Quoting from Edition Number 430. Updated Tuesday, 07 October, 2014 http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/Page_psn4308.html?utm_source=psn430&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news8&utm_campaign=newsletter_aps
The 30th anniversary of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is being marked by an online timeline chronicling its achievements over this period.
Chief Executive of the NFSA, Michael Loebenstein said the Archive's reason for being was to develop, preserve and share a significant collection of sound and moving image - the ultimate record of people, places and events.
"The NFSA plays an essential role in the long-term survival, interpretation, enjoyment and re-use of our audio-visual heritage," Mr Loebenstein said.
Online timeline details achievements
He said the origins of the NFSA collection dated back to 1935, when the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library was established by the Federal Government.
"It was subsequently managed by the Commonwealth National Library's Film Division from 1946," he said.
"The NFSA as we know it today was established in 1984 when Minister for Home Affairs and Environment, Barry Cohen announced in Parliament the creation of an autonomous National Film and Sound Archive."
Mr Loebenstein said the new organisation moved into its new home - the 1930 art deco building previously occupied by the Australian Institute of Anatomy - six months later.
The NFSA now has 2.165 million items in its collection (516,000 moving image; 444,000 recorded sound and 1,205,000 documents and artefacts).
Its oldest items include The Hen Convention (sound recording on wax cylinder, 1896), the Lumiere film Workers Leaving the Factory and Australia's earliest surviving moving image shot at the Melbourne Cup carnival (both from 1896), plus 'magic lantern' projectors from the early 1800s.
National Film and Sound Archive Timeline http://timeline.nfsaa.com/
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