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Home movies
This collection includes highlights of some of the almost 6000 unique home movie titles held by the NFSA.
Home movies capture candid moments of family life, holidays and special events. They can also record history as it happens and the unguarded moments of celebrities.
The earliest footage in this collection is of a Higgins family picnic in Hobart, in 1909. There are scenes of The Beatles and Winston Churchill, the Melbourne Olympics and Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.
Also featured are behind-the-scenes glimpses of artists, circus performers, hairdressers and holidaymakers.
More to Explore
We take a peek at the sugar-laden world of children's parties, with films dating from the 1920s to 1950s.
Film curator Tara Marynowsky looks at a preserved collection of 16mm home movies of Wirth's Circus and the family that ran it.
Philippe Mora shares family home movies that feature rare footage of the Melbourne art scene of the 1950s.