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A mix of white and First Nations people dressed in 1950s clothes dancing together.
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Article

NFSA Restores: The Coolbaroo Club

18 August 2023
VIEW
Artist Richard Bell seated in his studio in front of one of his works: a coloured Indigenous map of Australia with the words PAYE THE RENT across it
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Deep Dive: You Can Go Now

Watch a filmed conversation with First Nations artist Richard Bell at the NFSA.
24 August 2023
A fire ant seen at close quarters on a branch
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Science and Innovation

Science Week stories about spray-on skin, conservation, biosecurity, drones and more.
14 August 2023
Three white children, two boys and a girl, laughing and smiling together on a boat at sea. The youngest boy and girl are wearing colourful jumpers while the older boy wears a denim jacket.
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1990s TV shows for tweens

Remember the boom in Australian science-fiction and fantasy TV for kids in the 1990s?
Wendy Hanna  / 
9 August 2023

Category

  • Film
  • Photographs

Subject

  • Australian film
  • archives
  • cooee cabaret
  • George Eastman House
  • Sounds of Australia
  • awards
  • directors
  • Marius Sestier
  • 1920s
  • Aden Young
  • Australian cinema
  • Australian music
  • festivals
  • film
  • film restoration
  • NFSA Connects
  • Patineur Grotesque
  • staff exchange
  • storage
  • (-) preservation

Date

  • (-) 2010

Dec 2010

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Jedda
Jedda DVD release

Find out how the NFSA restored this groundbreaking Australian film for release on DVD.

13 December 2010
Film

Nov 2010

Paul Hogan looks at Linda Kozlowski in a still from the film Crocodile Dundee
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75 classic films preserved

The NFSA together with Deluxe Sydney and Kodak (Australasia) have preserved and made available 75 classic Australian films.

29 November 2010
Film

Oct 2010

Blue and white film cans sit on a blue mental shelf
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Reflections on film preservation

Can you ever truly say a film has 'been preserved'?

BY
 Dominic Case
1 October 2010
Film

Jun 2010

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Digitisation in New York

As part of an international exchange, Darren Weinert from the NFSA visits the International Centre of Photography in New York.

BY
 Darren Weinert
5 June 2010
Photographs

Jun 2010

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Testing photographic material

Testing photographic material of all types, for all types of stability issues.

BY
 Darren Weinert
3 June 2010
Photographs

May 2010

Two film canisters sit on a table service with the film partially unwound.
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Film repair and splicing

Juan Vrijs from Haghefilm gives a lesson in film repair and splicing.

BY
 Darren Weinert
17 May 2010
Film
Photographs

May 2010

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Gleason storage site tour

Darren Weinert inspected a large Technicolor collection at George Eastman House's Gleason Storage Facility.

BY
 Darren Weinert
17 May 2010
Film

May 2010

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Motion Picture Department

Visiting the Motion Picture Department at George Eastman House.

BY
 Darren Weinert
14 May 2010
Photographs

May 2010

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At George Eastman House

Darren Weinert arrives at George Eastman House.

BY
 Darren Weinert
12 May 2010

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