NFSA Curator Nathan Smith details the discovery and digitisation of an extremely rare and unique nitrate film from the 1920s.

My Pal

My Pal

This is an excerpt from the Sunday program broadcast on 9 May 1982.

Black-and-white actuality footage of three women walk along the shoreline of an unknown isolated beach. They then cartwheel across the sand.

A largely static wide shot of a typical Australian showground captures a sheepdog trainer and his sheepdog herding three sheep into a pen. Summary by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers.

A new piece of information discovered has led to the identification of a rare 1911 Ned Kelly Gang film.

Mould, vinegar odours and baby spiders; just another work day for film curators.

The importance of silent film preservation as seen in Hugo.