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book		Archival resources for the film maker / Tom Zubrycki North Ryde [N.S.W.]: Australian Film and Television School, 1982. Call No: 110-8(94) ZUB Author: Zubrycki, Tom Source: AT Place: North Ryde [N.S.W.] Publisher: Australian Film and Television School PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: 40 p. : ill., facsim. ; 25 cm Series: Resources (Australian Film and Television School. Open Program) Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; FILMMAKING, AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE Summary: A guide on how to access archival film material using the National Film Archive and other Australian archives of film More info
Old collection book		Archives index : index to a guide to material on film, broadcasting and television held in the Australian Archives, Canberra branch / Suzanne Ridley (compiler) Sydney: Australian Film and Television School, 1979. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 01(94) RID CorpAuthor: Australian Film and Television School Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film and Television School PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: xiii, 70 p. ; 29 cm Series: Monograph (Australian Film and Television School. Research and Survey Unit) ; no. 12. Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL ISBN: 0642925038 More info
Interim book		Australia's oral history collections : a national directory / compiled for Towards Federation 2001 Working group on High Priority Cross-Sectoral Projects ; edited by Martin Woods Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1997. Call No: 560.6(016) (94) AUS Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: National Library of Australia PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: xii, 246 p. ; 30 cm Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; LIBRARIES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Notes: Includes index. ISBN: 0642281483 More info
book		Australian Film Institute, National Film Archive Conference, Chauvel Cinema - Sydney, 12 September 1983, NFA background papers [1983?]. Call No: 11(94)NFA AUS Source: AT PubDate: [1983?] Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: Collection of papers and reports in relation to the proposed Australian 'National Film Archive' More info
book		Cinderella betrayed : the shoe won't fit / a response by Archive Forum to the Australian Film Commission's Stage two directions paper concerning the AFC-ScreenSound Australia integration / Archive Forum [Melbourne]: Archive Forum, 2004. Call No: NEW HOLDINGS SHELVES Author: Archive Forum Source: AT Place: [Melbourne] Publisher: Archive Forum PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 59 leaves ; 30 cm Subject: SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Notes: Cover title More info
newspaper article		Cultural institutions take another hit in Canberra Times (04/05/2016) p.2 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Author: McIlroy, Tom PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; SCREEN AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE Summary: Report on cuts to Canberra based federally funded cultural institutions More info
book		The Documentary film in Australia / edited by Ross Lansell and Peter Beilby North Melbourne: Cinema Papers in association with Film Victoria, c1982. Call No: 761(94) DOC Copy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2 Author: Beilby, Peter; Lansell, Ross CorpAuthor: Film Victoria Place: North Melbourne Publisher: Cinema Papers in association with Film Victoria PubDate: c1982 PhysDes: 205 p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS. AUSTRALIA; FILMMAKING, AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1920's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1970's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. NEW ZEALAND; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. AUSTRALIA; BAKER, SUZANNE; EDWARDS, JOHN; MCMAHON, TERENCE; BRADBURY, DAVID; NOONAN, CHRIS; HURLEY, FRANK; GRIERSON, JOHN Summary: Collection of essays on Australian documentary, covering the history of documentary in Australia and world-wide up until the early 1980s, documentary production, interviews with key documentary makers, information on documentary preservation and repositories, and hypotheses on the future of documentary-making in Australia. Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0959564721 : $12.95 Aust LON: 2380995 Contents: 1. What is a documentary? / John Langer; 2. A brief history of the documentary -- 1890s Australia / Chris Long -- 1900s world-wide and Australia / Ray Edmonston, Jenny Trustum -- 1910s Australia / Chris Long -- World War 1 / Phil Taylor -- 1920s world-wide and Australia / Andrew Pike -- 1930s world-wide / Jonathan Dawson -- 1930s Australia / Chris Long -- Early 1940s World War 2 / Phil Taylor -- Late 1940s world-wide / Brian McFarlane -- Late 1940s Australia / Tom Politis -- 1950s world-wide / Keith Connolly -- 1950s Australia / Anthony Buckley -- 1960s world-wide / John Pruzanski -- 1960s Australia / Ross Lansell -- 1970s world-wide and Australia / Gillian Coote -- Some issues and concerns of the 1970s / Barbara Alysen, David McDougall, Noel Purdon and Albie Thoms -- The 1980s and beyond / Ian Stocks --; 3. Documentary production today -- Government / Bruce Moir -- Specialist film units / Robert Rothols -- Television / Brian Davies -- Commerce and industry / Eve Ash and Ian McFayden -- Independent / Curtis Levy; 4. Case-histories -- Government: Suzzane Baker, John Edwards, Oliver Howes and Stephen Ramsey / Ian Stocks -- Specialist film units: Ross Campbell / Robert Rothol -- Television: Jeremy Cornford and Peter Luck / Jeremy Cornford and Nick Herd -- Commerce and industry: Terence McMahon / Eve Ash -- Independent: David Bradbury and Chris Noonan / Barbara Alysen --; 5. The marketplace / Kim Dalton --; 6. Some documentary themes -- Documentary traditions before Grierson: the case of Frank Hurley / Andrew Pike -- The Grierson tradition / Jonathan Dawson -- Propaganda then and now / John Hughes -- The television age / Tom Haydon --; 7. Preserving the past / Barbara Alysen --; 8. The documentary of the future / Fred Harden More info
book		Final report to the Council of the National Library of Australia on developmental options for the National Film Archive / by Christopher Hall, Kiersten SCHOU, Nicholas Clark Woden, A.C.T. : Nicholas Clark & Associates, 1983: Call No: 11(94)NFA HAL Author: Hall, Christopher; Clark, Nicholas; Schou, Kiersten Place: Woden, A.C.T. : Nicholas Clark & Associates, 1983 PhysDes: 97, 5 p. ; 30 cm Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA LON: abn89188442; 6543236 More info
Old collection book		Finding and keeping : research use of audiovisual material / edited by Marjorie Roe Sydney: Audiovisual Services Committee of the Library Association of Australia, 1987. Call No: 56 FIN Author: Roe, Marjorie. Ed. Place: Sydney Publisher: Audiovisual Services Committee of the Library Association of Australia PubDate: 1987 Subject: MULTIMEDIA; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; STORY OF THE KELLY GANG, THE (AT, Charles Tait, 1906) Notes: "processings of continuing education workshop held June 28-29 , 1985 Macquarie University library" ISBN: 086040444 More info
book		The first Australian History and Film Conference papers, 1982 / edited by Anne Hutton North Ryde, N.S.W.: Australian Film and Television School, 1982. Call No: 45:93 HIS Author: Hutton, Anne CorpAuthor: Australian History and Film Conference (1st :, 1981 : Canberra, A.C.T.); Australian Film and Television School Place: North Ryde, N.S.W. Publisher: Australian Film and Television School PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: 298 p. ; 30 cm Subject: HISTORICAL FILMS; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; USA. 1927-32; PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. JAPAN; PROPAGANDA FILMS; EALING STUDIOS; FILMS FROM THE RAJ (UK, 1977); UNCIVILISED (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1936); CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) Notes: Australia. Historical sources: Films. Conference proceedings (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0633798); Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 0642925402 (corrected) : price unknown 064292540 LON: 2465451 More info
book		The game is up! : a story about Australian women in history, sport and physical activities ; 1896-1956 / Editor: Marilyn Dooley Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive, 1993. Call No: 796.82NAT Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: National Film and Sound Archive PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: 73 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm Subject: SPORTS AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM, AUSTRALIA Summary: follows women from the first sporting event filmed in Australia, the Melbourne Cup of 1896, through to the spectacular successes of the nation's athletes at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. ISBN: 0642193797 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		A general guide to the library collections and archives in the Australian War Memorial / Michael Piggott Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1983. Call No: 11(94)AUS PIG Author: Piggott, Michael Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian War Memorial PubDate: 1983 PhysDes: [3], 46 p. ; 21 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL; WAR FILMS AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Notes: Previous ed.: Canberra : Australian War Memorial, 1982 ISBN: 0642994390 More info
