichhardt, Robyn Touchard is a chef whose family hails from Mauritius, the large island off the coast of Africa. She moves easily between her family’s cooking tradition and that of her husband, whose parents are ... [read more]
Cloning a dodo (2003)
Toby (André de Vanny) and Elizabeth (Bridget Neval) have been zapped and are just discovering their new powers. Toby is suddenly able to understand the science behind DNA sequencing and cloning, and to impress Dina (Saskia Burmeister), he decides ... [read more]
Saltwater Freshwater (2003)
This clip shows archival photographs of the family. Kathy Mills tells of meeting her husband David, and how music was an element that attracted her to her husband. [read more]
Escape (2004)
After an ambush by army officers and a shootout on the beach, Mary Bryant (Romola Garai), Will Bryant (Alex O’Loughlin), Martin (Tony Martin), Allen (Stephen Curry) and Cox (Dan Spielman) make a second very narrow escape, leaving behind Sam (Abe ... [read more]
‘I don’t trust you’ (1997)
Nikki (Frances O’Connor) and Al (Matt Day) are driving across the desert in a four-wheel drive they’ve stolen, having just driven away from a petrol station where Al pulled a knife on a truck driver who’d earlier tried to force ... [read more]
Benefits of mechanical harvesting (c1925)
A man manually harvests wheat with a scythe while women bundle up what’s left behind. This system is then contrasted with harvesting using horse-drawn Australian made machinery which is pulled through the field with greater speed and efficiency. [read more]
Staying with Pop (2006)
Thomas’s mother (Della Rae Morrison) sends Thomas (Adam Corunna) to live with his grandfather in the country. His Pop (Jim Holland) takes Thomas fishing with his cousin Dwayne (Dennis Simmons Jr). Thomas begins to bond with his Pop (Jim Holland), ... [read more]
Beyond belief (2007)
In interviews, two Jordanians – journalist Rana Husseini and Dr Amal A Sabbagh (experts on honour killings) – both dispute Khouri’s claims in the book and enumerate factual errors. Interwoven with these interviews are re-enactments, animations and Khouri reading from ... [read more]
Lord Birdwood at Hampton Court (1948)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, features a close-up of Lord Birdwood looking at the camera and presenting Hampton Court. [read more]
Portrait of Allan (1999)
This clip features William Yang’s monologue about discovering his friend Allan has AIDS. Yang tells Allan’s story through photographic portraits of Allan as his succumbs to the disease. [read more]
