The UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage takes place on 27 October. To celebrate we go behind the scenes with an early cinema home entertainment system: the Kinora.

This clip provides an impression of the variety of material available as seen through the Kinora players viewfinder.

A recent example of the NFSA's preservation of these important collection items is this clip showing the Launch and Return of the Lifeboat, Newquay.

Rare ‘Kinora’ reel featuring 1901 footage of legendary cricketers KS Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry.

The NFSA has acquired a Kinora 'flipper viewer', manufactured in England in 1901.

The NFSA Paper and Stills Team, Darren Weinert and Tony Rowley, and Paper Conservator Shingo Ishikawa, setting up the custom-made device in our photographic studio.

We had to build a custom-made device and photograph 465 frames in order to bring back to life a 1901 Kinora cricket film!

The 1901 cricket Kinora reel in its original housing.