Revisiting Australia’s landmark music television program Countdown half a century after it began, Curator Simon Smith spotlights rarely seen moments from the golden era of 1970s music television.
Illustrated cards in Norman Hetherington's trademark Mr Squiggle style document a special connection.
To celebrate 50 years of Countdown, we’ve rounded up 13 surprising facts that define the show’s singular alchemy.
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.
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.
