The new NFSA documentary Steam on the Harbour showcases Darling Harbour as a busy railway goods yard, long before it became a Sydney tourist destination.
Sound designer, film preserver, florist, foley artist, yoga teacher, and animal voice-over artist: the many talents of NFSA Senior Curatorial Officer Annie Breslin.
On the centenary of Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch’s birth, we publish highlights from his early radio career in Australia.
An insight into Dennis Cometti's 40-year career in sports broadcasting.
We spoke to Malcolm writer/cinematographer David Parker and mechanical designer/1st AD Tony Mahood, two of the creative minds responsible for creating the quirky getaway in 1986 classic.
We take a look at props and designs for the beloved Australian comedy Malcolm (1986), starring Colin Friels.
In September 1956, one sentence – ‘Good evening and welcome to television' – marked the commencement of regular television transmission in Australia.
Did you know that in TV’s early days, a number of talented people built their own TV sets at home?
NFSA Audiovisual Preservation Manager, Danny Dawson, talks to Adam Blackshaw about his career highlights and the challenges of digitisation.
An Adelaide dentist and amateur filmmaker has donated almost 10 hours of footage which helps chronicle the Australian and international Paralympic movement in the 1970s and 80s.
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.
