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Oct 2019
Two film canisters sit on a table service with the film partially unwound.

Home Movie Marathon

The NFSA celebrates Home Movie Day 2019 by participating in a Home Movie Marathon that also coincides with the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.

By Jeff Wray / 17 Oct 2019
Film
Mar 2019
A partly colourised photo of a nautical-themed float in a 1930s street parade. On the float a woman dressed in white sits on a large-scale model of a sea creature.

Australia in Colour

The NFSA provided nearly three-quarters of the footage used in the groundbreaking four-part series Australia in Colour.

Film
Television
Jan 2019
A boy holds a phone on a selfie stick against the backdrop of a video screen showing an underwater scene.

NFSA Video Selfie Booth

The NFSA Video Selfie Booth is now open in the Front Room at Acton.

By Chris Arneil / 29 Jan 2019
Film
A group of people wearing hats at a protest during the Great Strike of 1917

Australia's Great Strike Remembered

The NFSA is proud to announce that its reconstruction of the censored 1917 film The Great Strike has been inscribed in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.

By Miguel Gonzalez / 15 Jan 2019
Film

Vale Paul Neville

We pay tribute to former NFSA Board member and Federal Member for Hinkler, Paul Neville.

Oct 2018
Blue and white film cans sit on a blue mental shelf

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2018 takes place on 27 October. The NFSA's Gayle Lake and Richard Vorobieff discuss the significance of preserving our heritage.

By Rachael Priddel / 26 Oct 2018
The sails of the Opera House tower above a camera operator and a man in a hardhat. They are standing in a wooden box which is hoisted to a crane.

Newscaf: Sydney Opera House

Through our Newscaf program, we share footage of some of the famous stars who love the Opera House – including Oprah Winfrey and Jackie Chan.

By Beth Taylor / 22 Oct 2018
Photographs
Television

Anthony Buckley Home Movies

For World Home Movie Day on 20 October we share early colour home movies of Sydney and San Francisco from award-winning filmmaker and NFSA Ambassador, Anthony Buckley.

By Heather Gill / 18 Oct 2018
Film
The Sydney Opera House is festooned with red ribbons. There are many boats on the water in front of it.

Sydney Opera House Opening

Photographs, news and home movie footage capture the excitement of the opening of the Sydney Opera House, 45 years ago on 20 October 1973.

By Beth Taylor / 16 Oct 2018
Film
Photographs
Television
Sep 2018
The Olympic flag against a blue sky

Newscaf: 2000 Sydney Olympics

As part of our Newscaf series, we revisit the moment 25 years ago when Sydney won the right to host the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

By Adam Blackshaw / 13 Sep 2018
Television