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Lighting the sails of the Sydney Opera House with Olympic gold
Title:
Lighting the sails of the Sydney Opera House with Olympic gold
Year
2020
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
For one night only, on 25 September 2020, the sails of the Sydney Opera House lit up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of an iconic moment in Australia's sporting history and its preservation on DNA.
Cathy Freeman won gold in the Women's 400 metre race at the Sydney Olympic Games on 25 September 2000. Twenty years later the NFSA has preserved the video of the historic race for future generations using an innovative, sustainable, long-term storage technology: synthetic DNA.
This project is a world first, using emerging DNA data storage technology to preserve moving image for archival purposes. It is also the first Australian video ever to be encoded on DNA.
This preservation initiative is a partnership between the NFSA and the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH). Learn more about the project in this article.
© 2020 Images of Cathy Freeman and Olympic Games All rights reserved by International Olympic Committee. This footage shall only be used for personal/non-commercial purposes.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.