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Under his skin (1985)
On a visit to Taronga Zoo, Stuart (David Kennedy) and Tommy (Jamie Agius) try to get to know each other better. Tommy is upset when two rude children laugh at his father’s skin colour. Tommy exacts revenge, the first sign ... [read more]
Domestic still life (1988)
Artist Tony Tuckson’s widow, Margaret, talks about her husband’s life. She admires him for supporting the family but has some regrets that she did not earn a living so that he could paint full-time. She talks about why he painted ... [read more]
‘A sculptured quality’ (1983)
American actor Dustin Hoffman says he wishes he could have been in Australia during the 1975-1983 renaissance. LA Times critic Charles Champlin says that Australian films have 'a discipline, a sculptured quality’. He refers particularly to Breaker Morant (1979). A ... [read more]
Inappropriate calls (1998)
Ambulance officers talk about inappropriate use of emergency vehicles. Some patients call an ambulance when they could have travelled to hospital by taxi or private vehicle. While this is quite legal, it could take the ambulances out of operation when ... [read more]
‘You white fella or black fella!?’ (1996)
As police reinforcements arrive at Wala Wala, Constable Larkin (Bryan Brown) realises he’s in trouble. In the desert, Pastor David (Ernie Dingo) realises he’s in trouble too – of a different sort – as old Poppy (Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie) tells him ... [read more]
Forty pieces of silver (2006)
Pete, a resident of Northcott public housing estate, recalls returning home to find a woman’s body surrounded by coins on the pavement. He believed that she had robbed dispensing machines and was either pushed or committed suicide from a high ... [read more]
Travelling dogs (2006)
As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry. Dion’s grandpa John Beasley talks about Dion’s drawings, and how he draws dogs in all different ... [read more]
Sydney Ferries advertisement (c1930)
This complete silent black-and-white cinema advertisement for Sydney Ferries from about 1930 opens with children swimming at Nielsen Park. A panoramic shot shows a swinging entertainment ride and a funfair. The advertisement ends with a family picnicking at Clifton Gardens. [read more]
Chimney (c1926)
Large steel plates are rolled through a machine to make a chimney that will stand at 150 feet high and be over eight feet in diameter. A cylinder shape begins to form. A hydraulic machine rivets pipes into the ... [read more]
‘What’s Vietnam got to do with me?’ (1969)
In the local park, at night, Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) tells his sweetheart Margie Harris (Rowena Wallace) that going to Vietnam is a waste of his time and money. They kiss, but she won’t let him go further until they’re ... [read more]
‘She’d probably come across for any guy’ (1977)
Kevin (Paul Couzens) and Anne (Eva Dickinson) have broken up, partly because he let his mate Bob (Carl Steven) see them as they were starting to have sex in her bedroom. Drunk and upset, Kevin tries to talk to Bob, ... [read more]
It Isn’t Done (1988)
Filmmaker Ken G Hall talks about directing Cecil Kellaway in It Isn’t Done (1937). [read more]
Dancing flowers (c1955)
A group of flowering plants – violet, white, orange, and purple – slowly blossom against a background of greenery. This is captured using time lapse photography methods. [read more]
‘We didn’t take their warning’ (1967)
Jubbal (Ed Devereaux) tells Peterson (Konrad Matthaei) he will not return to Cooper’s Creek. Peterson calls him a coward. [read more]
‘Is he kind to you?’ (1965)
Chris (Chris Tsalikis) offers Nick (George Dixon) money to leave. Margot (Janina Lebedew) tells her father (Robert Clarke) she loves Nick. [read more]
Sexuality (1980)
An older woman approaches her older male partner and caresses and kisses him. [read more]
Candy (1978)
When a passerby (Colin McEwan) enters a jeans store, he gets more than he bargained for with shop assistant Berys (Laurel McGowan) who prefers him to use her ‘boutique name’, Candy. [read more]
Without me you wouldn’t have jobs (2011)
Greg (Vince Colosimo) responds angrily after Hakim (Robert Rabiah) accuses him of underpaying his workers. He points out forcefully that if it wasn’t for him they wouldn’t have jobs. [read more]
