Excellent film, demonstrating the different things men did to build and maintain the functionality of our modern world. I'm forever grateful! And those gorgeous old cars. I'll take one -- any one.
Beaut film, thank you. I was 6yo when this film was made in '66. What a momentous year that was; Mr. Menzies retired, out went the pounds, shillings & pence, in came the dollars and the cents, & everyone was singing 'The Sound of Music'. Ah, such halcyon days! There were no Japanese cars on the roads then, & the trucks were mostly British - Bedfords & Commers - red, it seems, being the predominant colour. And of course, the ubiquitous VW Beetle, although most of the cars were Holdens or Fords.
Amazing, still the same asphalt on some of those roads today. Back when only a little public money, not all of it like today, was siphoned away from infrastructure budgets. Nowadays, it all goes into some council members and their contractor mates pocket.
At 1:03 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, from the railway station looking east. At 1:21 A BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) DC10 aircraft. BOAC would merge with BEA to become British Airways in 1974. At 1:31 Darling Harbour Goods Yard with the old Government Printing Office at Pyrmont (blue glass) in the background. At 2:08 a coal truck leaving the Blackwattle Bay wharfs onto Bridge Road, Wentworth Park in the distance. At 3:02 a 1953 Dennis F1 pumper and a 1929 Dennis ladders leaving No. 4 Fire Station Darlinghurst (Kings Cross) and then travelling south along Victoria Street. At 7:09 an ambulance coming down Fullers Road and then on to Lady Game Drive, Chatswood West. Fullers Bridge, over the Lane Cove River, can be seen in a later scene in the background when the ambulance door is shut. The car is an Austin A50. At 7:57 is the first iPad. At 8:25 is Park Street between the Hyde Park(s) looking east from the old T&G Building, corner Park and Elizabeth Streets. At 10:52 is the Pacific Highway, North Sydney, with some construction clearing on the right for the future Warringah Expressway. The high-level traffic is using the former tramway and tram bridge (originally intended for a Northern Beaches Railway via North Sydney). At 11:00 is the site cleared for Goldfields House at Circular Quay, which set a new low for cheap and nasty abominations, and still stands!!! At 11:10 appears to be demolition associated with the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney, with a pylon of the Harbour Bridge and the Greenway Building (public housing at Kirribilli) in the distance. At 12:17 Bondi Beach. At 12:19 William Street looking east, with no traffic lights!!! At 12:27 the City approach to the Pyrmont Bridge, then the main route west apart from Parramatta Road, the four stacks of the Pyrmont Power Station in the distance.
Thanks for all of the great information you have provided about the locations in this film. It is very helpful. Thanks also for you comments on our other films.
Dont know about that. In some ways perhaps but as a society i dont think so. Less consideration, selfish, aggressive and insular come to mind about todays world particularly on the road
I was a fireman at the NSWFB Darlinghurst fire station they show here at 3.05. The station number is No4. It seems so ancient compared to the ladder truck and pumper that we used in the late 80’s Like i suppose the 80’s look to someone now 😳
My father was a road worker in the northern Territory in the 1960s to 80s He was a very hard worker and his mates were real men! hard and funny sadly alcohol killed a lot of them.
My grandpa use to fly here for work & he described the Aussies as Hard working chilled out blokes ever! He'll come back with a Koala doll & Super Happy. He died of Alcohol but his memory remains High for Australia, True School Blokes.
A number of similarities to the US. Australia was close to America in per-capita ownership of private cars, far ahead of most other countries at that time.
@@noelgibson5956 no they weren't. They were embarrassing lol ugliest cars. Tihe beetles and kombis however always represented freedom and free thinking
Yes. Ep 1 is Railways at Work - see our On The Rails playlist. Ep 4 also posted Ships At Work - On The Water playlist and Roads is Ep 2. Only Ep 3 Aircraft At Work to go.
What a great film of a great time to be alive. Its sad that todays council/state gov are closing roads and making them narrow/smaller. Parking is becoming a scarce commodity today.
Interesting. Although this footage may have been released in 66 I'm fairly certain it was filmed no later than mid 1965. There are many EH Holdens but not yet any HD Holdens evident.
There was a HD sedan and an XP Falcon ute in it . HD released Feb 65 XP release March 65. I believe it is filmed in mid or late 1965 and it was released in 1966 and edited sometime in between
Gee, we were a hard-working country back then. We got stuff done. 2:50 There is now a just a few modern semis doing the work of all those flatbeds and utes
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Lorry is the British English term for a truck, a large motor vehicle. Originally a ferm for a horse-drawn low-loading trolley
Excellent film, demonstrating the different things men did to build and maintain the functionality of our modern world. I'm forever grateful! And those gorgeous old cars. I'll take one -- any one.
