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A bush boxing ring (2007)
After watching a newsreel of Lionel Rose, Ed (Xavier Samuel) and Paddy (Clarence John Ryan) build their own boxing ring in the wheat stubble, using old fencing materials. With only one pair of gloves, they take one each and spar ... [read more]
Charlie does a runner (2007)
Charlie (Luke Ford) has noticed that the front door is unlocked. He seizes his chance to go for a run, pursued by his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield). Both are wearing only underpants. Charlie runs into a stranger’s house to use ... [read more]
Take the tempo from the teeth (1948)
This 10-minute film, seen here in full, promotes the consumption of milk as a health product. Helen is having afternoon tea with a friend who compliments Helen’s grown son on his sparkling white teeth. Helen credits them to the large ... [read more]
On the tracks (c1940)
The Spirit of Progress train is filmed from different angles as it passes the camera, followed by a tracking shot of the train tracks taken from on board the train. The next section is a dramatised sequence which shows a ... [read more]
What price mateship? (1984)
Kev (Ray Meagher) catches up with Tommo (Paul Sonkkila) at the pub, where he gradually becomes aware that Tommo is hiding something. His worst fears are realised when he returns to the caravan to discover Ampy (Charito Ortez) has been ... [read more]
Where Australian films go wrong (2009)
This clip considers whether filmmakers and funding agencies should take some of the blame for the industry’s problems because they make the kinds of films that Australians don’t want to see. Industry figures interviewed include Brendan Cowell, Phillip Adams, Alan ... [read more]
The shaman (1991)
Native women grab the hat of Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) and play with it, enabling a diminutive shaman named Mestigoit (Yvan Labelle) to sneak up and confront him. [read more]
‘I’ve outgrown that’ (1977)
Robbie (Phil Avalon) takes Sandy (John Jarratt) aside and tells him to loosen up and enjoy his ‘last fling’. Sandy overhears Boo (Steve Bisley) telling Scollop (Mel Gibson) that he’s been with Sandy’s fiancée. Sandy attacks Boo. [read more]
Up the east coast (1954)
The cars make it to the checkpoint at Maryborough before heading north through sugarcane country to Bundaberg. Some of the entrants arrive in Bundaberg – the second scheduled checkpoint – where crowds line the streets to watch them pass. The ... [read more]
Wealth and poverty (1955)
This clip contrasts the wealth of the shipping industry business executives and their partners with the workers who struggle to get a larger share of the profits. In a dramatised sequence, a group of affluent people are on their way ... [read more]
Beneath his captor’s skin (2007)
Eli (David Lyons) sets about discovering the identity of the person who ordered his kidnapping and tries to further needle his captor, John (Travis McMahon), with the aim of shifting the power balance between them and gaining an upper hand. ... [read more]
Mary opens the trunk (2007)
Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) finds a framed photo of Houdini’s mother on her wedding day. 'She looks like you’, Benji (Saoirse Ronan) tells her. Mr Sugarman (Timothy Spall) enters, overhears the comment and confirms that McGarvie was 'the absolute image’ ... [read more]
Gary is woken up (2007)
Gary (Donnovan Mears) is a young dad awoken by his daughter Aspen (Aspen Beattie), who he immediately sends on an errand. [read more]
Arranged marriage (1975)
Murat (Ilhan Kuyululu) returns from Turkey. He tells Ayhan (Sait Memis Oglu) that his father has chosen a bride for him. [read more]
‘Of Middle Eastern appearance’ (2007)
After the shooting of a police officer, the call goes out to look for suspects ‘of Middle Eastern appearance’ and police target the Arab community. At the office, Zane Malik (Don Hany) clashes with his superiors Patricia Wright (Susie Porter) ... [read more]
‘(I’m) Stranded’ (1976)
This is a clip from '(I’m) Stranded’, performed by the Saints and written by Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey. This song and the single’s B-side, ‘No Time’, were recorded at Bruce Windows Studios in Brisbane. [read more]
‘Country Gardens’ (1919)
This is a pianola version of Percy Grainger’s ‘Country Gardens’ performed by the composer in New York in 1919. [read more]
The monster’s lair (2007)
Inside the cave the crocodile uses for its lair, the creature is coming for Pete (Michael Vartan), who finds himself trapped in a rock crevice. [read more]
Mum, dad, brother and bird (1999)
The narrator (voiced by William McInnes) introduces us to his home and family, with a focus on his brother. [read more]
Kids and bombs (2007)
Laith Stevens talks about the aspirations of the Laos people as we see a teacher in front of a class telling the kids not to collect iron to sell. Kids walking along in the bush look for scrap metal and ... [read more]
