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Patricia and Willow (1998)
Patricia is the student and Willow is her mentor. Together they are preparing a project about the history of the community in Patricia’s home suburb of Sydney. Through photos and documents they gradually build the story of inner-city Sydney as ... [read more]
At the bank (1984)
Maggie wants to cash her pension cheques at the bank so that she can offer Arthur the money to buy a new car. [read more]
‘Let’s get this show on the road’ (1996)
Lewis (Ben Mendelsohn) struggles to get started after selecting his six actors. Roy (Barry Otto), his most enthusiastic recruit, takes over and demands that they perform Mozart’s opera, Così Fan Tutte, rather than a variety review. Roy explains the plot, ... [read more]
Reception and photographs (c1914)
The camera films the wedding party compose themselves for still photographs at the reception. Some of the guests are also shown. The clip ends with the bride and groom standing in front of a staircase smiling for the camera. [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]
‘It was my 98th day on the wagon’. (1981)
Michael Stacey (Ray Barrett) introduces himself and his milieu – the beautiful beach of Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast and a town full of ugly buildings. He is a once drunken, now disgraced, former senior cop trying to write ... [read more]
‘Life was never the same again’ (2001)
Lisa’s (Phaedra Nicolaidis) once normal teenage life is thrown into chaos after her father Remo (Michael Futcher) crashes his plane on her 14th birthday. Her family and the town have difficulty adjusting to Remo’s disfigured appearance. [read more]
Against narrative (1992)
Academic Michael Jennings discusses Benjamin’s ideas about narrative in the context of the Weimar Republic of the 1920s and early ‘30s. This is juxtaposed with early ‘90s street scenes from a newly unified Berlin, including the partly destroyed Berlin Wall. ... [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]
Apology (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the apology to the Stolen Generations given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008. Interwoven are the personal experiences of Sue Gordon AM of the Yamatji Nation and Sam Dinah of ... [read more]
‘What did I do to his father?’ (1971)
Banner (Gerard Kennedy), Vickers (Chuck Faulkner) and Peters (Terence Donovan) question George Flack (Gerard Maguire) over the assault of John Kelso (John Fegan). Kelso won’t talk about the incident to the police but is a little more forthcoming when he ... [read more]
Pulling down houses (1974)
In the streets of inner-city Sydney, residents gather to protest against the demolition of their houses and the dissipation of their local community. As a local strums on his guitar and sings a protest ballad, we then see a montage ... [read more]
Child workers (1985)
Joe (Christopher Schlusser) is ill and has come back home. Things have changed. His father (Tony Llewellyn Jones) is now helping around the home and has signed the pledge, promising he won’t drink again. Talking to Joe, he shows a ... [read more]
‘He was writing all the time’ (1995)
Upon their return from Paris, Christopher Houghton (Martin Jacobs) and Sorel Atherton (Angie Milliken) are greeted at the airport by their friends Jeremy Fliszar (Jacek Koman) and Meredith (Fiona Stewart). Scenes in Paris with a couple called Avery (Martin Jacobs) ... [read more]
Boys – lay down your lives for the empire (1990)
It’s 1914 and Australia is preparing for a war in Europe. In voice-over, Scratch (Lachlan Jeffrey) recites the reasons why Australia’s young men should fight for the King. When Sydney rabbito Ned Crocker (Nathan Croft) is asked when he is ... [read more]
Salute to the Aussie male (1982)
The program’s survey says that the Aussie buttock is the sexiest attraction to the Aussie female. [read more]
Down in the drains it can get scary (2005)
The wicked Dr Drain has caused a dangerous acid to leak into the drains from a spill outside. His dastardly plan is to destroy the purifying plants in the Cleansing Sea and turn it toxic. Desperate to save it, Vegety ... [read more]
Mail delivery evolution (1970)
This clip summarises the history and development of the actual delivery of mail items to their recipients, beginning with the first official delivery of mail to the colony of New South Wales and ending with the PMG’s acquisition of a ... [read more]
A ‘belly’ big upset! (1989)
Pete (Sam Vandenberg) and Rabbit (Stuart Atkin) are competing in a highly competitive spaghetti-eating contest, skilfully hosted by Tiger (Cameron Nugent). Gribble Junior (Lachlan Jeffrey) uses the remote control to help Rabbit eat multiple bowls of spaghetti but he eats ... [read more]
