Unlisted Files at National Archives of Australia (NAA)

[robertboon]

Managed to find references to what look like very interesting files at NAA (not listed by RecordSearch)

Series number: ST3244/1

Title: Publicity material, feature films and television series (includes Film Catalogue sheets)

Accumulation dates: 01 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1968

Items in this series on RecordSearch: No items from the series are on RecordSearch. Please contact the National Reference Service if you need assistance.

Agency/person recording: 01 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1968 CA 251, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Head Office

Agency/person controlling: 01 Jul 1983 - CA 3589, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Head Office

Quantity and location: 2.52 metres held in NSW

System of arrangement/ control: Alphabetical

Range of control symbols: A - Z

Predominant physical format: PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS

Series note: This series consists of folders containing film audition reports, Film Library Catalogue sheets, assessors' precis notes, and promotional material for feature films and television series.


There are two groups of material:  films and features, arranged alphabetically by title, 'Armchair Theatre' - 'Your Life in Their Hands', and folders marked A - Z (Films already shown in Sydney), containing Film library Catalogue sheets.



Given the dates of the files 1960-1968 the folder for 'The Avengers' might make for some interesting reading (assuming there is a folder)

Series number: ST1832/5

Title: Film audition reports

Accumulation dates: 01 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1964

Items in this series on RecordSearch: No items from the series are on RecordSearch. Please contact the National Reference Service if you need assistance.

Agency/person recording: 01 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1964 CA 251, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Head Office

Agency/person controlling: 01 Jul 1983 -CA 6882, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Business Services

Predominant physical format: PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS

Given ST3244/1 shows that TV series had film audition reports it is to be hoped that ST1832/5 covers such material for 1963-1964

[robertboon]

Another series of unlisted records:

Series number :B6368

Title: Film Accession Books and Telerecord Registers

Accumulation dates: 20 Aug 1962 - 08 Dec 1988

Contents dates: 20 Aug 1962 - 08 Dec 1988

Items in this series on RecordSearch: No items from the series are on RecordSearch. Please contact the National Reference Service if you need assistance.

Agency/person recording: 01 Jul 1983 -CA 4125, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sales and Archives

Agency/person controlling: 01 Jul 1983 -CA 4125, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sales and Archives

Quantity and location: 0.6 metres held in VIC

System of arrangement/ control: Chronological

Range of control symbols: 1962 (20/8/62 - 6/3/63) to 1990 (8/2/90 - 16/8/90)

Predominant physical format: BOUND VOLUMES


Series note


The Film Accession Books are a record of all film items received by the library. The books have the format of a ledger which over the years changed from foolscap to A4 format. The earliest book dates from 1962, the latest from 1990. The early books list in columns: film numbers, titles, the date of record, date of transmission, editor, duration, length and film components. It sometimes gives the date when the film went to cataloguing. The books will also have entries of whether an item was sent to Sydney.

With the introduction of videotape in 1984 the subsequent amount of programs produced on film was reduced and the format of the books slightly changed. Film items were entered under individual department sections running consecutively.



Telerecord is the process of recording television images (usually live to air) onto film.

The Telerecord Registers, created by the library, contain information on completed programs sent to other locations. They included information on program number, title, date, producer, duration, despatch date and location. Telerecord registers were used until the introduction of colour (c 1974) after which videotape was increasingly used to record programs.



The Accession Books are a valuable research tool. They allow access to the information under a specific date, in contrast to the information stored on microfiche accessible by subject headings, or the scripts that allow access only by the film number. The Accession Books further allow us to determine whether or not an item was received by the library.


Quantity in agency custody: 0.580 m (2 x type 4 boxes)


Controlling series unregistered: Film Movement Lists, Microfiche, Daily Film Presentation Sheets

The 'library' referred to is actually 'The Federal Film Library', which despite its name is actually the Film Archives of ABC.

[RWels]

There is sadly no guarantee that any film (kinescope/telerecording) is included.