Original: As an institution , the Archive had a checkered history from its first incarnation in 1935 as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library ( within the then Commonwealth National Library ) to its becoming an independent statutory authority as the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 2008 .
Simplified: The NFSA started in 1935 as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library which was then part of the Commonwealth National Library . It became an independent statutory authority as the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 2008 .