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Tenterfield beauty queen (2005)
Over footage of Cindy as a 17-year-old, we hear Cindy five years on, talking about what she has done since completing her HSC. She lists working in St George doing seasonal work; moving to Tenterfield to live with her ... [read more]
I’m the master! (1995)
The genies (Rhys Muldoon) and Baz (Glenn Meldrum) show Penelope (Alexandra Milman) that she is not really in control of them despite being their master. She orders that her room be cleaned of 'its useless mess and rubbish’ and whoosh ... [read more]
Growing a community (2002)
Mary Gregory is a Good Samaritan Sister who came to Claymore over a decade ago and has stayed ever since. She got people together in her large backyard as a first step towards encouraging them to get to know each ... [read more]
Petersen takes a dare (1974)
To protest against a prison sentence imposed on a stripper, the university’s Women’s Action Group, led by Peggy (Anne Pendlebury), decides to stage a live sex act on campus. Volunteer Moira Winton (Belinda Giblin) challenges Petersen (Jack Thompson) to take ... [read more]
You hungry? (1981)
Members of the bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob collect bush tucker on the beach. Les (Les Graham), driving with Vonnie (Veronica Rankine), talks about finding his birth family. [read more]
‘Life is beautiful’ (1991)
Marta (Sheila Florance) is dying. She has locked the door on her son and the landlord, but she allows Anna (Gosia Dobrowolska) into the flat. Anna gives Marta a dose of morphine, rather than see her taken back to hospital. ... [read more]
Check out your new neighbours! (2004)
Fergus (Sean Ohlendorf) and his father Don McPhail (Brett Swain) arrive in Melbourne on the bus, and it’s an embarrassing experience for Fergus. Their arrival at their new home in front of Sophie (Megan Harrington) and Angela (Heli Simpson), two ... [read more]
Play the game – floating and sinking (2002)
Host Sam (Angela Kelly) explores floating and sinking with parrot Muppet Portia, testing various objects in a basin of water. It is from the 'Play the game’ segment, designed to encourage parents to try some of these activities with their ... [read more]
‘Why do parents have to have children?’ (1989)
Pugwall (Jason Torrens) has terrible trouble trying to convince his parents he needs an amplifier. They just seem to lecture him all the time, while in comparison, Ortho’s (Jay McCormack) parents are really helpful, letting the band paint the garage ... [read more]
An ill wind (1985)
Two US weathermen were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation when the US exploded a test hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands in 1954. Lamont Noley believes their exposure was the result of insufficient knowledge and care. Don Baker believes ... [read more]
The truth of the matter (1988)
After three murders, Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) goes to see school teacher Morris Martin (John Waters), on a tip-off from Sergeant Ray Birch. Martin recognises the reporter immediately – he teaches his students a lesson based on an earlier criminal ... [read more]
‘She has the gift’ (2004)
Jack Flange (Alex O’Loughlin) has his eye on a local girl, Pearl (Diana Glenn). His boss Brownie (David Field) watches another woman – his estranged wife Trish (Kerry Armstrong), who has started farming her own leases nearby. Brownie’s oysters are ... [read more]
Patriotic procession (1915)
This newsreel segment shows a parade in 1915 for the French Red Cross. People dressed in costumes walk, ride horses or ride in horse-drawn carriages along an inner-city street of Melbourne, Victoria while trams can be seen in the background. ... [read more]
Welcoming crowds (1927)
Many small boats and crowds wait for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York and watch the HMS Renown enter Sydney Harbour. [read more]
Clive Barass, Australian champion (c1926)
This Australasian Gazette newsreel from 1926 shows Australian diving champion Clive Barass and his troupe diving from a tower at the Clifton Gardens Baths near Mosman, Sydney. Clive Barass dives followed by Arthur O’Connor, a young diver, who performs a ... [read more]
The lost children (1954)
Two young sisters, Sally and Roberta, have left their home for the Birdsville Track to get help for their mother. They have their dog, a bottle of water, and a wheeled cart in tow. The youngest picks up her recorder ... [read more]
The supernova of seduction (2002)
Dumby’s sister Clarence (Lisa Flanagan) and Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) share a marijuana cigarette under the pier. She is called away as their lips meet for the first time. Their courtship is watched by Gary’s team-mate Pickles (Tom Budge), who ... [read more]
A dancing stagehand (1932)
Tommy Dodds (George Wallace) demonstrates his storytelling skills to an unseen audience of musicians in the orchestra pit, during rehearsals for a new show. He is a stagehand, but he says he learned to dance while working on a pig ... [read more]
A new Australian film (2005)
Margaret Pomeranz reviews Rowan Wood’s feature film Little Fish, his second after his debut sensation The Boys. She uses clips from the film to enhance the review of the storyline and the actors’ performances, who in this case include Cate ... [read more]
‘So nice to be home’ (2007)
Christina (Franka Potente) returns reluctantly to the Gaita family home in Frogmore, after one of her regular absences. Her son Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is overjoyed to see her, but her husband Romulus (Eric Bana) is less demonstrative. Christina sleeps with ... [read more]
