CSIRO Film Collection: videos 500 - 599 - compressed versions

CSIRO produced its first film in 1946. It was a two-hour, five-part epic in black and white designed for a specialist audience of Commonwealth scientists meeting in London. It showed them - in the most graphic way possible at the time - the nature and extent of the research facilities of an organisation embarking on the problems of post-war reconstruction. Within a few years, a permanent film unit was established and began to specialise in producing films for the specific audiences on particular areas of research. By the 1960's, it became apparent that many of the films were of interest to a much wider audience. Schools, colleges and universities were beginning to introduce the audio-visual medium to the learning process and CSIRO films were in increasing demand. Makers of television programmes looked to CSIRO films for images of science not yet accessible to the public eye.

澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）于1946年制作了其首部影片。该片为黑白史诗级作品，全长两小时、分为五个篇章，专为当时在伦敦参会的英联邦科学专家群体量身打造。影片以当时最为直观生动的呈现方式，向与会者展示了该机构正着手解决战后重建问题时的各类研究设施的概况与覆盖范围。短短数年内，CSIRO便设立了常设影视制作部门，并开始专注于针对特定研究领域、面向特定受众的影片创作。到20世纪60年代，人们逐渐意识到，大量影片的受众群体远不止专业人士，覆盖范围大幅拓宽。彼时各类中小学、专科学院与高等院校正逐步将视听媒介引入教学流程，CSIRO的影片需求也与日俱增。电视节目制作人也纷纷从CSIRO的影片中获取尚未面向公众公开的科学影像素材。