NRS-17459 | Film and Video Library [Department of Education]

The 16mm and 35mm films in this series were used as a teaching aid in schools throughout New South Wales from the establishment of the Department of Education’s Film Library in 1938 until its closure in March 1992. Its function was particularly important before television was introduced into Australia as it provided information in a format some children were unlikely to be exposed to elsewhere. At one time the library was the largest 16mm film library in Australia.The library’s film collection consisted of films from the following three categories:i) films created by the Department of School Education (and its predecessors);ii)films not created by the Department of School Education or its predecessors but which are rare or unique Australian films (such as rare footage or film possessing special significance to Australian life or special significance in relation to education in New South Wales);iii) Films (including duplicate copies) not created by the Department of School Education or its predecessors and possessing no special significance (as specified in category ii).The film collection covers the full range of school curricula and all of the films are on safety film and most possess soundtracks.The films were managed by a manual card system (NRS17460) until computerisation of the collection’s management in 1987. From this date, the library’s film collection was superseded by video and, when the library was closed in 1992, the video collection (active stock) was transferred to the regions and the 16mm and 35mm film collection (inactive stock) was transferred to the Archives Authority.本系列所收录的16毫米与35毫米胶片，自1938年新南威尔士州教育部电影图书馆设立起，至1992年3月该馆闭馆为止，始终作为教学辅助资料在全州各学校中使用。在澳大利亚普及电视之前，该馆藏的作用尤为关键——它以一种儿童在其他场景中难以接触到的形式传递信息。该图书馆曾一度是澳大利亚规模最大的16毫米胶片图书馆。 该图书馆的胶片馆藏分为以下三大类别： i) 由学校教育部（及其前身机构）制作的影片； ii) 非由学校教育部及其前身机构制作，但属于珍稀或独特的澳大利亚影片（例如珍稀影像素材，或对澳大利亚社会生活具有特殊意义、或对新南威尔士州教育事业具有特殊价值的影片）； iii) 非由学校教育部及其前身机构制作，且不具备上述第ii类所述特殊意义的影片（含复制品）。 该胶片馆藏覆盖全学段学校课程体系，全部采用安全胶片制作，多数配有音轨。在1987年实现馆藏管理计算机化之前，这些影片均通过手工卡片系统（档案编号NRS17460）进行管理。自该年起，该馆的胶片馆藏逐渐被录像带取代；1992年图书馆闭馆时，其录像带馆藏（活跃库存）被移交至各地区，而16毫米与35毫米胶片馆藏（非活跃库存）则被移交至档案管理局。