Curator Nick Henderson shares excerpts from the home movies of Ken Garrahy, which are unique for documenting gay social life in Sydney in the 1960s.

Sydney, Australia, is established as the location of the film and the narration introduces the film’s premise and establishes the filmmaker as the story-teller.

Made for the Department of Immigration, this film looks at Sydney through the eyes of migrants who have made the city their home.

This is a compilation of footage from the NFSA collection featuring the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

This Network Ten Eyewitness News story details the plans for the Sydney Opera House opening ceremony.

This excerpt comes from Australian Idol Series 1, Episode 32: Finale Live From the Opera House.

An excerpt from the Film Australia Collection's The Fifth Facade. The title is a reference to the roof, which is the building’s most distinctive feature.

Today host Karl Stefanovic introduces this profile on the Paralympic sailing dream team of Liesl Tesch AM MP and Daniel Fitzgibbon OAM, after a mention of Matt Cowdre

Folklorist, author and performer Warren Fahey has produced an online series of Sydney Stories, featuring footage from the NFSA collection.

This clip is from the NFSA Restores digital restoration of Rocking the Foundations (Pat Fiske, Australia, 1985). You can rent the full film from the