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Fatso the wombat (2000)
By day nine of the Sydney Olympic Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has moved to ban the appearance of the wildly popular but unauthorised Olympic mascot, Fatso the fat-arsed wombat. Here, Director-General of the International Olympic Commitee, François ... [read more]
The pyjama game (1987)
Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell tells his version of the beginnings of World Series Cricket in 1978, when media baron Kerry Packer made Chappell captain. [read more]
The Olympic rings (1998)
Gina Riley and Brian Dawe are immersed in the logistics of the plan for the Opening Ceremony that has been put forward by Mrs Dundas (Linda Hagger) and her friend Joyce (Fahey Younger), apparently having completely forgotten that the contract ... [read more]
Scenes of village life (c1955)
This clip includes vignettes of village life on the Greek island from which the Gerakiteys family came, including: family members gathered around a table piled with food, locals gathered in a square for a celebration, and a group of people ... [read more]
Dressing the wounded in the field (1917)
Troops move forward in shallow trenches newly won from the enemy, past the wrecks of two tanks, and with shells bursting around them. Stretcher-bearers and walking wounded return in the other direction, past the wreckage of battle. In the field, ... [read more]
The art museum (2006)
When Shane (Shane Dundas) opens the Stuff Closet, David (David Collins) falls in. Shane follows and they both emerge in the Art Museum (the Art Gallery of NSW). They search for a suitable spot for Shane’s picture and finally ... [read more]
The Great Leader (1997)
At a celebration at Kim Il Sung Square for the founding day of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK or North Korea), a woman speaks to camera about her happiness and her devotion to the Great Leader, ... [read more]
Acting the goat (1958)
In Sunday services, Smiley (Keith Calvert) has volunteered to pump the organ for Mrs Gaspen (Ruth Cracknell) as part of his campaign to be good. One of his school rivals pushes a goat into the church, as the congregation sings ... [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]
Betrayal in the park (1991)
Andy (Russell Crowe) meets Celia (Geneviève Picot) at Martin’s house. She has not known of his existence in Martin’s life until just before this scene. She tells him that Martin is in the park, walking his dog. When he arrives ... [read more]
‘We could be kinder to each other’ (1991)
Johnny (Richard Roxburgh) asks Alexandra (Agnieszka Perepeczko) to forget the past and start over. [read more]
Montclare, 1950 (1982)
Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) reads her mother’s diary. In 1950 Montclare was converted into a retirement home. [read more]
The garden scene (1987)
This is an excerpt from the garden scene in Act One of Voss. Nighttime in the garden of the Sydney home of the rich merchant Mr Bonner, who will help finance Voss’s expedition to cross the country. Two of his ... [read more]
‘Optimism wears out with your boots’ (1938)
John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has been out of work for months when he runs into two old university acquaintances. They take a drink at a city bar, where a man selling shoelaces approaches. Joe Larkin (Alec Kellaway) is actually an ... [read more]
The women are running the show (1990)
Bill (Denis Moore) and Michael (Frank Whitten) are driving to the police station to pick up the teenagers. The police found them in a car that the household earlier reported missing. Out of ear shot of the women for the ... [read more]
The birth class (1995)
Jane (voiced by Rachel Griffiths) appraises the birth class with the eye of an intelligent, detached observer; the gossiping mothers-to-be, their partners and the patronising teacher all seem a bit ridiculous. But Jane is not without self-ridicule. [read more]
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]
Repairing the damage (1974)
Workers are shown in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy fixing roofs and securing tarpaulin for protection. Fallen trees, collapsed buildings, debris and shells of houses can be seen. [read more]
The creative explosion (1999)
With re-creations of a prehistoric tribe interacting with each other, the narration tells us that the survival of humankind has always depended on our ability to view and interpret the world, to feel for others and to think about the ... [read more]
The shoe uppers (c1924)
The leather uppers are sewn by machine and stitched together before being trimmed. A machine punches eyelets into both sides of the upper. This is demonstrated for the camera by a female worker. The uppers are then lined and stuffed. [read more]
