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The wild one (2007)
Raimond’s mother Christina has gone to live with another man – Mitru (Russell Dykstra), a former friend of Rai’s father. Romulus (Eric Bana) is now writing to a woman he’s never met, back in Europe. When Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee) discovers ... [read more]
The secrets of the Rift Valley (1999)
The prehistory of humankind is revealed in the footsteps left by a passing group of hominids, two males and a female, recorded in the volcanic ash for us to read and try to comprehend over three-and-a-half million years later. [read more]
A people’s band (2004)
Sammy Butcher talks about his experience as a musician with the Warumpi Band, and how the Warumpi Band was a people’s band, their songs having meaning that would have a positive impact upon their audience. [read more]
‘You ever shot a horse?’ (1971)
At the Matlock police station, Sergeant Bert Kennedy (Vic Gordon) gets a call from Mrs Templar about an injured horse. Detective Curtis (Grigor Taylor) and Constable Hogan (Paul Cronin) set out to investigate. Meanwhile, Les Baker (Danny Adcock), currently a ... [read more]
‘Who do you think you are?’ (2005)
Powerful local businessman Eden Fletcher (David Wenham) rebukes Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) for letting Charlie Wilson go. Stanley’s wife Martha (Emily Watson) overhears Fletcher describing the murder of her friend by the Burns gang. Fletcher orders Stanley to have Mike ... [read more]
The pram (1983)
After the title of the film, a man and a woman establish the conflict over what they would like to make a film about. A dramatic scene follows showing the use of a pram in a terrorist kidnapping. The film ... [read more]
Merriman arrives (1954)
A traditional dance is held to welcome company boss Peter Merriman (Charles Tingwell) to Thursday Island. Ted’s daughter, Rusty (Ilma Adey), offers to show him around the island. [read more]
Down the drain (2005)
This is the opening sequence, introducing the real-world characters Mary Jane and Stanley Staines and their crazy, imaginative mutant friends and monster foes from the drain – a perilous and fascinating world that they enter through a portal in the ... [read more]
The evolution of the waltz (1934)
This clip begins with six female musicians dressed in 18th century period costume on stage accompanied by an orchestra playing a minuet. After the minuet ends, the camera tilts back to show the orchestra pit as the conductor, Hamilton Webber, ... [read more]
Protection (2000)
Sonny (Kick Gurry) arrives in prison for the first time. He is offered protection by the police but an older prisoner, Williams (Tony Martin), takes him under his wing. Williams explains the unwritten rules of the 'big house’ as he ... [read more]
‘Clever fingers’ (1929)
Paula Marsh (Isabel McDonagh billed as 'Marie Lorraine’) returns to her father (Arthur Greenaway) after stealing from a jewellery store owned by John Travers (John Faulkner). Paula voices doubts about continuing as a thief. [read more]
A treasure hunt at Katoomba (1936)
At Echo Point in the Blue Mountains, lovers Jack (Harry Cantor) and Jill (Margaret Jackson) begin their quest to find a £500 cheque hidden in the area. They proceed along the Prince Henry Cliff Walk followed by other sightseers and ... [read more]
‘How are you?’ (1998)
Arriving at work for the day, Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton) tries to take Diver Dan’s advice and really mean it when she asks her clerk, Angus (Tom Long), ‘How are you?’, much to his bemusement. When court is in session, ... [read more]
Darwin Airport in the 1960s (1962)
Passengers cross the tarmac to board the new Boeing 707 jet aircraft. It stops in Singapore, Bangkok, Calcutta, Karachi, Cairo, Rome and London. [read more]
Take the trip (1999)
This clip opens with a wide shot of the bikes coming out of a bunker and two bikies with guns in a graveyard. There is fast cutting and a violent fight ensues. A narrator explains what Stone (1974) is about, ... [read more]
Starring – the house (c1988)
The real estate agent (Peter Felmingham) comes to look over the Georgallis family home and makes a few suggestions on how it could be improved for sale, upsetting most of the family along the way. His reaction to Con’s masterpiece ... [read more]
A delivery to King Billy (1956)
The crooked publican has tricked Smiley (Colin Petersen) into making a delivery of opium to the blacks’ camp across the river. This is supposed to be 'out of bounds’ to whites, but Smiley has clearly been there before. He gives ... [read more]
Inheriting the earth (1988)
Now a widower, Richard Eastwick’s (Hugo Weaving) son, David (Peter Phelps), had gone to fight in the First World War over his father’s objections. He is killed in action and Richard is heartbroken that he will no longer have an ... [read more]
‘Was a little one’ (2003)
Frank Djara introduces himself. Frank tells us diabetes is like a time bomb. Black-and-white photographs show Areyonga where Frank is from. We also see black-and-white photographs of Indigenous children. Frank introduces us to his childhood friend Jarla. The two men ... [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]
