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Australia at war with Japan (1941)

In a national broadcast Prime Minister Curtin announces that Australia is now at war with Japan. [read more]

‘Don’t get smart with me girly’ (1987)

Asta survives an attack by four youths. Local cop Wal Cuddy (Peter Aanesen) is indifferent to Asta’s complaints until she reveals herself as a lawyer. [read more]

Food preparation (c1919)

Female Red Cross volunteers weigh and cut up vegetables (including pumpkins and potatoes) and fill jars. Soldiers carve and paint wooden toy animals while the women make stuffed dolls. [read more]

Hanging out (2004)

Ganggu Mama (David Ngoombujarra) comes to town and sees his nephew Jackson (Clarence Ryan) hanging out with his mates Mr Deadly and Easy J. He suggests they join him busking at the Fremantle markets. [read more]

Thamar (c1936)

In this brief colour sequence from the ballet Thamar, Thamar seduces a man whom she is going to lure to her castle before killing him. [read more]

New China (1997)

Young Chinese fashion designers Guo Pei and Sun Jian talk about the differences between themselves and their parents, how modern Chinese youth really just want to make money, and how they have no interest in politics. [read more]

Piety (1998)

Grace (Justine Saunders) returns home to not much welcome. Her niece Loretta (Roxanne McDonald) leads Grace to her recently departed sister’s room. [read more]

Travelling north (1999)

William Yang travels north to Queensland where he grew up. [read more]

Dream sequence (1979)

Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is enjoying a picnic with boyfriend Derek Whitelaw (Rod Mullinar). Horrified to discover her food has been spiked with human blood, Kate turns to Derek, who now appears to be Hyma Brotherhood member Hodge (Max Phipps). [read more]

A passing evolutionary novelty (1994)

Cockroaches have been on earth for 300 million years. Humankind may seem like a passing evolutionary novelty by comparison. Cockroaches are remarkable survivors being highly sensitive to smell and air movement. [read more]

Leonie meets Joe (1991)

While celebrating with friends at a bar, Leonie Stevens (Linda Blair) meets Joe Martinez (Jerome Ehlers). When Joe starts a fight, Leonie intervenes and leaves the bar with Joe. [read more]

Denying reality (1997)

Looking back on those early days as a young man, Adam realises he was sexually attracted to guys but repulsed by that feeling. For him such feelings were wrong and when a guy once hit on him, Adam replied with ... [read more]

Shanghai’s Fashion Week (1997)

Chinese fashion designers Guo Pei and Sun Jian combine forces to present a fashion parade in Shanghai to extend people’s awareness of their brand. They talk about their design principles, combining Eastern and Western elements, and how they compliment each ... [read more]

Jobs versus environment (1992)

Local businessman Steve Bishopric, boating down a river with Peter Garrett, suggests ecotourism as a solution. [read more]

Kay Nesbit (2001)

Effie (Mary Coustas) interviews gunshot victim Kay Nesbit. [read more]

‘You just like other Lubras’ (1936)

Mara (Dennis Hoey) is surprised when Beatrice (Margot Rhys) invites his romantic advances and kisses him. She has been cool before this. Neither of them realises that the jealous Sondra has drugged Beatrice’s food. Mara soon recognises the symptoms and ... [read more]

North end excision (1994)

White pastoralist Grant Martin has inherited the property from his forefathers. Harry Dixon, an Aboriginal stockman, has been granted an excision of land for his family and a friend’s. Harry has lived on the property for 33 years and has ... [read more]

Start a cycle (1975)

Australian-born Hollywood studio executive Al Daff says film producers need to find scripts that will succeed with an audience in two years time. He discusses the popularity of disaster movies at that time (the Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno era) and ... [read more]

Terry Hicks meets Jon Mohammed (2004)

David’s father, Terry Hicks, seeks the truth about his son in Afghanistan. He meets David’s friend, Jon Mohammed, who was imprisoned in the cell next to David. Jon says David was a good Muslim. Jon was released after 15 months. [read more]

Accommodation on board (1979)

Adventurers Malcolm Douglas and Brett Nixon are travelling from Sydney to New Guinea on a five-metre motorboat. The men stop over on an idyllic, remote and untouched beach in far north Queensland and net fish near the shore. [read more]

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