We are sharing footage of the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission from 1969 and also from news clips marking the 20th and 30th anniversaries of the Moon landing in 1989 and 1999.
In 2019, 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, the NFSA unearthed a rare recording of the historic event on Australian commercial radio, as it happened in 1969.
American-born Grace Gibson established one of the most successful radio production companies in the world. We celebrate her career by sharing some of the vintage radio dramas she produced.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the following article contains the names, images and voices of deceased persons.
A rare copy of the restored original TV broadcast of the July 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, previously given by NASA to the CSIRO, will now be preserved at the NFSA.
We've published footage from 1919 to coincide with the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, as part of the final phase of First World War centenary commemorations.
We mark the passing of 'Mr Movies', popular film critic and TV presenter, Bill Collins.
Celebrating the illustrious career of John Farnham, a legend of the Australian music industry, with our extensive online collections.
On 21 June 1999, Prime Minister John Howard opened a major extension to the NFSA building.
NFSA Restores: Eternity has premiered at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival. The acclaimed 1994 documentary has been digitally restored 25 years after its release.
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.
