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Collection policy

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia — the living centre of Australian audiovisual history

The NFSA’s collection contains more than 1.6 million items, comprising 334,000 audio recordings, 442,000 moving image works and 870,000 associated documents and artefacts of cultural significance.

The collection includes the first film images and sounds recorded in Australia in the 1890s right through to the most recent high profile film and sound and recordings.

In addition to discs, films, videos, audio tapes, phonograph cylinders and wire recordings, the collection includes supporting documents and artefacts such as photographic stills, transparencies, posters, lobby cards, publicity, scripts, costumes, props, memorabilia and sound, video and film equipment.

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