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Mr Johnson gets heavy (1990)

Danny (Ben Mendelsohn) arrives at the Johnson house for his first date with Joanna (Claudia Karvan). Mr Johnson (Tim Robertson) scares the daylights out of him, with very specific warnings that Joanna is only too familiar with. Danny is relieved ... [read more]

Wheel of fortune (1990)

The show’s opening features the major prize, a Holden Apollo car, as centrepiece of a veritable feast of ‘exciting prizes just waiting to be won’. A disembodied voice-over (John Deeks) introduces host John Burgess, who introduces co-host Adriana Xenides and ... [read more]

‘A history attains a mythology’ (1986)

A montage of clips from The Back of Beyond (1954), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Bluebird project footage, Gallipoli (1981), The Squatter’s Daughter (1933) and The Chain Reaction (1980) are accompanied by an audio montage ... [read more]

‘Rule with a rod of iron’ (1994)

Ces Waters, 57, is father to three teenage boys. Ces talks about his attitude to parenting and his own brutal background in the UK. [read more]

Colleano rehearsing on tightwire (c1939)

At his farmhouse near Allenstown in Pennsylvania, tightwire artist Con Colleano rehearses his routine. After completing his spectacular cape dance, he mounts the wire and continues practising. [read more]

‘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]

Ten years too fast (2005)

Willy talking to camera about what has happened in the last ten years. In 2001 he went to university but left because of the pressure, in 2002 he lost his mother. Willy speaks of the impact the loss of his ... [read more]

‘We don’t like Hendersons’ (1985)

In their local café hangout, the gang drink Coke, chat and play pinball. Ted Morgan (Ben Mendelsohn), son of a striking mill worker, looks forward to the ‘fireworks’ which will result from a walk out at the mill owned by ... [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]

A chat before lunch (2007)

Janine (Lille Madden) has been brought by her foster parents (Zoe Carides and Richard Sydenham) to meet her biological mother (Lily Shearer) and her family for the first time. The new circumstances are overwhelming, and being spoken to, spoken about ... [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]

Kiwirrkurra (2000)

Aboriginal artists Brandy Tjungurrayi and Charlie Wallabi paint their country. [read more]

‘Chant Vénitien’ (1904)

Dame Nellie Melba’s early recording of 'Chant Vénitien’, a song composed by Herman Bemberg, who accompanies her in this recording. It was made for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904. [read more]

City girls on an adventure (1983)

Ian Stapleton and his latest recruits have arrived at a remote bush setting after hiking into this wilderness. He talks about teaching all these city kids to become more self-reliant, especially the small number of disadvantaged girls who have been ... [read more]

‘I just want my boy back’ (2000)

After realising she has left her purse at home and cannot buy any fuel, Kymmy (Olivia Patten) steals a demijohn of fuel from the back of a 4WD parked at the service station belonging to a retired couple. Her mother ... [read more]

Putting things into perspective (1999)

We see rugby league coach Wayne Bennett in the change room after the Brisbane Broncoes have lost a match and players including Allan Langer speak of the respect that players have for Bennett. Bennett is then seen at home having ... [read more]

‘Come on mum’ (2000)

Grandmother Mona (Lynette Narree) and her daughter Kymmy (Olivia Patten) prepare for the return of Rowland, Kymmy’s son. [read more]

Ja’mie (2007)

Ja’mie (Chris Lilley) starts a student representative council and looks at changes that can be made around the school. [read more]

Tamara Toumanova (c1939)

Filmed in slow motion, Tamara Toumanova, wearing a green and black swimsuit, performs a series of leaps and poses on the sand at Bungan Beach. [read more]

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