Start marks

These are indicators on a film leader that mark the appropriate point at which the film is to be threaded in the picture aperture and the sound head of the projection equipment.

Often has the words ‘Picture Start’ printed on the film.

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.

Enter the NFSA Our Statement of Reflection