Archives Australia Group

08/04/2026

Click the link below to read our feature article in The Greek Herald, where we explore our audio/video archival process and why preserving analogue assets before they deteriorate is so important..!

Bill Zographos is leading efforts to preserve Australia’s analogue archives, as vast amounts of historical material risk being lost forever.

02/04/2026

Bill Zographos is leading efforts to preserve Australia’s analogue archives, as vast amounts of historical material risk being lost forever.

24/03/2026

16/02/2026

I recently had the pleasure of joining SBS Radio for an interview with Dina Gerolymou, where we explored the real challenges behind archiving, preserving and digitising analogue magnetic video and audio tapes, along with 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film.

From cherished family memories to large-scale corporate archives, we discussed what it truly takes to safeguard these irreplaceable formats for future generations.

🎙️ Take a listen via the link below.
https://www.sbs.com.au/language/greek/el/podcast-episode/how-the-digital-technology-help-us-to-preserve-our-memories/sp6mxkozo

22/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings from the Archives Australia Group (AAG) team.
Our facility will be closed from the 23rd December until 12th January 2026.
Thank you for your continued support.

22/12/2025

As 2025 draws to a close, it’s clear we’ve built strong forward momentum across our broadcast archiving and preservation services.

This year saw measured investment turn into real operational confidence. We focused on safeguarding legacy and contemporary broadcast assets, strengthened our collaboration with numerous content owners and continued refining the technical workflows that underpin reliable, long-term preservation. Every step was taken with future access, format longevity, and industry standards in mind.

The progress achieved this year positions us well for 2026. With proven processes and capability now established, we move ahead with clarity, purpose, and ambition.

I’m proud of the expertise and dedication of the Archives Australia Group (AAG) team and excited by what’s ahead.

08/12/2025

At Archives Australia Group, we convert, manage and protect all three variations of 1 inch analogue video tape on open reels - from the rare type A (Ampex, 1965) and type B (Bosch 1976) formats which were standard in Europe, and the more popular type C video tape (Ampex / Sony 1976), which was widely adopted by the professional video and broadcast television industries, particularly in the US, UK and Australia between the mid '70s to early '90s.

We are able to digitise all standards of 1 inch type A, B and C open reel video tape from the US (NTSC), UK (PAL) and (SECAM) with appropriate noise reduction. 1" type A video is commonly monochrome, while types B and C are colour. We now have access to a machine uniquely modified to play very rare type A colour tapes.

We offer a range of delivery formats for our video transfers. Following International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives TC-06 guidelines, we deliver FFV1 lossless files or 10-bit uncompressed video files in .mkv or .mov containers for archives. We can also produce Apple ProRes mezzanine files for ease of editing. We provide smaller viewing files as H.264 encoded .mp4 files or on DVD. We're happy to create any other digital video files, according to your needs.

Information sourced from: https://thegreatbear.co.uk/project/1-inch-type-a-type-b-type-c/