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‘I’m dying to see the sights’ (1975)

The building’s wine bar is about to open up for the evening rush but Norma Whittaker (Sheila Kennelly) can’t figure out why Jane Chester hasn’t turned up for her shift (she’s too busy dealing with her druggie sister Debbie). Norma ... [read more]

‘This is the real world, Eddie!’ (2005)

Eddie (David Wenham) and his wife Tanya (Frances O’Connor) argue one morning about money. She has lost her contract at the university, and hasn’t been able to tell him. He has always been the practical one of the two, but ... [read more]

From the sheep’s back to bicycles (1938)

This clip from a home movie taken by Dr Ewan Murray-Will shows part of the parade in Sydney to celebrate Australia’s 150th anniversary of white settlement. It begins with a float celebrating the wool industry. This is followed by various ... [read more]

‘Let’s hand it over to the young people’ (1974)

The Pioneer’s ball is disrupted when the town’s young people show their anger, in retaliation for an earlier scene where the mayor has torched one of their cars. They unleash a storm of demolition. [read more]

Dancing in the garden of Eden (1933)

Dad Hayseed (Cecil Kellaway) is surprised when his peaceful Sunday is disturbed by a line of tap dancing girls in hiking shorts. He goes to quieten them down and meets the Townleighs, a well-to-do Sydney family enjoying a ramble in ... [read more]

‘Remember … Cadbury’s Milk Tray’ (c1955)

This clip contains two 30-second advertisements for Cadbury’s Milk Tray chocolates. In the first, a young couple going to a show make the evening romantic with the purchase of Milk Tray chocolates. The second shows a male and female ... [read more]

‘You take the minutes, do ya?’ (2008)

In the first meeting, Alex (Grant Dodwell) sees Freddy (Steve Rodgers) writing and asks if he’s taking the minutes. Freddy explains that he likes to write down things he’s observed as potential material for his stand-up comedy act. Cecil (Don ... [read more]

Miss Australia Beryl Mills leaves for the USA (1926)

This black-and-white Australasian Gazette newsreel clip shows a large crowd farewelling the first Miss Australia, Beryl Mills, as she leaves for the USA in 1926. [read more]

Dancing sarong (1950)

A woman in a dress dances to cocktail music as a female voice-over explains the features of the ‘Sarong’ girdle the woman is wearing beneath her clothes. The action freezes as the camera zooms in and ‘sees through’ the woman’s ... [read more]

Cheryl tries to shake the ‘monkey’ (1997)

Cheryl wants to give up her addiction to drugs (the monkey on her back) and prostitution. She agrees to dry out with the help of Samaritans ex-prostitute Rachel and her husband. Cheryl invites her boyfriend and pimp, Con, to visit. ... [read more]

‘The things that keep us in business’ (1990)

In the workshop, the apprentice mechanic Gary (Ben Mendelsohn) shows Noel (Dennis Coard) what makes a good or bad car. Noel sends a finance company official away, when he tries to get Gary to sign a loan document. Steve (Frankie ... [read more]

‘The front office doesn’t believe in promises’ (1980)

After the transfer of prisoners in the middle of the night, Mr Norton (Max Phipps) comes to apologise to Jackson (Bryan Brown) for the breaking of the deal. Norton talks about the fear he felt as a young prison officer, ... [read more]

‘You’re not taking the Kingswood!’ (1978)

Ted Bullpitt (Ross Higgins) is not keen on the idea when his wife Thel (Noeline Brown) suggests a second honeymoon in Paris. Their son (Kevin Golsby) announces that he is heading to Tibet. [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]

‘Now I’m gonna walk the land’ (2009)

Eddie (Luke Carroll) decides to leave Perth and return to Kalgoorlie. He looks for his blue jacket which contains a stone given to him by his uncle to take home. He questions his cousin Charlie (Leon Burchill) and learns the ... [read more]

Country talent starts at 10 years old (1995)

Ten-year-old Chantelle Delaney has come from Toowoomba in Queensland to compete at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. [read more]

By the camp fire we speak of love (2005)

A glowing campfire in the desert night. A voice-over tells us why we are here, in the desert, with elder and younger women only. It is women’s business, the lore of love. [read more]

‘You’re not the same people’ (1986)

After smoking a lot of dope, Trevor (David Argue) asks Kath about the crime she’s charged with – murdering a publican. Kath (Lydia Miller) tells them the real story. Nikki (Gia Carides) asks her why she ran away to Sydney, ... [read more]

Word play with Lotis (1992)

Poss (Erin Pratten) and Kim (Maria Nguyen) go into the lift, which is personified as Lotis, an artificial intelligence that talks to the children and can take them anywhere. When the girls talk about riding, Lotis opens the lift doors ... [read more]

Heather Henderson (2006)

An excerpt from a 14 minute interview with Heather Henderson, the daughter of Australian Prime Minister RG Menzies, in which she talks about her father’s home movies. Mrs Henderson describes how the home movies of London during the Blitz capture ... [read more]

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