newspaper article		Keeping democracy alert and well informed through film in The Age [Literary Supplement] (19/11/1960) p.2 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE FILM CENTRE OF VICTORIA Author: Swift, David PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STATE FILM CENTRE OF VICTORIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: In depth article by the CEO of the Victorian State Film Centre about the operations of the company, the impact of tv and how the State Film Centre users have risen in the past year. Swift believes that documentary has many uses and that clients are clamouring for more quality documentary productions. He would like it if TV stations and government departments would donate materials into a Victorian film archive Notes: old clips pile from June 2015 More info
book		National Film and Sound Archive: the quest for identity : factors shaping the uneven development of a cultural institution / by Ray Edmondson Canberra: 2011. Call No: 11(94)NFSA EDM Author: Edmondson, Ray Source: AT Place: Canberra PubDate: 2011 PhysDes: vii, 472 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE RT: SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA (Change of name 1999); SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA Summary: "The project is a historical study, from an interpretivist perspective and with overtones of action research, of a major cultural institution, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). It traces its erratic and protracted evolution from 1935, as an entity within the then Commonwealth National Library, to 2008, when it finally gained enabling legislation and independent statutory status." -ABSTRACT Notes: Thesis (PhD) -- University of Canberra, 2011; Includes bibliography (p. 461-472) Contents: -- chapter 1: introduction -- chapter 2: literature review -- chapter 3: the NFSA: a historical overview -- chapter 4: interviews -- chapter 5 : analysis -- chapter 6 : conclusions -- appendicies -- More info
journal article		National Library buys Dan Banks' musical estate in Australasian Cinema (16/7/1982) vol.11 iss.12 p.30 PhysDes: Article Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; SOUNDTRACKS; HYSTERIA (UK, Freddie Francis, 1964) Summary: Article on the National Library of Australia purchasing the musical estate of deceased Melbournian Dan Banks. Banks wrote musical scores for such films as The Evil of Frankenstein, The Mummy's Shroud, The Reptiles, and Rasputin, The Mad Monk. More info
journal article		NFA will train South-East Asians in Australasian Cinema (23/7/1982) vol.11 iss.13 p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. ASIAN COUNTRIES Summary: Article on tutoring programme between the National Film Archive and the South-Pacific region. More info
serial		NFSA journal: journal of the National Film and Sound Archive, Australia Canberra, Australia: Australian Film Commission, 2006. Source: AT Place: Canberra, Australia Publisher: Australian Film Commission PubDate: 2006 Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Notes: Published quarterly ISSN: 1834-0970 More info
book		Our heritage : a directory to archives and manuscript depositories in Australia / compiled for Australian Society of Archivists Inc. by Olga White, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, Jennifer Nash O'Connor, A.C.T.: Australian Society of Archivists, 1983. Call No: 11(94) WHI Source: AT Place: O'Connor, A.C.T. Publisher: Australian Society of Archivists PubDate: 1983 Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Notes: Rev. ed. of: Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in Australia and Papua-New Guinea. Rev. ed. 1969 ISBN: 0959556559 More info
book		Report of the Working Party on the National Film Archive in the National Library of Australia [Canberra, A.C.T.: National Library of Australia, 1979?]. Call No: 110-4(94) WOR Author: Working Party of the National Film Archive in the National Library of Australia Source: AT Place: [Canberra, A.C.T. Publisher: National Library of Australia PubDate: 1979?] PhysDes: 63 p. ; 30 cm Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the need for action in safeguarding Australian recorded material and archiving it correctly Notes: Includes looseleaf supplementary material More info
