8mm movie by unknown American tourists who filmed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s. The footage features Wirth’s Circus.

While making a preliminary survey of the Hunter River in 1797, Lieutenant John Shortland reported finding coal in the region.

This year, we're marking World Television Day on 21 November by sharing two recent ‘finds’ in the NFSA’s vast television collection.

Following three decades of involvement in the Australian film industry, husband and wife filmmakers Charles and Elsa Chauvel transferred their talents to the burgeoning medium of television

Just before his 100th birthday, Eddie Vormister (1918–2024) contacted the NFSA about donating his homemade film projector and home cinema set-up.

An excerpt from Australia's Amateur Hour episode 901, recorded 27 June 1957 at Hibernian Hall, Cairns, Queensland.

Delight in this elegant sample of cinema and TV ads from the 1920s to 1960s for Australian underwear brand Berlei.

Berlei cinema and television advertisements and educational glass slides from the 1920s to the 1960s offer a window onto Australian fashion and social mores.

From the Film Australia Collection. The Richards Home Movie Collection was donated to Film Australia in 2006 where the collection of 16mm films were restored and digitised.

This is a newsreel story from 1953 about the arrival of an American rugby league team in Australia.