Set in Australia in the 1950s, the days when the newsreels played at the cinema. Len, top cameraman for Cinetone News, lives on the edge, capturing the ever-changing face of Australia in the post-war decades. On the road, covering the Redex trials, the Maitland floods and the Olympic games, he finds an escape from his turbulent personal life, his failing marriage and his envy of his successful brother Frank, who has made it to the top in America... And there is Frank's former girlfriend Amy, who may be able to provide the stability Len needs so desperately.