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Alma enters the picture (2006)
Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) is having trouble selling his film to production houses. As unimpressed studio executives watch his film in the cinema, Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill), a secretary, enters with cups of tea and eagerly watches the footage. Brooks ... [read more]
General disquiet on the Western Front (1918)
The Australian prime minister, Mr WM Hughes, arrives at one of the châteaux used as headquarters by the Australian Imperial Force during 1918, accompanied by the newly appointed commander of the Australian Corps, Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash. Later, the deputy ... [read more]
Phar Lap (1931)
Racehorse Phar Lap, led by strapper and trainer Tommy Woodcock, rolls in sand in his training ring. Phar Lap chases Woodcock for a sugary reward. A photograph of part-owner and trainer Harry Telford’s son atop the horse is followed by ... [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]
Citroën samurai (2000)
The Japanese man (Rikiya Kurokawa) uses his satellite phone to check on his snakes in Tokyo. He speaks to his girlfriend (Yoshiko Tatsumi), and to the police, whom he thinks are listening to his phone. He claims full responsibility for ... [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]
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]
Australian wilderness (1980)
Bob Brown paddles along the tranquil final stretches of the Franklin River. This is as it must have looked even before the first Europeans arrived in Tasmania. [read more]
‘One of us has got to go’ (1953)
The Sundowner/Ted Simpson (Chips Rafferty) saves McLeod (Max Osbiston) from being shot by Stapleton (Guy Doleman). Stapleton threatens Simpson and McLeod. Kim (Jeanette Elphick) tells McLeod that Ted is ‘the Sundowner’. [read more]
‘And so it came to pass’ (1918)
Ralph Manton (Roland Conway) has taken shelter at Kooringa Station after the road to Melbourne has been blocked by flood. Ralph takes a shine to Joan Stockdale (Evelyn Black), only daughter of the owners of Kooringa, and she to him. ... [read more]
Sharing kultcha (2005)
Amber Mercy tells us about her experience of participating in surf competitions around the world. Footage and photographs show surfers from different cultures. [read more]
Running the gauntlet (1995)
Louisa Correlli (Deborra-Lee Furness) runs the daily gauntlet from the gate of Blackstream Prison past the inmates in the exercise yards to her place of work in the prison’s psychology unit. [read more]
‘The colour of the bricks’ (1999)
Surfer Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) is about to return to Japan to work for his father, a butcher. He captures the people and places around him on camcorder, including his housemates Hana (Mikiko Ooka) and Tetsu (Jun Iwasaki). [read more]
Breaking the ice (1956)
With the ship held fast in the ice, Phillip Law decides to explore the largely unknown Larsemann Hills. The ship unloads a Weasel, an American over-snow vehicle, which will tow the specially constructed caravan, followed by a sledge. The plan ... [read more]
A new image (2007)
At a board meeting after Newtown has failed to make the finals, club president Murray 'Colgate’ Perry (John Jarratt) outlines his plans for a new image for the club, by recruiting a new style of player. Club stalwart Ned (Bob ... [read more]
Doing business (1982)
Three fishermen from the village visit various shops in town to try and sell their shark fins. [read more]
The discipline of writing (1988)
David Malouf explains why living in Tuscany is important to the way he writes, which includes the need to lock himself away. In Italy he is able to work through the morning until 10 am and then wander around with ... [read more]
‘Why are you here in my house?’ (1964)
While surreptitiously searching the old playhouse where the Stranger, Adam Suisse (Ron Haddrick), now lives, teenagers Bernie (Bill Levis), Jean (Janice Dinnen) and Peter (Michael Thomas) come across a strange electronic device hidden under the floorboards. They are bewildered to ... [read more]
Time, the enemy (1987)
Vince Lovegrove speaks of the onrush of time, and how it robs him of moments with his wife Suzi and young son Troy. Over photographs, he describes the 'real Suzi’: her career as a dancer, their meeting in America, the ... [read more]
Crossing the threshold (2007)
The daytrippers are inside the entrance to the spectacular Kingston Gorge and preparing to return to base when Everett (Robert Taylor) thinks he sees a flare in the distance, ahead of them through the gorge. The others look and see ... [read more]
