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The singing chef (1952)

In the kitchen of a small restaurant, while watching over boiling pots of soup, a cheerful singing chef (entertainer Bobby Limb) shares the secret of his delicious evening meals – he uses Nestlé's packaged soups. As the soup impresses the ... [read more]

‘I take you now!’ (1977)

Burton (Richard Chamberlain) rushes home in a panic. He has sent his wife and children away because he fears the coming flood. A violent storm damages the house as he calls to Charlie (Nandjiwarra Amagula) to show himself. The owl ... [read more]

Bev and Bob Birtles (1996)

Presenter Greg Grainger visits the home of Bev and Bob Birtles. They are caring for Yindi after he was rescued from a bushfire and will eventually return him to the wild. Grainger then introduces us to some of the problems ... [read more]

‘I’d back her next season’ (1949)

Sam Curzon (Charles Tingwell) repays the money he stole from father WJ (Charles Randall) and mother Laura (Muriel Steinbeck). Surrounded by her family, June (Nonnie Peifer) attempts to walk for the first time since her accident. Hugh Duncan (James Workman) ... [read more]

Where Australian films go wrong (2009)

This clip considers whether filmmakers and funding agencies should take some of the blame for the industry’s problems because they make the kinds of films that Australians don’t want to see. Industry figures interviewed include Brendan Cowell, Phillip Adams, Alan ... [read more]

Teaser and title sequence (1965)

In this teaser, leading in to Homicide’s opening title sequence, convict Edgar Thompson (Roy Alexander) is on the run after escaping from the prison farm at Beechworth. He heads for a shack in the countryside, not realising that a man ... [read more]

‘Flowers for Miss Manners’ (1931)

Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) prepares for an evening at the Hotel Plaza. In the hotel dining room she takes her first look at society matron Mrs Nash (Nellie McNiven) wearing the pearls her father has asked ... [read more]

Unusual pets (1989)

Vali introduces her eel and frog and speaks about how the frog needs to be treated. [read more]

American hotdogs (1957)

On a beautiful day at Bondi, two members of the American surf lifesaving team and one from the Hawaiian team take to the water to show off the latest surfing techniques. They are in Australia for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, ... [read more]

‘What you might call cheerful’ (1994)

Jeff (Russell Crowe) yells at his dad Harry (Jack Thompson) for never turning the taps off after he has a shower. As Harry dishes out the dinner, he explains to the audience that his son is gay, or as he ... [read more]

The instructional guide to dating (2005)

You can watch The Instructional Guide to Dating here in its entirety. An air hostess (Lara Cox, voice-over by Avigail Herman) gives an in-flight safety demonstration of ten instructional ‘steps’ to dating. Each dating ‘destination’ is displayed on an animated ... [read more]

Anzac Cove to Quinn’s Post (c1915)

Filming from Watson’s Pier at Anzac Cove, the camera pans along the steep hillside at the beach, across the area the Australian and New Zealand troops had to assault on 25 April 1915. This shot is from three months later ... [read more]

Cost-efficient but ‘human stupid’ (2000)

This clip covers the end of the 20th Century, where we learn that East Timor voted and Indigenous Australians wanted their land back. ‘When Iraq wanted oil-producing Kuwait back again, car-driving America drew the line’. Computers are cost-efficient but 'human ... [read more]

The dead heart (1989)

The great expanse of salt that is Lake Eyre sits 15 metres below sea level with temperatures that can soar to 60 degrees Celsius. For the most part, the Lake Eyre dragons – and the ants they feed on – ... [read more]

‘Vicki’s in trouble!’ (1994)

Alex (Elena Mandalis) has just seen that Vicki (Dora Kaskanis) is being sexually abused by her own father (George Harlem). She runs to the home of her English teacher, but leaves when a man – another teacher – answers the ... [read more]

A mother’s worst nightmare (1982)

Police troopers bring Maydina (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) and the children back to Mrs McPhee’s property. Mrs McPhee (Julia Blake) asks to keep the children on the property but the decision is made to remove them to institutional children’s homes. Maydina protests ... [read more]

The words of the prophet (2007)

Niaz (Niaz Khan Shinwari) visits a refugee community and asks an artist, Agha Jaan (Agha Jaan), to read him a letter from his cousin Anousha in Peshawar. Agha Jaan comments on Niaz’s inability to read, quoting the words of the ... [read more]

Not a domestic mouse (1976)

Harry Butler is handling a native mouse he’s found in the grasslands of northern Queensland. He explains what makes this creature different from the house mouse. [read more]

The opening of Murray 1 Power Station (1969)

The Murray 1 Project, in the Snowy Mountains Scheme, is officially opened by Prime Minister Harold Holt in July 1967. [read more]

Cliffhanger (1918)

Jack (Snowy Baker) has pursued the German spies to the secret beach from which they will rendezvous with a German ship. Master villain Brasels (John Faulkner) has kidnapped Jack’s girl Myee (Lily Molloy) and tied her to a rock, where ... [read more]

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