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Into the void (1983)
Jenny is determined to show her worth to the rest of the group, even if it means tackling abseiling when she has a terror of heights. [read more]
A ride in the old bus (1934)
Mr McBride (Frank Bradley) takes Monty (Frank Leighton) to Mascot to meet the ‘flying parson’ (Eric Colman). Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, playing himself, offers to take them for a joyride over Sydney. [read more]
Meet the Browns (1997)
Middle child Matilda Brown says that youngest sibling, Joe, is getting all the attention. Eldest child Rosie says that Matilda told her she would kill Joe because he got all the attention. Joe says that his sisters are ‘horrible and ... [read more]
The Williamson style (1994)
Playwright David Williamson talks about the characters in his plays. Three theatre directors talk about the complexity of performing Williamson’s work. They are Robyn Nevin, Aubrey Mellor and Graham Blundell. [read more]
Revisiting the property (1995)
Political refugee, Chen Xing Liang, revisits the Northern Territory property that he walked to after illegally landing in Australia by boat. He is greeted by the family who helped him. [read more]
The ruined Saturday (1991)
Arthur (Garry McDonald) wants to spend a quiet Saturday morning at home reading the paper while he drinks a cup of tea. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door and Maggie is accused of stealing a clock from the house ... [read more]
Drowning the sorrow (1996)
A young boy lays unconscious on the sand. He is helped to his feet by his mother (Roslyn Trillot-Watson) and father (Ted Hopkins). A white woman (Jo-Anna Lawson) takes young Waxy (Jarred Wall) by the hand, and leads him towards ... [read more]
The wrong place (2007)
The six Iraqis and six Cambodians have swum ashore from the Indonesian fishing boat. The captain Muluk (Sawung Jabo) tells them to climb a sand dune and wait for a bus, but he knows there is no bus. When the ... [read more]
The carnival begins (1952)
On 15 March, in ‘brilliant sunshine’, people begin streaming into the Hollywood picnic grounds. A ban on buses to the venue means that people arrive by car, truck, motorbike and on foot. Members of the crowd hold banners, peace signs ... [read more]
Freezing the meadow (1997)
Arktos, the villainous but silly snowman, implements his dastardly plan to freeze over the world with ice and snow to create a winter wasteland. [read more]
The Straford family (1927)
This silent 9.5mm home movie footage is of the Straford family, filmed mostly by Vivien Straford in the late 1920s. [read more]
The lost children (1954)
Two young sisters, Sally and Roberta, have left their home for the Birdsville Track to get help for their mother. They have their dog, a bottle of water, and a wheeled cart in tow. The youngest picks up her recorder ... [read more]
Baptism (1994)
Henry Warburton (Peter Coyote) baptises Ort (Jamie Croft) and his mother, Alice (Lisa Harrow). Tegwyn (Amanda Douge) refuses to accept Henry’s brand of faith and salvation. [read more]
Violence and brutality (1980)
A radio broadcast quotes from Jean Genet’s essay ‘Violence and Brutality’ (1977) while a bomb is constructed. [read more]
Learning to read (2000)
After discovering that his cellmate and ‘protector’ Williams (Tony Martin) can’t read, Sonny (Kick Gurry) teaches him. [read more]
Pointing the bone (1967)
A kadaitja man (magic man) points the Death Bone at Jubbal (Ed Devereaux). The wanted man (Kamahl) farewells his woman (Julie Williams) and surrenders to Peterson (Konrad Matthaei). [read more]
The new invincibles (2002)
The men of Cityside Bowling Club enter the lion’s den for the final. Bogarra Bowls Club, run by arch-enemy Bernie Fowler (John Clarke), is a poker machine palace that also has bowling greens. President Len (Frank Wilson) gives a stirring ... [read more]
‘More than just transportation’ (1968)
This advertisement for the Holden Monaro HK begins on the racetrack amongst sleek sports cars, champion drivers (including Norm Beechey) and adoring female fans. A sequence of still images of foreign sports cars and sophisticated young consumers enjoying leisure activities ... [read more]
The fighting highlanders (1982)
The western lakes of Tasmania are being opened up to expert trout fishermen. They have travelled over bush tracks in a 4-wheel drive to find the perfect fishing spot where plump trout called 'the fighting highlanders’ are caught. [read more]
The fever breaks (1987)
Buster (Rebecca Smart) has a high fever, the result of a bad cold caught while out on the road in the rain, and she’s in danger of dying. Lily (Noni Hazlehurst) thinks she should be in hospital but Mac (Bryan ... [read more]
