This silent footage is only a small part of a personal collection donated to Film Australia in 2006 and now part of the NFSA FAC Library collection.

Vivien Leigh has her make-up applied during the making of Fire Over England (William K Howard, UK, 1937).

Who was the greatest Australian Rules football full forward of the pre-Second World War era?

Footage of a 1933 AFL face-off between Victorian and South Australian teams gives us rare glimpses of two goal-kicking legends.

Cinema Art Films brought many notable foreign productions to Australia between 1927 and 1932. We've acquired original posters for a selection of their releases.

This is a collection of posters of international films distributed in Australia between 1927 and 1932.

Looping the Loop was a UFA production.

Footage of the Kangaroos Rugby League team, before their 1937 tour of England and France, captained by lock forward Wally Prigg (1908–1980).

This is the earliest footage of an interstate rugby league match in the NFSA collection. NSW Firsts defeat Queensland by 21-9 in the first of three interstate matches, played on Saturday

This newsreel item from 1939 shows highlights from the rugby league football premiership final at the Sydney Cricket Ground between South Sydney and Balmain.