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‘Wheelies’ and wheelie bins (2004)
Fergus (Sean Ohlendorf) gets into more trouble when Angela (Heli Simpson) and Sophie (Megan Harrington) discover he can walk. When the angry Richmond (Marcus Costello) and his sidekick Declan (Steven Bahnsen) arrive, things couldn’t get worse … could they? [read more]
Straight talk from an ex-girlfriend (1999)
Barky (Marty Denniss) goes to see his former girlfriend Lanny (Leah Vandenberg) at the bookshop where she works. She asks him about his brother Wace. Barky is upset when she says that his failure to talk to his brother is ... [read more]
Printing and Proofing (1994)
The workers in Printing and Proofing seem even more pious than Harvey McHugh (Aaron Blabey) – that is, until he accidentally discovers that they are selling government information to private investigators. His colleague Robertson (Richard Piper) explains what is going ... [read more]
‘What I really like about Australia’ (1985)
In vox pops a local man (John Harrison) and a Russian (Michael Veitch, with voice-over by John Alsop) tell us what they think of Australia. Two men at the pub (Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro) complain about Asian immigration. [read more]
Lima bean bullies attack! (1998)
A happily napping little kidney bean (voiced by Andy Tamandl) is attacked by two scheming, bullying lima beans (voiced by Helmut Bakaitis). They grow legs and sneak up on it, playing with the kidney bean as if it were a ... [read more]
Footloose (2002)
Inspired by US movie Footloose (1984), John Safran returns to his orthodox Jewish high school to protest against the school’s ban on dances. In a meeting with School Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, Safran quotes the same lines used by Kevin ... [read more]
‘You wanna race?’ (1988)
Alice (Bennendine Woods) is learning to drive her mother Sue’s (Madeleine Blackwell) minimoke. At the lights Mick (Donald Dale), a classmate from school and his uncle Roy (Tom Lewis) are pretty impressed when they see her driving. Roy offers to ... [read more]
‘Mongrels’ (1970)
Peter Mason (Nick Tate) bursts into his father’s office to accuse his brother David (Kevin Miles) of hiring one of his own accountants to spy on him. Jack Mason (John Tate) marvels at the infighting of his sons, but his ... [read more]
Chopping down a tree (1920)
This clip shows two lumberjacks chopping down a eucalyptus tree in 1920. [read more]
‘Nothing to call our own’ (1977)
Jack and Gary, two drifters in a stolen car, have picked up a young woman, Anna (Julie McGregor) at an outback service station. At Gary’s home reserve, Anna talks to an Aboriginal woman (Essie Coffey) about the causes of Aboriginal ... [read more]
‘Wish you were going too?’ (2001)
Evan (Samuel Johnson) is hours away from leaving for New York and his friends and flatmates gather at their usual haunt for going away drinks. Amidst the excitement, it looks like Alex (Claudia Karvan) and Evan may not get a ... [read more]
‘Let’s have a look at your piano’ (1981)
Peter (Norman Kaye) and Patricia (Wendy Hughes) meet for dinner at her flat, their third encounter in a week. He is anxious to move to the bedroom, to look at her piano, but she is uncomfortable with any man entering ... [read more]
Mish (1997)
A long dirt road stretches ahead. A watch is held up. Lena (Jamilla Frail) is walking ahead of Vaughn (Luke Carroll). Vaughn on crutches wants to stop because it hurts. Lena doesn’t want to stop. Vaughn asks Lena what she ... [read more]
You can’t turn back time (2003)
Maria fell in love with one of the crew on a cruise ship. They communicated for a while, until she took her brother-in-law’s advice and discouraged her suitor from thinking of marriage. She has always regretted not following her heart. [read more]
‘A glass church’ (1997)
Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) shows Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) a scale replica of a house made from glass and steel. Oscar proposes the structure be built and transported to Reverend Hasset in Bellingen. This clip also features narration by Geoffrey Rush. [read more]
‘Horses don’t like salads’ (1936)
Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed Stormalong, his new thoroughbred, on spinach and celery, ... [read more]
‘We all have to compromise’ (1982)
Newspaper publisher Mary Ford has disappeared, in suspicious circumstances. Developer Peter Houseman (Chris Haywood) appeals to building union boss Mick Davies (Dennis Miller) to lift his union’s ban. In a meeting with Kate Dean (Judy Davis) and his lawyer Philip ... [read more]
‘I don’t know who I belong to’ (c1988)
Kate (Justine Clarke) is upset when her friends find out she is adopted and is highly sensitive to how they respond. At a party, she thinks everyone is talking about her and, isolating herself, she drinks alcohol. When she is ... [read more]
Fighting at Fairyland (1922)
At a picnic Skinny Smith (Dinks Paterson) attacks Spud Murphy (John Cosgrove) when he sees Spud kissing Sally (Yvonne Pavis), who has recently rejected Skinny’s hand in marriage. Separated by bystanders, Skinny and Spud agree to settle their differences with ... [read more]
‘Can’t get much better than her’ (2007)
Pete (Khan Chittenden) and Jerry (Nathan Phillips) get drunk and stoned in their usual hangout, a culvert beneath a bridge, before going to the pub. Pete is keen on a girl there, but Cheryl (Gillian Alexy) chooses Jerry. Kenwood (Anthony ... [read more]