I like you and your way of thinking...
but you'll use the Subaru Forrester as your daily.
I Miss the look & sounds of those days. Wish times were like that now. Life now is not as we had back then.
Beaut film, thank you. I was 6yo when this film was made in '66. What a momentous year that was; Mr. Menzies retired, out went the pounds, shillings & pence, in came the dollars and the cents, & everyone was singing 'The Sound of Music'. Ah, such halcyon days! There were no Japanese cars on the roads then, & the trucks were mostly British - Bedfords & Commers - red, it seems, being the predominant colour. And of course, the ubiquitous VW Beetle, although most of the cars were Holdens or Fords.
Amazing, still the same asphalt on some of those roads today. Back when only a little public money, not all of it like today, was siphoned away from infrastructure budgets. Nowadays, it all goes into some council members and their contractor mates pocket.
EXCELLENT film 10 out 10!!!! Should be part of education system for kids at school!!
Thanks for this; another grand collection of the past.
Great short film that shows just how things worked at a certain part of time. Many thanks for posting.
A good reminder of what it was like in 1966 compared with 2013.
At 1:03 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, from the railway station looking east.
At 1:21 A BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) DC10 aircraft. BOAC would merge with BEA to become British Airways in 1974.
At 1:31 Darling Harbour Goods Yard with the old Government Printing Office at Pyrmont (blue glass) in the background.
At 2:08 a coal truck leaving the Blackwattle Bay wharfs onto Bridge Road, Wentworth Park in the distance.
At 3:02 a 1953 Dennis F1 pumper and a 1929 Dennis ladders leaving No. 4 Fire Station Darlinghurst (Kings Cross) and then travelling south along Victoria Street.
At 7:09 an ambulance coming down Fullers Road and then on to Lady Game Drive, Chatswood West. Fullers Bridge, over the Lane Cove River, can be seen in a later scene in the background when the ambulance door is shut. The car is an Austin A50.
At 7:57 is the first iPad.
At 8:25 is Park Street between the Hyde Park(s) looking east from the old T&G Building, corner Park and Elizabeth Streets.
At 10:52 is the Pacific Highway, North Sydney, with some construction clearing on the right for the future Warringah Expressway. The high-level traffic is using the former tramway and tram bridge (originally intended for a Northern Beaches Railway via North Sydney).
At 11:00 is the site cleared for Goldfields House at Circular Quay, which set a new low for cheap and nasty abominations, and still stands!!!
At 11:10 appears to be demolition associated with the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney, with a pylon of the Harbour Bridge and the Greenway Building (public housing at Kirribilli) in the distance.
At 12:17 Bondi Beach.
At 12:19 William Street looking east, with no traffic lights!!!
At 12:27 the City approach to the Pyrmont Bridge, then the main route west apart from Parramatta Road, the four stacks of the Pyrmont Power Station in the distance.
Thanks for all of the great information you have provided about the locations in this film. It is very helpful. Thanks also for you comments on our other films.
NFSA Films Thank you NFSA, I have enjoyed watching them.
Thankyou for that information mate.
At 1:21 Boeing 707, not DC10
The 7:09 Ambulance is a Chrysler Royal. A V8 to get to the scene quickly.
I think I saw at least a dozen OH&S violations, LOL. The good old days ;)
She'll be right mate ..
i love it life seemed much slower
Great video for history lessons in primary school!
Australia has come a long way in way in a very short time!
Dont know about that. In some ways perhaps but as a society i dont think so. Less consideration, selfish, aggressive and insular come to mind about todays world particularly on the road
Amen!!! Love this trip down memory lane! Great country, Australia!
Yes, it was.
I love the fire trucks. They seem vintage compared to today's fire trucks.
They are mate
The second one is probably a 1930s Leland turntable ladder
That’ll be due to the fact that they’re vintage.
@@heli-crewhgs5285 I would reckon so.
I was a fireman at the NSWFB Darlinghurst fire station they show here at 3.05. The station number is No4. It seems so ancient compared to the ladder truck and pumper that we used in the late 80’s
Like i suppose the 80’s look to someone now 😳
The good old days 👍 i was 3 when they made this 😃
Even 50 odd years ago, everything seemed to be very quaint. The older guys, who looked 70 but were probably 40, wearing pork pie hats at work.
