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Mar 2022
Fox Movietone Productions van with a man standing on top operating a camera. The van is on the deck of the newly-constructed Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Harbour Bridge Opening

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932, Cinesound Productions' newsreel secured the scoop of a lifetime.

By Beth Taylor / 17 Mar 2022
Film
Photographs
Jan 2022

Deep Dive: The Witch of Kings Cross

Listen to a Q&A with director Sonia Bible at Arc cinema in 2021, after a screening of her documentary The Witch of Kings Cross.

By Karina Libbey / 13 Jan 2022
Film
Sound
Apr 2021
An open area in the middle of town with picnic tables and modern architecture surrounding a large square screen playing a film.

NFSA and STORYBOX

STORYBOX runs in Darling Square from 23 April to 30 June 2021, featuring original video works by NFSA.

By Rachael Priddel / 23 Apr 2021
Film
Mar 2021
A group of schoolchildren playing in an Adelaide park in 1925

Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey

Folklorist, author and performer Warren Fahey has produced an online series of Sydney Stories, featuring footage from the NFSA collection.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 26 Mar 2021
Film
Photographs
Television
Feb 2021
Guy Pearce in drag miming to an opera aria on top of a bus travelling through the desert

Exploring Australian Film Music

Explore one of the more under-appreciated dimensions of cinema through our Australian Film Music curated collection.

By Johnny Milner / 16 Feb 2021
Film
Sep 2020
The Olympic flag against a blue sky

Newscaf: 2000 Sydney Olympics

As part of our Newscaf series, we revisit the opening of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney on 15 September 2000.

By Adam Blackshaw / 14 Sep 2020
Television
Dame Joan Sutherland on stage holding flowers with the cast applauding her.

Before They Were Famous: Joan Sutherland

It was 70 years ago – on 10 September 1950 – that the 23-year-old Joan Sutherland won a major singing competition that helped set her on the road to international stardom.

By Adam Blackshaw / 8 Sep 2020
Radio
Sound
Jul 2020
A ferry is crossing Sydney Harbour with the shore and houses and apartments behind it.

Sydney public transport

Sound and vision of Sydney public transport from trams, trains and buses to ferries, hydrofoil and monorail.

By Beth Taylor / 24 Jul 2020
Film
Sound
Apr 2020
Black and white still of the back of a number 18 South Melbourne tram in the 1910s.

Trams and Melbourne streets

Take a step back in time and discover the charm of Melbourne more than a century ago.

By Jemma Pietrus / 28 Apr 2020
Film
An Anzac Day memorial in Sydney inscribed 'To Our Glorious Dead' and flanked by statues of two soldiers. Wreaths of flowers surround the memorial

Anzac Day Marches

As public gatherings to commemorate Anzac Day in 2020 are not going ahead because of COVID-19, we're sharing home movies of marches from Anzac Day in 1933, 1946 and 1980.

By Heather Gill / 15 Apr 2020
Film