NFSA blog entries for January 2011

Old school hip hop sampling techniques presenting even older school responsibility for the future we are creating.

The National Film and Sound Archive extends its congratulations to the following appointments as Members of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2011 Honours List.

Special glasses, expensive televisions – there is no way that 3D technology will last. Or will it?

As Queensland and Western Australian towns are devastated by massive floods, efforts will need to be made to save precious film and other audiovisual treasures. We have prepared simple steps to minimise damage caused by water, dirt and debris.

Nearly a decade after the first digital projectors were installed to screen Star Wars Episode 2, the change to digital is gathering speed very rapidly indeed. Film archives around the world have developed expertise in preserving film so the question now is how will these prints will be screened in the future?