The NFSA has released rare footage of the ATN-7 Louis Armstrong television special ‘Riggio Presents Satchmo’, unseen since 1965.

National Reconciliation Week
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Feb 2022
In the fourth of a 5-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker reveals some of the women who shaped and redefined television content for women and children.
Dec 2021
This collection of hand-illustrated greeting cards from Mr Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington to Pat Lovell is representative of a wonderful working friendship.
Nov 2021
In the third of a five-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker celebrates some of the female producers and directors working in Australian television in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
A clip of the Easybeats performing 'Friday on My Mind' on British television's Top of the Pops in 1966 has been rediscovered.
Oct 2021
For World Home Movie Day 2021, curator Heather Gill highlights the work of Australia's amateur cine societies.
Jan 2021
Listen to a Q&A with the director of documentary Brazen Hussies (2020), Catherine Dwyer and influential feminist Elizabeth Reid.
Oct 2020
We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and Home Movie Day with footage of Australia's top overseas travel destinations.
Sep 2020
Thorsten Kaeding pays tribute to Max Merritt, the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and lead singer of Max Merritt & The Meteors.
On a recent holiday to Australia, a former child actor visited the NFSA to watch the Japanese Western he starred in more than 50 years ago.