Film and Screen Media

The National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s living archive, collecting, preserving and sharing our rich audiovisual heritage. The collection includes films, television and radio programs, videos, audio tapes, records, compact discs, phonograph cylinders, wire recordings and oral histories.

Australia’s audiovisual heritage online : Developed by Curriculum Corporation through The Learning Federation, the education collection is designed to help teachers and students make the most of the wide range of moving image resources in the National Film and Sound Archive.

Screen Australia is the key Federal Government direct funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Screen Australia provides information about : film funding programs, policy , news and events, Australian productions, industry support, research and statistics. Search for Australian films through 'find a film' database.

ScreenLit provides information-rich records about Australian cinema productions (including short and feature films, documentaries, and animated films) and television programs (including made-for-television movies, series, mini-series, serials and documentaries).

The Writer in Australian Television History is a collection of records for 318 episodes of Crawfords’ radio dramas and television series, spanning the period from 1953 to 1977.

Nine Australian films, made between 1906 and 1944, available online.

Archived films and television programs including open-access free to use content

Australia’s living archive: collecting, preserving and sharing our rich audiovisual heritage. The collection includes films, television and radio programs, videos, audio tapes, records, compact discs, phonograph cylinders, wire recordings and oral histories.