Mainly For Women
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- From The Film Australia Collection. Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1971. Directed by David Eastman.
Original 1971 synopsis: Anne leaves a friendly country town (Gundagai) to work and study in Sydney. She stays with relatives in a typical suburban home, involved in typical weekend activities. She finds a job and flat. Aimed at women who are considering migration to Australia. Mainly for women concentrates on aspects of Australian life which are likely to be particularly interesting to women. What types of jobs and accommodation are available for women? What are the shopping and entertainment facilities like? How are women treated in Australian Society?
I was 19 the year this film was made. Born and bred in Sydney. Every moment of this film brings back recognition and memories --so many sights and items I knew well. Such a pleasure! "Anne" is truly typical of the fashion-conscious young woman of 1971, right down to her pantyhose, pastel lipstick, zero blusher and pale pink pearlescent nail polish (though she is probably too fashionable for a Gundagai girl-- there was a visible divide in those days between the dress of city youth and country youth-- country stores simply didnt stock the range of fashion or the on-trend stuff that city stores did. When I walked down the main street of Narrandera in 1972 , not far from Gundagai, I got second looks, just because of what I was wearing. You could only get clothes like mine in Sydney. Not expensive, just trendy ).
I too flirted on a night-time harbour cruise in my teens, shopped at the local greengrocer's run by southern European migrants who picked and packed your items for you, and occasionally got food from the only takeaway establishment around, the Chinese restaurant selling "Chinese and Australian meals". If you didn't want fried rice, chow mein, sweet and sour pork or the curried prawns, you could get steak and eggs.
In today's Sydney, "Anne" could not afford to move into a shared flat on the North Shore on a low paying job -- but, rent was way cheaper in those days. I lived on the south side of the harbour, lower middleclass, less affluent than "Anne's" relatives, my local peers would not have automatically furnished their flat with new things, they would have relied on second-hand things from their families - but I get that the producers wanted to showcase Australian consumer goods. One slip-up which speaks to me of the generation gap ( a new concept then), was the producers having Anne's new boyfriend take her to a drive in on a first date! That was a risky move for a guy, as it would have signalled to his date that he had one thing only on his mind ---drive-ins were not known as "passion pits" for nothing! I am sure the producers did not mean to indirectly convey that Anne was "sexually liberated"!
Gees I went to the drive in a few times. No one ever complained & I was going out with just everyday girls . I never gave it a second thought . Sat night they were packed too. If I owned a panel van it may have been different. It was her very small bed that made me grin.
Very good observations 😂
This is straight up flashback to the past, so nice to see normal life again. I have fond memories growing up in that time.
I liked the film, Anyone else feel the same?
We do.
I do. Memories.
@@bluemarshall6180 - is that Yea (the town) or Yeah !!
I enjoyed watching that film, too. Although I wasn't even born yet, I loved watching good old classic feature films on Australian life in the flower power era...Before the arrival of Refugees landed on our shores.
@@bluemarshall6180 no Indians too
Pretty amazing that these were made to show migrants what the country is like, and now they show citizens what the country _was_ like.
What an excellent statement. We lost so much.
This film invokes some wonderful memories for me as a young child in the early 1970s.The unspeakable cup of tea on the interstate train trip and ice cream for dessert from out of a TIN!
Love how short her dresses were in 1971 .As a guy who started dating at that time I just loved them . Then in about 75 they came down to mid calf & staye there . Interesting how the train from Gundagai to Sydney is on the the Newcastle line. I remember well the drive in Cafes & the drive ins. Ann is about 4 or 5 years older than me. I wonder honestly what happened to her in the real world . It was the time when people started living together and it was becoming very common. . Also the time that we stated to move by air instead of trains.
The guy in the shoe repair shop was my dad...still miss him
Hi Peter, thanks for sharing with us. Hope this brought back some good memories.
