The NFSA has provided New Caledonia with a window into their history through a previously unavailable documentary made in the 1920s.
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Sigrid Thornton battled the ash cloud that grounded planes and closed airports to launch the NT Access Centre in Darwin.
The Marius Sestier film previously believed to have been shot in a Melbourne park has now been identified as being shot in Sydney's Prince Alfred Park.
Clare Stewart has been director of the Sydney Film Festival since 2006 but 2011 marks her final year. Here she reflects about the role of the 58-year-old festival.
Franklyn Barrett toured Queensland in 1925 with the screening of Cecil B De Mille's, 'The Ten Commandments' (1923) - accompanied by 11 tonnes of scenery, costumes, dancing girls, live orchestra, explosives and more.
Paul Byrnes marks the death of iconic Australian film and television actor Bill Hunter, who will be remembered with affection by audiences and peers.
NFSA Historian Graham Shirley remembers filmmaker and actor Esben Storm (1950–2011).
Sound Archivist Graham McDonald has compiled a selection of rare and beautiful record sleeve designs from Australia, USA, UK and the rest of the world.
Digital preservation of films is difficult because the high quality of a film image comes at a cost: massive amounts of data.
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.