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This is Desmondo Ray!
A peculiar man searches for love in a dark and troubling world. This clip starts with the interviewer, who acts as a conduit for both establishing a mystery from the past of Desmondo Ray and his...
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The Fringe Dwellers: As much right as anybody
The girls walk into a cafe for milkshakes. They are told to drink them at the counter. Trilby (Kristina Nehm) urges her family to sit down in a booth. The white patrons taunt them with racist remarks...
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Travelling North: Stupid and Infantile
On a return visit to Melbourne, Frank has had a heart attack. In hospital, Frank (Leo McKern) insists he will go back up north as soon as he can go, with or without Frances (Julia Blake). She...
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Road to Nhill: 'Ungrateful lot of bludgers'
Bob (Bill Hunter) tries to phone various homes to determine which bowling ladies are home safely. He calls Jean’s husband but Jack (Alwyn Kurts) is outside emptying the teapot. The ambulance has gone...
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Road to Nhill: 'We all need to keep calm'
While making his deliveries, stock and station agent Bob (Bill Hunter) has spotted the car of the local policeman parked outside a neighbouring farmhouse. Interviewed later, he suggests the policeman...
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Road to Nhill: Safe and sound and secret
Brian (Bill Young) has taken Nell (Monica Maughan) to the hospital, where her daughter works. Jim (Tony Barry) has been driving all over the district trying to find Nell, his wife. When he sees that...
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Regarding the epidemic of marriages
In this 1916 cartoon by quick-sketch cartoonist Harry Julius, an Allied soldier in a hospital bed is being cared for by a nurse. Suddenly he leaps up and proposes marriage to her and she accepts.   A...
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