At the Forestville Bootmakers? I recognised him right away, I grew up there, yeah it's hard when you loose a parent. Your Dad did a great job, my family always took our shoe repairs there.
Nawwww Bless 😌💕
That’s awesome they his now in history
Can I ask how old are you late 40s?
Loved catching these trains to and from USyd every day in the early 1980s.
The rental flats in Sydney haven't changed!!
Hate to think what the NFSA films would be about today. Certainly nothing as innocent as this. Thoroughly enjoyed it,
i'm actually american but although this was filmed thousands of miles away from me i could still instantly tell this was filmed in the 60's. not only the clothes and hair-do's but the film stock too seemed to be fairly consistent across the industrialized countries at that time.
Yes Kodak covered the world. Not the only one but ubiquitous.
In the description it says it was 1971
71 is my guess.
The prices of goods are in Australian dollars, which was introduced on 14 Feb 1966...and it took a couple of years for people to swap over so no, this is definitely the 70's.
@@leisaprowd6324 that would make sense. i guess maybe some of the more 60's look lasted a little longer down there. although well into the 70's here in the states ppl. still wore alot of very 60's looking stuff so who knows.....
Great film.
Love the accents and loved the TV in the lounge at 12.41.
I can still remember Australia like this but without the plumby accents :)
Pete Strange : yeah ! Way too posh accent ! I think they must’ve been aiming it more at the English people to come here
Oh wow! I though I recognised Gundagai! We used to drive through it when we were going from Newcatle to Holbrook in the 70's. Such a different way of life then. Jeez, heels while you wait AND same day dry cleaning...
Skyline drive in is still operating. One of the last. I remember going there as a kid and hanging the speaker on the car door.
Yes it is a bit of a confusing one but it was actually made, like so many of our films, to encourage and inform intending migrants. The usual catalogue of available things are all there like jobs, housing, consumer goods, lifestyle and I guess in this case a husband. There is a slight nod to women's independence maybe but then as you say conformity is the dominant theme.
"Conformity" is a bit patronising. I remember it just as "enjoying the lifestyle of the time", which is a far better description, and why not? It had a lot more to offer than what is available now!
Thomas Elliott Yes. Who thought they were conforming?
@@WesW3187 Well, the whole point of the Good Neighbour Council was to get migrants to conform to the Australian way of life.
The conformity/assimilation message comes strong through these, more so in others like the Viewpoint:Brisbane (I think) which devotes its entire second half of voiceover to telling italian (i presume migrants) to learn english and not expect anything. Still a great time capsule.
Its a good film! I was 6 when it came out! And at lane cove school in sydney
"Things happen quickly in the city. And Anne will have to adjust to the change of pace..." Although I had a little chuckle, the very existence of this film raises a lot of questions that make me want to find out more about this period and immigration then. It's fascinating. Thanks for making these so public and easy to find on youtube!
Great, thanks for the feedback Helen and we're glad you found it useful.
Wow, the old Palm Beach double Decker bus. Been a long time since I caught one of them. How often I'd catch the bus home after working at Circular Quay home to Avalon , you'd find you'd fallen asleep on the shoulder of the passenger next to you. I remember my Mum wearing those fashions. Don't remember much of the 70's but I miss the 80's. Life was actually fun , the only thing I would take from now back to the 80's would be a mobile.
We used to spend weekends in Avalon sailing on Pittwater in 70s
A time when families helped each other with hosting their nephews and nieces. The true joy of extended family with cousins like brothers and everyone caring about each other. And courting a girl before asking to marry etc. Amazing times. Sadly no more.
14:13 the drive-in appears to be showing "The April Fools" , a US film released in 1969 starring Jack Lemmon & Catherine Deneuve, along with "All The Way Up", a 1970 UK film starring Warren Mitchell & Pat Heywood.
Ah yes, but which drive-in was it?? (I know it wasn't Chullora Twin!)
I thought it was Ryde.
