Stories

This year, we're marking World Television Day on 21 November by sharing two recent ‘finds’ in the NFSA’s vast television collection.

Australia's first female lifesavers are being formally recognised for their service, more than 70 years after they patrolled Terrigal beach.

A winner with a big heart and a liking for sugar cubes - Phar Lap's story captivated the nation.

These 1930s Cinesound casting books form the heart of the NFSA and National Portrait Gallery collaborative exhibition, 'Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits'.

These 19th century photographic glass slides purport to show images of both the living and the dead.

Just before his 100th birthday, Eddie Vormister (1918–2024) contacted the NFSA about donating his homemade film projector and home cinema set-up.

We mark Home Movie Day 2017 on 21 October with a curated collection of films from the NFSA collection.

'Homicide' premiered on TV on 20 October 1964. Here's 10 things you didn't know about the classic crime drama.

Berlei cinema and television advertisements and educational glass slides from the 1920s to the 1960s offer a window onto Australian fashion and social mores.

Listen to excerpts from Helen Garner reading her award-winning first novel Monkey Grip (1977) on Melbourne community radio in 1980.