For World Digital Preservation Day in 2024, we share the NFSA Technical Specifications for Preservation Digitisation, detailing our approach to the preservation, distribution and access of digitised materials.
In the film Malcolm, a small yellow car that splits in two steals the spotlight.
The lucky discovery of rare footage of Australian rock band the Easybeats delivered a performance treasure.
This second drop dives deeper into the undercurrents of 1984: a year when Australian music unsettled, seduced and provoked.
Videotape Specialist Richard Vorobieff looks at one the earliest home video recorders – and finds some rare gems.
In 2024, Australian radio lost one of its greats – Ron E Sparks, whose voice and charisma left an indelible mark on Sydney’s airwaves.
Australia’s first foray into the police procedural was a game-changer for the domestic television industry. First broadcast in 1964, 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Homicide.
In 1984, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the National Film and Sound Archive’s new headquarters in Canberra. Fast forward 40 years, and the echoes of 1984 still reverberate.
One of the films that has long been on the NFSA’s Most Wanted list has been found. Captain Thunderbolt, directed by Cecil Holmes in 1951, is a classic Australian tale of the rebel as hero.
We explore some key examples from our Sounds of Australia capsule, the NFSA’s annual selection of iconic audio moments, honouring recordings that have resonated deeply with communities and audiences across the country.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.
