National Film and Sound Archive explore links between Canberra and film

There is so much amazing free stuff to go look at in Canberra. Here’s some more courtesy of the NFSA!

The fascinating links between Canberra and film, from 1913 … and, the development of the Federal Government’s role in film-making and photography, from 1913.

These are the subjects of two new FREE exhibitions, CineCity Canberra and Telling the World, at the National Film and Sound Archive – http://www.nfsa.gov.au/

CineCity Canberra explores:

. the films made in Australia in the year of Canberra’s birth, 1913

. the history of Canberra’s (and Queanbeyan’s) cinemas

. films made in the Canberra region

Telling the World: Bert Ive , Pioneer of Australia’s Documentary Heritage looks at:

. the story of the amazing Bert Ive, the man employed by the Federal Government in 1913, as its first cinematographer and stills photographer.