How did a lifeboat, left to rot on the shores of Gallipoli, come to have pride of place at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra?

The NFSA has supplied hundreds of ultra-high definition clips to the Sir John Monash Centre in France, including the restored The Digger Carries On (1919).

The Australian War Memorial, Canberra, releases rare film showing original landings at Anzac Cove.

Filmed partially in the Cronulla sandhills near Sydney during the Second World War, Forty Thousand Horsemen (Charles Chauvel, Australia, 1940) celebrates the Australian Light Horse of

This is a 30-second clip from a simulated recording of Australian troops docking in Egypt after their voyage from Australia to take part in the First World War.

This clip begins with a cartoon of Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II surrounded by skulls.

The Australian Gazette was typical of multi-part silent newsreels, with a mix of serious and lighter news coverage, that kept people at home informed during the First World War.

Australians responded to the declaration of war in August 1914 with enthusiasm.

Despite the war raging in Europe, communities still congregated to celebrate and enjoy themselves.

After the outbreak of war there was a growing public opinion that all Germans in Australia were a threat to security and should be interned.