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‘Manhattan skyline’ (1982)
The next contestant is Howard, a 22-year-old dancer from Victoria, performing his own choreography to a piece called ‘Manhattan Skyline’. [read more]
A question of teeth (1987)
Dola Darcy (Kaarin Fairfax) has offered her mother (Anne Phelan) the money to have her teeth done, as part of a campaign to help her look attractive so she can keep her husband from having affairs with other women. Dola ... [read more]
A film with extreme violence (2005)
David Stratton adds his bit to Margaret’s review. He’s going to give it a high score but he’s annoyed that the film claims to be based on true stories when he insists it’s not. However, what he particularly deplores, and ... [read more]
Coonabarabran, 1932 (1986)
Kylie Tennant talks about going to Coonabarabran to marry Roddy and her short-lived membership of the Communist Party. [read more]
‘Shotties are good’ (1999)
At his sister-in-law’s family home, Jimmy (Heath Ledger) meets two armed robbers. Deirdre (Susie Porter) has set up a job with them, so that Jimmy can get the $10,000 he needs to pay back his debt to Pando (Bryan Brown). ... [read more]
‘Police work is people’ (1993)
Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) and Wayne Patterson (Grant Bowler) arrive at the property of Old Man Doherty to follow up on some unpaid parking fines and find more than they bargained for in the form of a vicious german shepherd. ... [read more]
‘I believe in a committee of one’ (1979)
Bruce Perkins is an unusual man. He’s an engineer by training. He believes in a great future for the north but as he sees it, not if there’s constant interference from Canberra. [read more]
Topsy turvy Misrule (1973)
Father (Leonard Teale) is anxious about his important dinner party. He is trying to get Esther (Elizabeth Alexander) and the children organised but Judy (Jennifer Cluff) and Pip (Mark Clark) are late and get into trouble. [read more]
Young David Hicks (2004)
David’s father, Terry Hicks, talks about David’s troubled teenage years and his love of the country and farm life. David’s friend, Megan Harrison, says David was keen on horses. [read more]
‘I’ve come to help Alex’ (1980)
Sandra Rast (Carmen Duncan) is at the bedside of terminally ill son Alex (Mark Spain). Out of nowhere, Gregory Wolfe (Robert Powell) appears. Sandra and husband Nick (David Hemmings) watch as Gregory appears to cure Alex. [read more]
‘I don’t want to make a killing’ (1990)
At the end of a day’s work, Gary (Ben Mendelsohn) asks Steve (Frankie J. Holden) about his exploits as a street racer. They talk about whether the garage will have to close. Steve asks Gary to stay on, once his ... [read more]
City scenes in Melbourne (c1925)
This clip shows construction in central Melbourne during the 1920s. A crane lifts a concrete block from the back of a horse-drawn carriage and construction workers build a tall skyscraper. Traffic drives across an overpass above Flinders Railway Station. [read more]
What has Amos found? (2007)
Amos (Trevor Jamieson) shows his wares at the local pub. A couple of local miners (Geoffrey Foulkes-Taylor and Jed Elsbury) offer him a small amount of money for a nugget of 'gold’ weighing six ounces, to the disgust of a ... [read more]
Welcome to Kookaburra Springs (1972)
Stanley Evans (Harry Secombe) is welcomed to Kookaburra Springs by pilot Bill (Bobby Limb), publican Mick Cassidy (John Meillon) and Mick’s wife, Sal (Dawn Lake). The Cassidys’ young son, Stevie (Dennis Jordan), is planning to play pranks on the new ... [read more]
Childhoods (1985)
Joan Goodwin (age 73), May Pennefather (age 75) and Audrey Blake (age 68) each talk about their childhood growing up in Australia during the 1930s Depression. [read more]
Test cricketers (c1926)
This newsreel from about 1926 shows Australian cricketers, including Warren Bardsley and WM Woodfull, while on tour in England. It also features English cricketer JB (Jack) Hobbs. The Australian cricket team walk onto the field at Headingley Oval, England. Highlights ... [read more]
Helping hands (1970)
Max Pearson (Terry McDermott) and Dr Liz Sinclair (Margaret Cruikshank) attempt to distract Colonel Jim Emerson (Carl Bleazby) from his concern over the imminent birth of his child. Meanwhile Lori Chandler (Elspeth Ballantyne), Fiona Davies (Gerda Nicholson) and Rose Lang ... [read more]
Enter Sarah (2011)
Arriving at his Bondi Beach restaurant, Tom (Matthew Goode) is told by his manager (Kerry Fox) to ring Sarah (Bojana Novakovic), his wife. He rushes home to find she has some news. [read more]
My Aunty got taken away too (2011)
Daniel (Daniel Connors) is sitting with Linden (Christoper Edwards). Linden asks Daniel about his Aunt Cindy and says, ’my old aunty got taken away when she was little’. He goes on to tell Daniel how the old people used to ... [read more]
How to build some character (1999)
Wace (Hugh Jackman) and his brother Barky (Mary Denniss) argue about their mother and father, while playing darts with Trunny (Aaron Blabey) and Coppa (Andrew Wholley) at the King’s Hotel. Wace lectures his little brother about the virtues of keeping ... [read more]
