Australian Films in the 1930s and 1940s

This is a collection of materials held at the AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) that relate directly to Australian films screened from 1930-1949. The 1930s and 40s were an era when Australian film production had to deal with sound and its opportunities whilst the 1940s brought on the war. As feature film production lessened in Australia as the 1940s went on, documentaries began to be a production focus. Due to the timeframe of this collection (before the inception of the AFIRC and the Australian Film Institute) the amount of materials held here are small, but in many ways they are important as they are difficult to locate elsewhere. Most of the items held in this collection are clippings files, with other items being books, and journal articles.

本馆藏为澳大利亚电影学院研究馆藏（AFI Research Collection，AFIRC）所藏、与1930年至1949年间公映的澳大利亚电影直接相关的资料合集。20世纪30至40年代，澳大利亚电影产业既要应对有声电影技术带来的变革与发展机遇，同时40年代还恰逢第二次世界大战爆发。随着20世纪40年代推进，澳大利亚剧情长片制作量逐步缩减，纪录片逐渐成为影视制作的重点方向。由于本馆藏的资料时限覆盖至澳大利亚电影学院（Australian Film Institute，AFI）及其研究馆藏（AFIRC）成立之前，因此目前馆藏资料总量有限，但因这类资料在其他机构难以寻觅，其在诸多层面均具备重要研究价值。本馆藏的多数资料为剪报档案，其余则涵盖书籍与期刊论文。