I wouldn’t be surprised they had only recently converted to dial up phones. I remember my parents ringing trunk call & you would ring the town & the number. Then supposedly after 3 minutes the operator would interrupt the conversation & ask “ Are you extending”.?
8:12 I remmber the only Chinese takeaway in Box Hill Vic ..every one turned up with their own pots and containers for takeaway !!
Seriously but.. how hot is Ann!
Not sure who the narrator is but I remember his voice from all the Aussie TV commercials we used to get in NZ in the late 1980s
sounds like a British expat ?
Alistair Duncan - English born actor residing in Australia.
Ah the early 70s. Such a simple time, because you believed what you were being told. Can't do that nowadays...
A training to become a calculating machine operator? That sounds like a Job with a future. ;-)
:)
I had a dumb moment when I looked at Ann's work desk confused, wondering where her computer is. I just can't imagine doing an office job without a computer.
As a six year old in 1971,I was taken to the office at my fathers workplace and shown their recently acquired pride and joy-an electronic calculator.This was a monstrous unit about 30cm x 20cm with big buttons and big display and ran on mains power.My father demonstrated its workings with the words,"This does your sums for you!".
lol
@@roydidlock1012 Same thing with me, two years later. It was impressive, but who knew the changes that were to quickly come?
the 1970s what a time to grow up in
Wow... Lovely!
Was that Jeremy Cordeaux at 10.29 with the red scarfe and blue jean shirt? Just looked at the credits, yes it was.
I remember when Jeremy Cordeaux hosted a regular segment on TEN 10 Sydney called Shadow Stumpers.
Don't know how I came across this but glad I did. Pack me up and send me back to 1959.
It's not 1959
@@nate2611 yeah it’s 1971
Is it just me or do you miss this Aussie accent? My first day at primary school in 1974 we had the box of beads to thread on a string….except mine didn’t have a button on the end and the beads just fell on the floor and I cried 😅
Good acting without actual talking roles! Very good directing by David Eastman too.
Anne and John: fast friends. Quaint.
We need answers did Anne get married, a house in the country, kids,etc. there must be a part 2 in those reels in the store room keep looking guys haha.
Hmm! Well now you've started something. This may take a while.
I heard she robbed a Milkbar and got ten years...
@@NFSAFilms.... Any news now, three years on..? 😊
I will have to do an act an actor pay the actor and to come back in actually likes you become a Sylvania housewife or something I will country raise some Country Kids
Nope... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And who woulda thunk Jeremy Cordeaux would have went from movie star to host his own talk back Radio Program in Adelaide 😁
These were the days before the Government wrecked our great Country 🇦🇺😕
Catness Everwild - I had no part in it! - I think people were brainwashed into believing choosing a Government was like choosing a football team ☹️
That ferry bbq looked lush..!
I finish form 6 (year 12 now in Victoria) in 1971 before joining the Army and remember the girls in mini skirts well but you had to have the figure to look good. Not much junk food then to ruin a girls figure though. I did buy my first KFC (dinner box) for $1.78 in Albury on the way to Kapooka (1 RTB) in 1972. With inflation the dinner box is still under $10.00.
Adrian...$1.78, you have better memory than me, how can you remember the price of a KFC dinner box almost 50yrs ago?...but I do remember the mini skirts :)
Girls were all slim and fit. This girl is typical of ones I used to know.
@@noproblem2big337 - It was the first KFC I ever bought.
If only Anne had thought of inventing the internet or Facebook, she wouldn't have to worry about marrying that ponce John.
So true.
Why is he a ponce? Because he dresses well and is well-mannered and not a sloth like many of the Ocker Australian men these days.
Her boyfriend worked for Channel 10 as an announcer.
😂😂😂👏🏻
@@jasonmackinnon4552 (the cravat) I was around in 1971 and that would be a deadset giveaway
Beggars can't be choosers. I'm sure it was a good time to be alive. 2020 killed it for me
When milk was delivered to the house in bottles!
