Sound Curator Tessa Elieff celebrates World Wildlife Day with a selection of field recordings of unique Australian wildlife.
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From 1958, the Top 40 pop chart helped bring the golden age of radio to a close and kickstarted a new era.
The NFSA has completed a digital restoration of the documentary Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters, about the very first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on 24 June 1978.
Meet the Amazing Miss A - popular ragtime pianist Winifred Atwell, who conquered the charts in the 1950s and later made Australia her home.
A look at the creation of the iconic 'Louie the Fly' jingle, named by the NFSA in 2017 as one of the Sounds of Australia.
On her birthday, we share images of Merle Oberon from the NFSA's Taussig Film Stills Collection. Publicity for the Hollywood star always claimed she was born in Tasmania but a different story emerged after her death.
Jenny Gall takes a look at some classic Australian film costumes and how they've shaped the memorable characters who wore them.
We're celebrating 30 years of our News and Current Affairs Program in 2018 by revisiting the big news stories that captivated a generation.
Matt Nettheim shares insights into his work as on-set stills photographer on films including Tracks, The Babadook, Rabbit-Proof Fence and more.
We're sharing a rare clip of Johnny O'Keefe, Dusty Springfield, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, and Brian Poole and The Tremeloes performing together on Australian TV.
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.