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‘Try to look like a man’ (1928)
Billy has been summoned to report for military training, which he does not want to do. At the army camp, Billy (Keith Gategood) feigns illness, with a bad cough. The medical officer assures him that he is in the best ... [read more]
Meet the players (1980)
This first episode of Sale of The Century opens with a voice-over showcasing the prizes on offer, including a Mercedes Benz and a yacht. Host Tony Barber bounds on to the stage in his grey suit to rapturous applause from ... [read more]
‘No place for a woman’ (1960)
Ida (Deborah Kerr) has persuaded her husband to inquire about a job shearing sheep. In the contractor’s office, Paddy (Robert Mitchum) tries his best to avoid getting hired but Quinlan (Chips Rafferty) takes him on. He also has jobs for ... [read more]
‘Why can’t you give yourself?’ (1982)
British embassy staffer Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver) tells her new lover Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) that a Chinese ship is en route with arms for the Indonesian Communists. She wants him to leave before the country explodes in violence but ... [read more]
The Coral Sea (c1954)
This clip shows a lugger with a haul of shells brought back from the northern waters of Australia near the Coral Sea. A couple on tour in their Holden stop to watch the local islanders sorting the shells on the ... [read more]
The scam (1997)
Nikki (Frances O’Connor) is flirting outrageously with Paul (Geoff Revell) in a bar. He tells her he’s a patent attorney and then later tries to impress by saying he’s meeting up the next morning with ex-football star Zipper Doyle (a ... [read more]
Kangaroo hunt (1931)
Kangaroos are hunted in the bush to be collected for museums and zoos. A kangaroo hide is presented to the camera. Kangaroos hop into a fenced enclosure and are trapped there. Two men force a hat on one reluctant kangaroo ... [read more]
Coming a gutser (1937)
Patricia Blaydon (Shirley Ann Richards) has been invited by Lady Denvee (Bobbie Hunt) to ride with the local fox hunt. Lord Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway) gives some riding hints to a stranger on the road, then shows him some neighbourly kindness ... [read more]
Cecil de Milo (1939)
Mrs Chedworth (Rita Pauncefort) has chosen a new house befitting the social status to which she aspires – with statues and grand windows through which the neighbours can see her parties. Mr Chedworth (Cecil Kellaway) is disturbed at the speed ... [read more]
Women’s image (1976)
The filmmakers draw the title of the film on their naked bodies. By throwing a tomato on the lens, they remind the viewer that all images are constructed. Taking control of their own image, they begin a wild ride into ... [read more]
‘That’d be a mistake’ (2008)
Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) is confronted by cattle baron Neil Fletcher (David Wenham). Fletcher offers to buy Faraway Downs and use his influence to save Nullah (Brandon Walters) from being removed to a mission. Lady Sarah refuses his offer. [read more]
‘The man’s a lunatic!’ (1979)
Maurice Morpeth (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), an accident-prone stranger, hits town – literally. He’s the unwitting cause of injuries to Ray Turner (Serge Lazareff), his dog (Matilda) and damage to Lucky’s (Luigi Villani) car, his eggs and his hens. Peter Ramsay (John ... [read more]
Ear operation (2005)
In a week’s time Daniel Sims (Chris Lilley) will donate his eardrum to his hearing-impaired twin Nathan (Chris Lilley) in a world-first operation. A magazine journalist (Nicole Brady) interviews Daniel on his family’s property in rural Dunt, South Australia. [read more]
A, B and C (1965)
Detective Sergeant Bronson (Terry McDermott), Detective Fraser (Lex Mitchell) and Inspector Connolly (John Fegan) have three suspects for the murder of escaped prisoner Edgar Thompson. All were also suspects in an old unsolved robbery case, along with Thompson. A large ... [read more]
‘I come from a land down under’ (1981)
Men at Work sing about travelling the world and what it means to come 'from a land down under’. [read more]
She’s My Baby (1959)
This 1959 recording of ‘She’s My Baby’ by Johnny O’Keefe was recorded in Los Angeles, as part of an attempt to crack the US market. Produced by Ernie Freeman, the record features Scotty Turner on lead guitar and Barney Kessell ... [read more]
Introducing Mavis Bramston (1964)
A glimpse of the British performer’s ‘audition tape’ shows why Mavis Bramston (Noeline Brown) will not be the star of The Mavis Bramston Show after all. [read more]
An unlikely friendship (2003)
Van (Joe Le) returns to Carla’s (Daniela Italiano) backyard with a woman’s top he has stolen, hangs it on her Hills hoist clothes line, then goes to her flat and tells her it’s there. She asks if he has stolen ... [read more]
Judging a book by its cover (2007)
This is the opening title sequence to the series. Chief Librarian Frances O’Brien (Robyn Butler) prepares for her day at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre, and later leads a meeting with staff members Dawn (Heidi Arena), Matthew (Stephen Ballantyne), Ky ... [read more]
German shelling of Messines Ridge (1917)
Three soldiers walk in the bottom of one of the huge craters created when 19 mines were detonated under Messines Ridge, on 7 June 1917. Messines Ridge is now held by British and Australian troops, and it is being shelled ... [read more]
