In Harbour

Made by The National Film Board 1953. Directed by Joan Boundy. The port of Sydney is one of the world's busiest, but it is not only the seagoing liners and cargo vessels that make it so; there are the little ships and boats that never go "outside" but spend their crowded days in a hundred different ways, doing the odd-jobs on Sydney's waterfront. This classic National Film Board film beautifully reflects the life of those that work on Sydney Harbour. While the film shows the busyness of the work carried out on the harbour, especially some of the less obvious jobs, it has a calm and relaxed pace that matches the gentle lapping of the waters and the repetitiveness of the tides. The film, set very much in a male dominated environment, was directed by Joan Boundy, one of the first female directors at the Film Board who directed several films there between 1951 and 1973. This film was also screened at the inaugural Sydney Film Festival in 1954. As the festival celebrates its 60th year this year we present this film as part of a retrospective with the Sydney Film Festival.

[@grahamshirley5265]

A beautifully made film. It's well worth acknowledging that its director, Joan Boundy, subsequently married Martin Long, who composed the music for 'In Harbour'. As Joan Long, she became a key advocate for the Australian feature film revival, and was a producer of such well-received films as 'Caddie', 'The Picture Show Man', 'Puberty Blues' and 'Emerald City'.

[@NFSAFilms]

Graham Shirley Thanks Graham, your knowledge of Australian film history is such a valuable resource and I appreciate the insights you provide here.

[@adrianjackson2696]

A lady film director too.

[@juliamayoramsay9470]

Beautiful.

[@tjcesq]

I love these old information films......

[@ktkt9982]

Fascinating thank you.

[@NFSAFilms]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@colinbm2010]

Never thought I would see the old HMS 'Penguin' salvage & crane ship, her last days were at Kerosene Bay.

[@fandangofandango2022]

Great History

[@offgriddreaming5403]

Loved it. Thanks

[@fordlandau]

Net Fishing in the Harbour had to be ceased only a few years ago. Heavy metals still remain as a result of bad industrial practices over the past 150 years. Plastic bottles have taken over from glass. But still a lot of rubbish and mess end up in the Harbour.

[@nuevaholanda1]

Opino lo mismo Terry adoro estos films y me traen cierta nostalgía.Me gustan las epocas anteriores a esta.

[@klyvemurray]

8:32 "Take it easy, man!!" Wow!! what a hipster for 1954...
After he said 'take it easy, man, I thought he was going to exclaim "FAR OUT!!" ;)
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[@Elitist20]

Who is the narrator? It sounds like Leonard Teale.

[@NFSAFilms]

We don't have any record of who it is but Leonard did do some work for the Film units.

[@lynettekomidar]

My home and neighbours

[@joshuataylor6087]

'Wine, women and song' ah ha! The puritans fixed that. Cookies and milk before nanny says bedtime at 9pm