book		A report on information resources, publication and distribution and exhibition services / by Jan Dawson Carlton: Australian Film Institute, 1976. Call No: 11(94)AFI DAW Author: Dawson, Jan Source: AT Place: Carlton Publisher: Australian Film Institute PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 107 p. : 29 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM INSTITUTE; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; CRITICS. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: A report on three main topics for the Australian Film Institute. A: information and resources: 1. To advise on establishing the library purchased with the David Francis collection and its operation; 2. To advise on its areas of future expansion. B: Publications: To advise on formulation of a long term publications program with regard to:- a. monographs, b. books, c. magazines. C: Distribution/Exhibition: 1. To advise on sources and procurement of film titles by the Vincent Library for use in AFI cinemas and for distribution; 2. As an extension of the above, to advise on the feasibility of participating in an international film exchange; 3. to consider and advise on the feasibility of rationalising and reforming the National Film Theatre - Taken from 'The Brief' pg i(1) Notes: Includes appendicies Contents: 1. The brief -- 2. The Australian scene and the AFI's place in it -- 3. Desirable extensions of the AFI's distribution service -- 4. The AFI as exhibitor -- 5. A word about the critics and their relations with the trade -- 6. The AFI and publications -- 7. Information, resources and the David Francis collection -- 8. Recommendations -- 9. Appendices -- i) Dependence on the industry -- ii) Secondary film market statistics -- iii) Vincent Library figures -- iv) BFI CBA staffing -- v) BFI "Cinema One" sales figures -- vi) International film periodical holdings in Australian specialist libraries -- vii) 3M 500M Microfilm Reader/Printer More info
book		A study of the secondary film market / Barrett Hodsdon [Sydney? : s.n.]: 1974. Call No: 301.6(94) HOD Author: Hodsdon, Barrett Source: AT Place: [Sydney? : s.n.] PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: 80 p. ; 30 cm Subject: DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Notes: Cover subtitle: A survey of some aspects of 16 mm film supply and demand and issues relating to film archives in Australia More info
book		Time in our hands : report of the National Film and Sound Archive Advisory Committee / National Film and Sound Archive (Australia). Advisory Committee Canberra: [The Committee], 1985. Call No: 11(94)NFA NAT Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: [The Committee] PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 136 p. : ill., (some col.), plans, ports. ; 30 cm Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: Terms of reference: 1. To report to the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment within twelve months on the development of the National Film and Sound Archive, including functions and responsibilities; legislation required; resources and facilities required, with a program of construction and costs; staffing; policies for acquisition of material, cataloguing, conservation, reproduction and access arrangements; relationship and co-ordination with the industry and trade; regional representation ; appropriate charges for services ; preservation program and timetables; deposit requirements. 2. To advise the Minister and the Department during this interim period on the management of the Archive. Recommendations by the National Film and Sound Archive Advisory Committee are made in respect of resources and facilities, legislation, interim arrangements, policy and organisation Notes: At head of title: Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment. -- Ill. on inside covers -- Australian Government Publishing Service cat. no. 8564738. -- Bibliography: p. 135-136 More info
book		Towards an Australian Humanities Digital Archive : a report on a scoping study for the establishment of a national digital research resource for the humanities / prepared by Professor Graeme Turner Faha with the assistance of Lesley Pruitt Canberra: Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2008. Call No: 116(94) FAH; IN REPAIR Author: Faha, Graeme Turner Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Academy of the Humanities PubDate: 2008 PhysDes: 26p. ; 30cm Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. AUSTRALIA Summary: "The Australian Academy of the Humanities is pleased to present this report on its scoping study on the development of a national scholarly digital archive in the humanities. The primary aim of the scoping study was to establish exactly what materials would need to be included in such an archive. The resulting report provides rational, evidence-based advice leading towards an answer to that question. " -- OVERVIEW (page 4) Contents: -- overview and recommendations -- introduction -- method -- the need for an Australian Digital Archive for the Humanities -- preservation and access -- governance -- principles for selection -- collaboration -- technology: possibilities for innovation and challenges -- researcher engagement. education and training -- references -- appendix A: digital humanities outside Australia: a selection -- appendix B: list of those interviewed for this scoping study -- appendix C: suggested non-electronic resources suitable for high priority -- More info

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