Where were you on this day 34 years ago? From midnight to midnight on 26 January 1988, the day Australia marked 200 years of European settlement, 28 film crews spread out across the country to ask people for their reflections on the bicentenary, contemporary Australia and our history. Read more about the significance of Australia Daze and the role NFSA Restores plays to digitise and restore films for viewing in today’s digital cinemas. 🎞️ https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australia-daze-revisited
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Where were you on this day 34 years ago? From midnight to midnight on 26 January 1988, the day Australia marked 200 years of European settlement, 28 film crews spread out across the country to ask people for their reflections on the bicentenary, contemporary Australia and our history. Read more about the significance of Australia Daze and the role NFSA Restores plays to digitise and restore films for viewing in today’s digital cinemas. 🎞️ https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australia-daze-revisited
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The latest in our 4K restorations of the 1964 ‘Life in Australia’ series shows you the good life, Mount Gambier-style. Through the narration of a self-described ‘typical Australian’ family man, we see a vision of the town that blends cosy provincialism – no traffic jams, no parking problems – with up-to-the-minute housing, a lively nightlife and strong industry (nine cheese factories!) In this excerpt, the daughter of the family and her friends go on a joyous spin in a sky-blue MG, past the Blue
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The latest in our 4K restorations of the 1964 ‘Life in Australia’ series shows you the good life, Mount Gambier-style. Through the narration of a self-described ‘typical Australian’ family man, we see a vision of the town that blends cosy provincialism – no traffic jams, no parking problems – with up-to-the-minute housing, a lively nightlife and strong industry (nine cheese factories!) In this excerpt, the daughter of the family and her friends go on a joyous spin in a sky-blue MG, past the Blue
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A superb array of titles featuring Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander trailblazers, icons & dreamers | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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Australia at War 1914–1918 | Rare WWI Footage from Gallipoli to the Western Front
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Australia at War 1914–1918 | Rare WWI Footage from Gallipoli to the Western Front
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Darwin The Friendly City (NFSA Films) Throwback to the early 60s #darwin #australia | Welcome to Australia
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Darwin The Friendly City (NFSA Films) Throwback to the early 60s #darwin #australia | Welcome to Australia
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Have you seen Australia’s first-ever animated feature film? Now’s your chance to see this forgotten gem of our cinematic history 🏰🚀 Released in 1972, 'Marco Polo Jnr Versus the Red Dragon’ was a landmark project that brought together over 100 animators and artists. The film was directed by Eric Porter, whose career spanned over half a century in the Australian film, advertising and TV industries. You might recognise his advertisement designs, including Mortein’s enduring Louie the Fly and Mr S
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Have you seen Australia’s first-ever animated feature film? Now’s your chance to see this forgotten gem of our cinematic history 🏰🚀 Released in 1972, 'Marco Polo Jnr Versus the Red Dragon’ was a landmark project that brought together over 100 animators and artists. The film was directed by Eric Porter, whose career spanned over half a century in the Australian film, advertising and TV industries. You might recognise his advertisement designs, including Mortein’s enduring Louie the Fly and Mr S
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Last week we shared 50 wonderful things from the NFSA collection to help cheer you up. If you haven't checked out the full list yet, here is a taste of what's on offer. (Disclaimer: watching the following may increase the need for a snack) #NFSA50 https://bit.ly/NFSA50 | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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Last week we shared 50 wonderful things from the NFSA collection to help cheer you up. If you haven't checked out the full list yet, here is a taste of what's on offer. (Disclaimer: watching the following may increase the need for a snack) #NFSA50 https://bit.ly/NFSA50 | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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Want to come shopping with us in 1960s Cairns? The latest 4K restoration from the ‘Life in Australia’ series takes us back to the main streets of this far-Northern town. Unusually for this series, the film focuses on a single fictional family, the Taylors, showing them at home, at work and at play. In this clip, Mrs Taylor shops for groceries as the camera lingers on bountifully stocked shelves and juicy tropical fruit. The ‘Life in Australia’ films were made by the Commonwealth Film Unit for th
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Australian architecture in the 1940s was marked by evolution and experimentation, with many now-iconic styles emerging in the rapidly expanding suburbs across the country. This Film Australia clip from 1947 reflects on the buildings that won that year’s Sulman Prize, named after the Australian architect John Sulman and awarded annually by the New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. The selected buildings represent a surprising mix of old and new, illustrating a period
