CSIRO Film Collection: videos 103 - 192

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.

联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）于1946年制作了其首部影片。该影片全长两小时、分为五个篇章，为黑白史诗级作品，专为在伦敦参会的英联邦科学家这一专业受众打造。它以当时最为具象直观的形式，展现了该机构着手解决战后重建相关问题时所拥有的研究设施的性质与覆盖范围。短短数年内，该组织便设立了常设影视制作单元，并开始专注于针对特定研究领域、面向特定受众制作影片。到20世纪60年代，诸多迹象表明，大量影片的受众群体已远超最初的专业范围。彼时各级学校、学院与大学正逐步将视听媒介融入教学流程，CSIRO的影片需求与日俱增。电视节目制作人也纷纷向CSIRO寻求公众尚未接触过的科学相关影像素材。