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Placid tries to please all (2003)
Placid Lake (Ben Lee) takes the path of least resistance and tries to please everyone after his father Doug (Garry McDonald) attempts to de-program him. He adopts the appearance of a political activist for the sake of his parents, then ... [read more]
The Johnnies and the Mehmets (2006)
A bus tour of Australians is on its way to Anzac Cove and the guide tells us the story of the Turkish losses. Ninety thousand Turks lost their lives and modern Turkey emerged under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, the ... [read more]
‘What makes Australians tough’ (1933)
Mary Townleigh (Shirley Dale) has been found after being briefly lost in the bush. The Hayseeds open their home, and Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) suggests they stay until she is better. Mr Townleigh (Kenneth Brampton) doesn’t wish to be any ... [read more]
No kissing allowed (2005)
Yuri (Ewan Leslie) helps his grandmother Minnie (Naomi Wilson) as she clears up in the kitchen. Her forearm has the tattoo given to those who were sent to concentration camps during the Second World War. At the synagogue Yuri is ... [read more]
Childhood remembered (2005)
Black-and-white photos of the parents of the filmmaker, Colin and Gloria Johnston. Both parents recount their childhood, and when they first met. [read more]
New girl (1985)
Buzz (Mitch Ambrose) checks out the new girl at the rink. His girlfriend Francine (Shanti Gudgeon) is jealous and calls Susan (Sherie Graham) a ‘daddy’s girl’. When Susan’s dad (Bruce Myles) arrives with a jumper for her, Buzz introduces himself ... [read more]
Australia’s not involved in any war (1988)
In just a few carefully selected brush strokes, a middle class family is portrayed on the cusp of Australia’s entry into the Vietnam war. Drugs, sex and rock and roll are obsessing this younger generation and the war will bring ... [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]
Wood working machine rooms (c1924)
The camera pans across the wood-working machine rooms and shows men working on various stages of piano construction. Piles of cut-to-size timber are stacked on the ground. One man feeds a large flat piece of wood through a cutting machine ... [read more]
Gold fever (1983)
When gold was discovered in New South Wales, men and women dropped whatever they were doing and rushed to make their fortunes on the goldfields. Saloons and music halls sprouted to provide entertainment and to take their hard-earned gold from ... [read more]
Time machine test run (2007)
Dr Plonk (Nigel Lunghi) is accidentally transported 10,000 years into the past and captured by spear-wielding natives. Plonk pulls the alarm bell, but his mute assistant Paulus (Paul Brickwell) cannot hear it. Plonk narrowly escapes being burnt alive in his ... [read more]
Changes in the school yard (2005)
We see some of the unusual class activities at Hunter Sports High School in NSW, which has been making changes in an effort to turn around high rates of truancy and suspensions. The principal is interviewed about the problematic ... [read more]
Chut’s revenge (1936)
Shorty McGee (Harry Abdy) has punished his prize attraction, Chut the boxing kangaroo, by denying him water for two days. In the ring, Chut’s thirst and his hatred for the whip-wielding McGee boil over. Chut attacks the drunken McGee, inflicting ... [read more]
Palermo 10 (2004)
In this section, Palermo: ‘History’ Standing Still catches up with itself. It represents 1999, the year the film’s footage was shot. [read more]
‘Click, bang, dead’ (1988)
Phil Goddard (Nicholas Eadie) has been called up and is being trained for the war in Indo China. Meanwhile, the politicians are still pretending there are no American troops in Vietnam and that Australian conscripts will not become front line ... [read more]
A country cricket match (1935)
Grandad Rudd (Bert Bailey) challenges his neighbour Mr Regan (Les Warton) to a family cricket match, in order to avoid having to pay Regan for some pigs. The Irish Regan accepts, stipulating his own rules, including ‘no lost balls’. The ... [read more]
Avian flu in Hong Kong (2005)
In 1997 Avian flu erupted in Hong Kong. The government destroyed all chickens and the outbreak was contained. Virologists Robert Webster and Albert Osterhaus talk about the potential for human transmission. [read more]
Death at first sight (1988)
Workers in the funeral industry describe their reactions the first time they saw a dead body. [read more]
Launch at the GPO (1988)
Australia Post’s joint issue koala and Eagle Australia–USA stamp is launched in Sydney. [read more]
Children’s party (c1925)
This clip begins with a family of four – Mrs and Mr Albion with their two children Douglas and Wally – posing for a family portrait and is followed by a close-up of the youngest child, Douglas. The next scene ... [read more]