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Filmed in 1978, ‘George and Toula’ is a raw, quietly powerful look at marriage, identity, and cultural expectations. Toula was born in Australia to Greek parents and lives a modern life that doesn’t always sit comfortably with her community — or her husband. George, who migrated from Greece, holds onto tradition. After 10 years of marriage, they’re still navigating the space between two worlds. ‘George and Toula’ is part of Off the Record – a curated capsule of rare and revealing 1970s films spa
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🥁 Drumroll, please! 30 new titles from the NFSA’s collection are now available for streaming on demand – in full and uninterrupted. Visit NFSA Player now to discover explosive documentaries, gripping real-life dramas and remarkable historical experiments. They’re the stories we don’t always remember, but shouldn’t forget. No subscription needed – just pay for what you want and enjoy unlimited views for 30 days. 👉You can explore the full suite of curated titles here: https://bit.ly/4d13Vpj �#NF
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Today the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is excited to launch the Buwindja Collection - a rich and diverse range of 17 titles celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander trailblazers, icons and dreamers. To celebrate the upcoming NAIDOC Week, the Buwindja (Remember) collection showcases feature films, documentaries, TV series, performance, animation and more. Buwindja was curated by Gillian Moody, Wodi Wodi woman, filmmaker and the NFSA’s Senior Manager, Indigenous Connection
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Cavalcade Of Australia 1901 - 1951
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Can you recognise where in Perth this 1907 clip was filmed? | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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This silent actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant Henry William Mobsby in 1899. It shows a horse-drawn Buckeye brand reaper and binder harvesting a wheat crop while labourers stack the wheat sheaves. The Lumière Collection includes some of the oldest footage in the NFSA collection with over 30 short films made in 1899 that contain images of trams, trains and ferries: an early record of publ
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Did you know that 266 people generously supported the digital restoration of the 1991 Australian film Proof? The superb drama, written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe was restored by the NFSA Restores program in 2016. NFSA Restores seeks to digitise, restore and preserve Australian films so they can be seen in today’s digital cinemas. You can see it tomorrow on the big screen as part of our Women Make Film series at the NFSA in Canberra at 2:30 PM. B
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Film Australia Real Australia. Archival Mash Up.
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The Timber Getters (1952) – Australia’s Axe-Men and the Hardwood Timber Industry
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Sydney (1966) | Life in Australia Series | 4K Restoration
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Today is World Digital Preservation Day! The NFSA works to collect, preserve and share Australia’s vibrant and diverse audiovisual culture, like this clip from the 1988 documentary film Australian Daze that examines the way Australians see themselves 200 years after the British fleet sailed into Sydney harbour to found a colony. Read more about the role NFSA Restores plays to digitise and restore films for viewing in today’s digital cinemas. 🎞️ https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/nfsa-re
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Cameras Roll. Film Australia Centennial Archival Mash Up
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Postcard from Perth (1954) | Rare Colour Film of Western Australia’s Capital
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This film made by the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963 tells the story of how Mount Isa was developed into one of the most prosperous mines in the world, producing lead, zinc, silver and copper. Discover more films exploring Australia on the NFSA YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/NFSAFilms/videos [ From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1963 ] #Mining #Australia #History #documentary | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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Australia by Train in 1962 | Before a Single Rail Network Connected the Nation
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The City Of Sydney
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Cairns (1964) | Life in Australia Series | 4K Restoration
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of BTV-6 Ballarat which launched 27th April 1962. A team from NFSA worked closely with WIN Television, who are custodians of the BTV-6 collection to ensure this important analogue audio-visual material spanning over the last 60 years is preserved with the national collection. This includes a fantastic representation of content from regional television areas such as, Shepparton (GMV-6), Mildura ( STV-8 ), Mt Gambier (SES-8), Albury ( VTV ) and news films from grea
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Australian Army At War 1939 - 1945. War Experience.
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The Rail Way
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