Contemporary artists like Stiff Gins and The Basics record on 19th century wax cylinder technology at the NFSA.
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Documents and artefacts curator Jenny Gall looks at a sheet music collection recently donated to the NFSA, and what it reveals about home-front life during the First World War.
Eight short 'Cartoons of the Moment' about the First World War, including one from April 1915 that heralds the start of the Gallipoli campaign.
An animal wrangler, film armourer and sound recordist discuss their careers in the Australian film industry in these Oral History interviews.
In these Oral History interviews, three filmmakers discuss their careers making documentary and drama for TV and film.
Three actors recall highlights of their lengthy careers in TV and film in these recent Oral History interviews.
Three popular musicians - Tex Perkins, Vika Bull and Todd Hunter - talk about their careers at length for the NFSA Oral History program.
Three journalists - Leigh Sales, Jeff McMullen and Sandra Sully - talk about their careers in these Oral History interviews.
This is how a sequined dress bought in Paris by Yass woman Kathleen Coen in 1925 became part of Australia’s film history.
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.