Digitising footage of the 1974 Joint Sitting of Parliament

A short video highlighting the work undertaken to digitise footage of the first Joint Sitting of Parliament, a key moment in Australia’s history.

[@tessanderson2431]

What incredible work you do !! Fascinating stuff. Thank you.

[@jeremytravers2161]

I saw highlights on the House of Representatives KZbin channel earlier in the week. As a nerd of all things parliamentary, I hope to watch the full debates in the future! Thank you to the NAA for bringing this to life.

[@thescrubbythug1355]

This is absolutely incredible - I sincerely hope for the sake of posterity and for all those with a keen interest in Australian political history that the full proceedings of the Joint Sitting are uploaded for all to view!

[@azazelazel]

Please upload this footage in the future, or at least excerpts of it.

[@TheodoreCaesarMoseby]

Is the full version available anywhere?

[@gabeh7923]

What happened please to the original video cassette? Will it be archived?

[@ayemessdee]

The original umatic will stay in the archive - digitising just ensures that the content is preserved even if the technology to play the tapes isn't being made or maintained anymore.