I was looking at photos of my uncle’s graduation and my grandfather was 55 yet looked 80.
When our government was legitimate, the good ol days.
Anyone remember hanky hats ?? A knot tied in each corner of your hankerchief, those were the days , 😂
Wish I had some of those cars today..awesome..
20 years later I worked in Sydney and the boss came with his Beetle every day to work and first he red the newspaper.
read
No red they did hang him in Coffs Harbour.
My father was a road worker in the northern Territory in the 1960s to 80s He was a very hard worker and his mates were real men! hard and funny sadly alcohol killed a lot of them.
My grandpa use to fly here for work & he described the Aussies as Hard working chilled out blokes ever! He'll come back with a Koala doll & Super Happy. He died of Alcohol but his memory remains High for Australia, True School Blokes.
Fantastic resources, life has certainly changed.
9 yo when this was made. Brings back memories.
A number of similarities to the US. Australia was close to America in per-capita ownership of private cars, far ahead of most other countries at that time.
Tracey-Ann Johns would like this video. 🇦🇺
Life without the Visibility Vests and you could light up a cigarette anywhere anytime.
Thanks for the feedback.
Love the old cars especially the Beetles and Kombis
The Valiants were the best cars at that stage.
@@noelgibson5956 no they weren't. They were embarrassing lol ugliest cars. Tihe beetles and kombis however always represented freedom and free thinking
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Lol! Whatever floats your boat. 😃👍
Better days then today
NIce video! I noticed what looks like a GM PD 4106 bus, identical to those used in the US.
very nice ^^
Yes. Ep 1 is Railways at Work - see our On The Rails playlist. Ep 4 also posted Ships At Work - On The Water playlist and Roads is Ep 2. Only Ep 3 Aircraft At Work to go.
What a great film of a great time to be alive. Its sad that todays council/state gov are closing roads and making them narrow/smaller. Parking is becoming a scarce commodity today.
Don't forget till roads and insurance and rego.. fucken government cunts!
12:57 the 169 bus to Wingala...a locality around Dee Why/North Curl Curl.
@ 11.01 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, Goldfields House, which has come and gone, was built in the hole.
Amazing!
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I wonder what it looks like now. Great times.
All cars in the documentary: 1960's
Fire Engine: Looks like a 1930s truck
Interesting. Although this footage may have been released in 66 I'm fairly certain it was filmed no later than mid 1965. There are many EH Holdens but not yet any HD Holdens evident.
Yes the production date is usually when the film was finished. The footage may have been shot well before that.
There was a HD sedan and an XP Falcon ute in it . HD released Feb 65 XP release March 65.
I believe it is filmed in mid or late 1965 and it was released in 1966 and edited sometime in between
10:53 looks like science fiction: driving on top of buildings. Weird city planning!
Metropolis
It is the abutment for the Sydney harbour bridge
Is there an Ep1 posted?
Why don’t they send people to schools anymore? I don’t remember anyone talking to mr about road safety except my parents.
Gee, we were a hard-working country back then. We got stuff done. 2:50 There is now a just a few modern semis doing the work of all those flatbeds and utes
It was a better time.
At 12:20 William st heading up to the Cross.
What is the red truck reversing at 2.50 to 2.53 . Is it a Fargo or Dodge or international or Karrier
Looks like a 1950 Dodge B1B or Desoto Pilothouse.
It's a Fargo. I used to see them around when I was younger.
Not one Hi-Viz Shirt. Paradise
Love NFSA
Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now...
And what fire station is that?
Darlinghurst No4 stn
from the point of view of NSW
This was back in the day when traffic was not that bad and people where not so lazy such shame the automatic transmission has ruined everything
This is big brother watching our every move! Are we really so stupid to believe that government is out to actually help us?
now days they do it via computer
Dudes worked fucking hard
Really they are lorries NOT trucks!
Lorry in London truck in Australia.
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Lorry is the British English term for a truck, a large motor vehicle. Originally a ferm for a horse-drawn low-loading trolley
Oh I say in Awrsttraylia old chap. Good grief the narrators in those days all had plums in their mouths.
Now they sound as ignorant and as uneducated as you.
Beautiful wasn't it?
10:29
A very car oriented country with little regard for pedestrians. Try to spot wide paths or sidewalks with coffee shops and outdoor seating 😂😂😂
Too busy, even then.