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Oct 2011

Our Audiovisual Heritage

National Film and Sound Archive CEO Michael Loebenstein delivered a speech to mark the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October.

By Kylie Doherty / 27 Oct 2011
Film
Radio
Sound
Television
Sep 2011

What's that bug?

Can you identify the bug that was glued between glass slides over 100 years ago?

By Darren Weinert / 8 Sep 2011
Object
Aug 2011

Keep your analogue copies

NFSA Development Manager Executive Dominic Case looks back at the days when computers first infiltrated the film industry, and wonders what the digital present - and future - holds for film archives.

By Dominic Case / 8 Aug 2011
Film
Jun 2011
A variety of vintage camera and an ipod are displayed

Asia Pacific archiving

Rod Butler and Mick Newnham share the NFSA's preservation expertise in Noumea.

By Rod Butler / 29 Jun 2011
Film
Sound
May 2011

Visiting George Eastman House

Craig Dingwall arrives at George Eastman House as part of the NFSA’s exchange program.

By Craig Dingwall / 23 May 2011
Film

Paley Center for Media

The NFSA's Craig Dingwall continues his exchange program in the USA with a visit to The Paley Center for Media, in New York.

By Craig Dingwall / 16 May 2011
Film

George Eastman House exchange

Craig is visiting the USA in May as part of the NFSA's George Eastman House exchange program.

By Craig Dingwall / 10 May 2011
Film
Mar 2011
Shelf containing film rolls

Preservation training

Students and staff who work with the film collection belonging to the TVN Thoroughbred Racing Archive receive training from Conservation Officer, Pat O'Connor.

By Pat O'Connor / 4 Mar 2011
Film