Helicopter Tasmania (1981)

Take a bird’s eye view of 1980s Tasmania, filmed from the window of a helicopter before drones were invented. Footage includes Mt Lyell, Savage River, Devonport, Entally house, Launceston, Penny Royal, Ross, Boyer Paper Mills, Hobart, Salamanca Market, Wrest Point, Iron Pot Lighthouse (Tasman Island), Lake Pedder and Strathgordon.
Producer: Don Anderson
Director: Phillip Mark Law
Editor: Mike Woolveridge
Sound Mixer: Peter McKinley
Music Engineer: Tom Giblin
Produced by the Tasmanian Film Corporation for the Premier’s Department Tasmania, 1981.
Please be advised that this footage may contain words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, which reflect the attitude of the period in which the film was produced, and which may be considered inappropriate today.
Tasmanian Archives: Film - Helicopter Tasmania - 35mm Eastmancolor Composite Release Print (colour, sound) - 17m 32s - (Reference: AB869/1/1378)
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[@jreverie7018]

Super interesting! I stayed at the Penny Royal in may this year, it was sadly a ghost town. Didnt realise those boats were functional with cannons and all! That's so cool

[@terrylee005]

Poor old helicopter pilot doesn’t even get a credit!!!

[@bigears4014]

A far better time for most, employment was just getting bad for younger people though