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Practice makes perfect (1998)
Private investigator Charles believes that once the barrier of fidelity has been broken, adultery is easier a second and third time round. Helen, Catholic mother of six, describes how her twenty-eight-year marriage ended as a result of her husband’s adultery, ... [read more]
Follow the signs (1998)
Private investigator Charles says the signs of adultery are easy to detect – new clothes, especially underwear, joining a gym, interstate trips and items on the credit card such as expensive restaurants. [read more]
Setting up camp (c1916)
This piece of documentary footage, taken on Mawson’s Antarctic expedition between 1911 and 1913, shows Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis and Dr Xavier Mertz setting up their tent. Another shot shows them lying in their reindeer sleeping bags for warmth. [read more]
Jack and Bryan (1983)
In this 1983 documentary, Australian actors Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown talk enthusiastically about the reviving Australian film industry. [read more]
No more pretty shoes (2004)
Shah reveals the irony of having planted landmines as an Afghan soldier then subsequently being the victim of a mine. His wife, Habiba, has lost a leg to a mine and regrets that she can no longer wear pretty shoes. ... [read more]
First women’s union (1983)
This clip talks about the conditions that led to the Melbourne Tailoresses Strike of 1882 to 1883. [read more]
Equal pay paradox (1983)
This clip examines the situation for women in the 1930s Depression when many were forced to work as the men in their families were unemployed. Denied equal pay and still being paid piece-rate wages, women were then vilified and unfairly ... [read more]
A very efficient secretary (1983)
This clip looks at how women were brought back into the paid workforce to fill the lower paid positions as the economy boomed in the 1960s. [read more]
Clown make-up design (1985)
A design is outlined on the face with an eyebrow pencil before applying the clown make-up. [read more]
’Dearest, I love you’ (1929)
The love of Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) for Lee Travers (Josef Bambach) is undermined by Paula’s feelings of remorse over her activities as a thief. [read more]
Dave in love (1920)
Dave (Tal Ordell) dances with glee after he receives a letter from his new sweetheart Lily White (Carmen Coleman). Joe, the youngest Rudd (Arthur Wilson) thinks he’s gone mad. The Rudd women crowd around to look at Dave’s photo of ... [read more]
God is love (1996)
A doctor describes Alicia’s condition and poor prognosis after the accident. Alicia and her family re-enact how they gathered round her hospital bed to pray while she is in a critical condition. Alicia and her father describe the moment when ... [read more]
‘Wake up, Mutti’ (2007)
Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) discovers that his mother Christina (Franka Potente) has taken an overdose. While his father Romulus (Eric Bana) rushes to get help, Raimond must try to keep his mother awake, so he tells her an impromptu story. He ... [read more]
‘Things to sort out’ (2006)
At the isolated farmhouse he has inherited, John (Mark Constable) hears voices from his past. He asks wife Emily (Victoria Hill) and son Edward (William Traegar) to stay at a motel while he sorts things out. [read more]
‘Everyone thinks you’re odd’ (1996)
Vicki-Anne (Rebecca Frith) is horrified to see that her sister Dimity (Miranda Otto) has come home late one night with Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov). Vicki-Anne bangs on Sherry’s front door, interrupting their attempt to get intimate. Dimity rushes home and ... [read more]
‘Who’s the lucky man?’ (1996)
Vick-Anne (Rebecca Frith) surprises Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov) with a preview of her wedding dress. He is brutal in his response to her excitement. Dimity (Miranda Otto) is bewildered when her sister takes off through the streets of Sunray, heading ... [read more]
‘I can’t leave, not now’ (2006)
John (Mark Constable) tells wife Emily (Victoria Hill) he needs to help uncle Tom by righting wrongs of the past. Unaware that son Edward (Wiiliam Traegar) is listening, Emily angrily tells John that uncle Tom is dead. [read more]
Street life in Rimside (2003)
At a loose end, Beau takes a stroll through the streets of Rimside. [read more]
Across the colour bar (2005)
Historical footage is intercut with an interview with Flora Hoolihan, daughter of Leandro Illin and Kitty Clarke. She tells of her mother being pursued by the police. We also see historical footage of children eating at a table in a ... [read more]
I love you Betty (1998)
Ari (Alex Dimitriades), Joe (Damien Fotiou) and Joe’s fiancé Dina (Dona Kaskanis) are at the ‘Steki’, a Greek nightclub, when Betty (Elena Mandalis) arrives, looking distraught. Dina has been flirting with Ari all night, but she recoils when he kisses ... [read more]
