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‘I want to dance with you’ (1992)
Scott (Paul Mercurio) dances alone while Fran (Tara Morice) watches from a hidden vantage point. She tells him that she likes his rule-breaking style and wants to partner him at the Pan Pacific championships. [read more]
Menzies with RAAF trainees in Canada (c1941)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies on his tour from England to the United States of America is introduced with a title card that says ‘RAAF Trainees in Canada’. It then ... [read more]
Charlie does a runner (2007)
Charlie (Luke Ford) has noticed that the front door is unlocked. He seizes his chance to go for a run, pursued by his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield). Both are wearing only underpants. Charlie runs into a stranger’s house to use ... [read more]
‘Scarcely black at all’ (1978)
After a night in jail for drunkenness, Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) joins the Reverend Neville (Jack Thompson) and Mrs Neville (Julie Dawson), his guardians, for Sunday lunch. He promises never to do it again, and outlines his plan to get ... [read more]
Aboriginal trackers (2001)
A photographer is lost in remote Western Australia. Constable Charlie Marks and a group of Aboriginal trackers have to find him quickly. They locate the photographer who has a broken ankle. [read more]
Farming classes at Dookie Agricultural College (1919)
This clip from a brief documentary shows an observational look at returned First World War servicemen in 1919 as they train to be farmers at Dookie Agricultural College and commence work at Merbein, Victoria. It begins with a title card ... [read more]
‘You’ve changed’ (1978)
Angela (Sigrid Thornton) accepts a lift from Daryl (Vincent Gil), her ex-boyfriend. Daryl cannot accept the end of the relationship and asks Angela why she has changed so much. [read more]
‘All these memories of you’ (2001)
Eddie Maloney (Ben Mendelsohn) hitches a ride back home to Coollawarra, his home town, as his brother Pete (Andrew S Gilbert) negotiates his way out of some free fish. At home, Pete’s wife Tully (Susie Porter) reiterates her opposition to ... [read more]
‘Don’t I know you, Dave?’ (2007)
Chris’s guests have arrived. Owen (Stuart Clark) is still there and has invited himself to join the clan gathering at the dining table. He rhetorically asks Dave (Syd Brisbane), the boyfriend of Chris’s ex, whether they know each other. Dave ... [read more]
‘I’m a drycleaner now’ (1998)
Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) is on the lookout for clues as to who killed his girlfriend’s husband, Noel Pomeroy, a car dealer. His first stop is Pomeroy’s old enemy Athol Amoroso (Tommy Dysart). Meanwhile, Stella Kinsella (Alison Whyte) heads ... [read more]
Dance with me (1982)
Margaret Coleman (Diana McLean) is having a party to celebrate her investment in the film project of her lover Mangione (Frank Gallacher) but things are not going well. Her husband Dick (Ronald Falk) has discovered just how much money Margaret ... [read more]
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher and King O’Malley (1913)
This clip shows prime minister Andrew Fisher and King O’Malley, minister for home affairs, laying a foundation stone each. There is a pan across the crowd in attendance. [read more]
New beginnings (1953)
Shot documentary-style, this early sequence shows the film’s four young Italian male migrants (Giuseppe Michelini, Luigi Borsi, Giuseppe Cusato, Giorgio Mangiamele) on deck and disembarking from their migrant ship in Melbourne. [read more]
Husband (1998)
Elvis Maginnis (Marcus Graham) is in his office at K for Kleen Dry-cleaning when he gets a call from his new girlfriend Carmen Francis (Belinda McClory). She has shocking news and, despite the misgivings of his employees Stella Kinsella (Alison ... [read more]
First surfboard (2004)
Huge, heavy and finless, the first Aussie surfboard was actually handmade by a visiting Hawaiian in 1914 using a piece of local wood. [read more]
Stupid dog! (2000)
Horace reluctantly helps Tina find Max’s (Jordan White) dog Sherlock at the animal refuge. [read more]
‘Who’s this Mullet bloke?’ (2001)
Eddie (Ben Mendelsohn) visits Tully (Susie Porter) at the kindergarten where she works. She punches him in the mouth, as a warm welcome home. He is dismayed to find out she’s married to his brother Pete. In the police station, ... [read more]
Cornfield surfing in Nebraska (2008)
Jonno and Stefan surf a Nebraska cornfield. In South Dakota they meet Chad and surf the roof of his barn. [read more]
Raising boys (2007)
Janet Merewether ponders whether her new son will miss having a dad. She’ll have to be both father and mother. She’s heard Dr Peggy Drexler, who has written a book called Raising Boys Without Men (2008), on the radio speaking ... [read more]
Gurindji country (1999)
Darwin sky at dusk, then a map that illustrates the distance between where Kingarli was buried and the place where she was born – the same place her son Speedy and daughter Kathy Mills are trying to have her returned. [read more]
