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Apr 2020
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

Vale George Ogilvie

George Ogilvie – widely recognised as one of Australia's most acclaimed theatre, film and television directors – passed away peacefully on 5 April 2020.

By Johnny Milner / 9 Apr 2020
Photographs
Television

Talking Pictures on Tour

In 1929, Hoyts – with help from Studebaker and the Shell Oil Company – loaded cinema sound equipment onto a truck so regional Australia could experience the latest in 'talking pictures'.

By Nathan Smith / 1 Apr 2020
Film
Mar 2020
Colourful graphic of three arrrows

The NFSA is Always Open Online

Our doors may be closed temporarily but when it comes to the NFSA, we are always open online.

By Noel Wheatley / 23 Mar 2020
Documents
Film
Object
Oral History
Photographs
Posters
Radio
Sound
Television
Chris Taylor with Gurindji elder Jimmy Wavehill along the Wave Hill Walk-Off route in the Northern Territory

National Treasures

Discover the stories behind some of Australia's beloved – and also lesser-known – national treasures.

By Stephen Groenewegen / 18 Mar 2020
Television

Vale Don Burrows

With the news of the passing of Don Burrows, Australia has lost a giant and pioneer of modern Australian jazz.

By Thorsten Kaeding / 13 Mar 2020
Sound
Close up of a hand painted image of actress Marie Lorraine, aka Isabel McDonagh.

McDonaghs' Scrapbook

The NFSA has unearthed a rare scrapbook created by the McDonagh sisters around the release of their film 'The Far Paradise' in 1928.

By Mel Bondfield / 12 Mar 2020
Film
Object
A rose-pink tinted image of a woman looking off into the distance.

The McDonagh Sisters

For International Women's Day, we present a portrait of the pioneering Australian filmmakers, the McDonagh Sisters – Isabel, Paulette and Phyllis.

By Graham Shirley / 4 Mar 2020
Film
Photographs
Sydney Harbour with the bridge in the background

McDonagh sisters' filming locations

Can you help us identify these Sydney locations from landmark 1920s films made by the McDonagh sisters?

By Graham Shirley / 4 Mar 2020
Film
Feb 2020
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NFSA Stories: Paralympic Gold

A determined son found footage of his mother’s gold medal win at the 1972 Paralympics in the NFSA collection.

By Amanda Diaz / 28 Feb 2020
Film