- Collection Spotlights
- Australia's Prime Ministers
- Restoration of The Story of the Kelly Gang
- Mike and Stefani
- Film Connection
- 1967 Referendum
- Australians in WWI
- For The Term of His Natural Life
- Jedda
- The Sentimental Bloke
- Kingsford-Smith
- Wake in Fright
- Waltzing Matilda
- Theatre of the Mind
- Women In Early Radio
- Theatres & Cinemas
- Paget Plate Discovery
- Soldiers of the Cross
- Cecil Holmes
- Ray Barrett
- Shirley Ann Richards
- Graham Kennedy
- A tribute to Charles Chauvel
- A tribute to Joan Long
- Lottie Lyell - Photo Play Artiste
Film Connection
Visit the US National Film Preservation Foundation’s (NFPF) website to see and to learn about eight significant silent short films preserved and returned to the public through this international collaboration between the NFSA and the NFPF. All produced in the United States and presumed lost until found in the NFSA’s collection, the films are available online for research with supporting scholarly research, and are held in both the US and Australia for screenings.
Through this collaboration pioneered by the National Film and Sound Archive, the NFPF preserved several short American silent films that no longer survived in the United States. The films are now available for study in both countries. Here are six of the most interesting rediscoveries:
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The Prospector (1912): Follows a familiar storyline in which the Westerner, though unschooled in human wiles, thwarts his foe and creates a new community. View the clip and read film notes on the NFPF website » |
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U.S. Navy Documentary (1915?): Although incomplete, this documentary appears to be the longest surviving nonfiction film about the U.S. Navy dating from before World War I. View the clip and read film notes on the NFPF website » |
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Trip Through Japan with the YWCA (ca. 1919): This fragment comes from a documentary sponsored by the YWCA to celebrate its 15th anniversary of service to Japan. View the clip and read film notes on the NFPF website » |
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Mutt and Jeff: On Strike (1920): On Strike is one of more than 300 animated ‘half-reelers’ produced between 1913 and 1926 starring the popular American comic-strip characters Mutt and Jeff. View the clip and read film notes on the NFPF website » |
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The Sin Woman Trailer (1922?): This ad promoting the Australian release of a 1917 American potboiler still tantalizes today, although for different reasons: it teases with a glimpse of a film that can no longer be seen. View the clip and read film notes on the NFPF website » |
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Pathé News, No. 15? (1922): Actuality films capturing news and sporting events were part of the movie repertory as early as the 1895 but it was not until 1909 or 1910 that Charles Pathé introduced a film compilation of the events of the day. This newsreel contains events from January and February of 1922. View the clip and read film notes on the NFPF website » |
