Film on the inauguration of Australian Astronomical Observatory telescope Film of the unveiling of a telescope in Australia, including music and effects. Newsreel footage, not Royal Society copyright. Shows the Australian Astronomical Observatory in Sydney. The Anglo-Australian Telescope was established after representations had been made to the Australian and British Governments in the mid-1960s by the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society of London. It was decided in April 1967 to build a large optical telescope, similar in design to the 3.8-metre telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory in the United States. A site for the telescope was chosen on Siding Spring Mountain, near the New South Wales town of Coonabarabran. Good image quality. 16mm film Colour Sound: Optical Production company: Colorfilm - Sydney Film stock: Eastman 1974 Film length: 200 [1974]