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Villawood (2005)
Schoolgirl Ja’mie King (Chris Lilley) has discovered one of her 85 Sudanese World Vision sponsor children, Sonali (Nyathan Hoth Mai), has escaped to Australia and is in Villawood Detention Centre. Ja’mie and her friend Brianna (Emma Clapham) visit Sonali at ... [read more]
Rescue boats (c1929)
Teams of lifeguards ready their wooden boats on shore. One lifeguard is shown in close-up wearing a life jacket and swimming cap. The boats are pushed out to the surf while spectators watch from the beach. The teams of five ... [read more]
Lapstone Hill Hotel (c1930)
This clip shows members of the Archibald family spending a weekend at the newly opened Lapstone Hill Hotel in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The camera surveys the surrounding gardens, the hotel building and members of the Archibald ... [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]
Fastest finger first (1999)
Host Eddie McGuire introduces ten new contestants ready to play ‘Fastest finger first’ for their chance to compete for prize money. Steven is successful and sits down with Eddie who introduces him to the audience and prepares him for his ... [read more]
‘He’s a bloody Australian’ (1990)
Frank (Nicholas Eadie) and his son Ken (Christopher Parker) return home to find Mac (Chris Haywood) visiting. Mac tries talking to Ken in Japanese, angering Frank. His reaction upsets Aya, and she leaves the room. Frank, looking a little rueful, ... [read more]
Pedigree for a hanging (1993)
Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia. Narration and black-and-white stills tell the story of his upbringing and early life. He came from an impoverished family, brought up by his widowed mother. His wife, Dorothy Pirois recalls their ... [read more]
Making beautiful music (2003)
Catherine was principal cellist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra when she broke her wrist trying to save her cello as she fell. For a time it seemed she might never play again. [read more]
A baby cries (1989)
A mother sits holding her daughter, cradling her on her lap. A soft light falls over them. Beyond the light is darkness. Then the woman, now older, lies on her back, her daughter in a foetal position curled by her ... [read more]
Rebellion (1970)
Mrs O’Keefe (Phyllis Freeman) dislikes Jack (Tony Ward) for being a hoodlum and a Protestant. Against her mother’s wishes, Gillian (Judy Leech) goes for a ride into the countryside on Jack’s motorcycle. [read more]
World’s oldest living culture (1988)
An Aboriginal protest march took place on Australia’s bicentenary 26 January 1988. An Aboriginal speaker describes the invasion of Australia and the resulting problems of dispossession and poverty. She also says it is a day to celebrate the survival of ... [read more]
‘I hope they’re worth it’ (2000)
Trang (Deborah Le) helps in the garment factory and watches as her mother Trieu (Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hien), Uncle Le (Hieu Phan), Yen (My Lingh Thi Nguyen) and Linh (Suong Tran) work and chat. Trang also helps look after baby ... [read more]
SBS viewing highlights (1992)
An SBS presenter (Marg Downey) previews upcoming TV highlights on the station, and introduces a 'Ukrainian’ film. A scene at a Ukraine Comedy Club is interrupted when the on-screen subtitles go haywire. An unseen viewer flicks channels ... [read more]
‘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]
Nicola’s confession (1990)
Thandiwe (Thandiwe Newton) returns to her room after sneaking out to see Danny (Noah Taylor) by the lake. Head girl Nicola (Nicole Kidman) ticks her off before offering her an alcoholic drink and surprising her with an intimate sexual confession. ... [read more]
Come, follow Me (1992)
Nuns from the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy order discuss why they became nuns and some of them reveal why they left the order. Vocations are a call to serve God. [read more]
‘Single people’ (1995)
Children of divorced parents express their distress at the outcome. Sister Aileen Shanahan of the Aquinas College says that children often suppress their feelings with bad psychological results. [read more]
‘Keep our children’s natural inheritance’ (1995)
A community of ferals in northern NSW dance and sing at a gathering. They talk about their philosophy of child rearing, and the advantages they see in the way they have chosen to live. [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]
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]
