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.
