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National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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Preservation Services

The NFSA has leading-edge technical facilities and teams of expert technicians, skilled in handling all audiovisual media.

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Film services

Our Film Services team repairs, cleans and copies motion picture material.

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Audio services

The NFSA Audio Services team repairs, cleans and copies a wide range of audio materials and collection items.

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Still Images

The NFSA’s still image collection includes over 90,000 photographs, 80,000 transparencies, 8,000 posters and 7,000 negatives.

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Video Services

Our Video Services experts handle a range of contemporary and obsolete video formats.

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Acknowledgement of 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.

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