What is National Film and Sound Archive?
[[Image:National Film and Sound Archive - McCoy Circuit entrance.jpg|thumb|220px|right|National Film and sound Archive, Canberra]] The '''National Film and Sound Archive''' ('''NFSA'''), also known as '''ScreenSound Australia''', is [[Australia]]’s audiovisual archive. This is where all Australia's old movies and [[sound]] [[recording]]s are kept. The NFSA is responsible for developing, saving, looking after, promoting and providing access to a national collection of movie and sound materials. The collection has works made in the late [[19th century]] when the recorded sound and [[movie]] industries were just beginning to those made in the present day. The NFSA started in [[1935]] as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library which was then part of the [[National Library of Australia|Commonwealth National Library]]. It became an independent [[statutory law|statutory]] authority as the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in [[2008]]. It is located in [[Canberra]], Australia's capital city. {{stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:National archives]] [[Category:Museums in Australia]] [[Category:Libraries in Australia]] [[Category:Government agencies of Australia]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Canberra]] [[Category:1935 establishments]] [[Category:1930s establishments in Australia]]