It must be almost 20 years since this was filmed. I'd love to back for another holiday. Time flies
It was filmed 48 years ago.
@@mombaassa it's a joke, Joyce. ;-)
attractive women , not covered in ugly tattoos...
This school looks familiar. Anyone know which one it is? North Shore somewhere?
The good old days
I couldn't believe my eyes when grocery prices were only a few cents and the price of a toaster was only $13.95, in 1971. Today, those prices have gone through the roof like all other retail products.
@Yuck Foutube Yeah but guess what ? That toaster was made in Australia .
The average weekly wage was about $75, so not cheap at all, but electronic goods were probably well made and would have lasted years and years. I still have appliances bought in the late 1980s and even a Sanyo fan from the mid-'70s, all still going strong.
Love it. She will be a calculating machine operator after training in the City. And why is her little brother at School already in a
Sydney primary school. Why did the parents send him away?
Better education
He was an annoying little brat , like most younger siblings ;)
lol.
fordlandau his name is Mike! And he's not Anne's brother - he's Peter's brother & part of the Dennis family - the city family. Peter is the one who is engaged to Sally!
they sure were, i wore them , but looking at them now, how did we? lol How things have changed, some for the better, others not so good.
It wasn’t quite all beer & skittles. We were still in Vietnam in 71, young 20 year olds were still being conscripted. Woman were certainly not paid the same as men despite the fact that equal pay was coming in . Going to University was still hard unless you parents paid or you had a scholarship. No in realty things weren’t that different.
The voice of reason
They should have bought the flat ..probably worth a zillion dollars now.
Several zillions
7:35 Ann is pretty hot for a country gal ..
Young Fred West @9:47
7:43 - What the...? I thought this was a vintage porn movie for a minute there!
😂
For a moment I thought Anne was being played by Helen Mirren 😂
Justin Bieber haircut at 6:00?
Bonnie Hanna
But better
Bloody hell..! I thought EXACTLY the same.!
.... 8 years later..! 🤯
What is an Australian meal, something British maybe ??
1 x meat 2 x veg (sausage, potato, peas - maybe)
@@NFSAFilms That’s English
Goanna.
It was but Asia is becoming a huge influence now, particularly where I live in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. plus a lot of European & American take away ( too much fat & salt) I am definitely eating more Thai & similar foods .
Ahhhhhh.....I remember...mixed memories....so vanilla (on the surface) then...am pleased with the length of skirts...are you sure this is '71...?? ..."feels like" the 50s
it's 1971 saw then end MCMLXXI '71 ;)
Bit presumptuous to have a first date at a drive-in
Back then, no man would have done anything on a first date except get to know the person. Girls were perfectly safe, because men were looking for romance and permanence with a high quality person. Now with Tinder, first date sex is frequent. People have lost the plot in terms of culture.
I remember watching chitty chitty bang bang at a drive in
@@nampam3945 Want a bet. Nothing has changed, for me people were just as sex mad then as today. As for the drive in that was a common first date. Gees nothing has changed . Give me a break, we were know as the free love generation. The pill was quite common then and was definitely changing things. I had a lot a few first dates at drive ins, depends what film was on. But young guys have always chased young women it is natural
she should have worked in sales she enjoyed the shopping the most the rest of the time she was nearly asleep!
😂
7:40 Well what guy would not be interested now ?
They're not a real family. These people are recognizable actors of the period.
Yes a lot of the government films of the time were dramatised, scripted films that used actors.
No shit Shane.
Jeremy Cordeaux is still a radio announcer for 5AA in Adelaide so no, they`re not a real family sadly.
No one wears an ascot better than Jeremy.
lol.
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present the Government view on many and varied subjects but lots concerned immigration, like this one. Lots of nation building and propaganda.
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Was Radio Australia (the external service) ever featured in any films at all?
In Canada a few films were made about RCI. RCI & RA were not really involved in Cold War 'propaganda' broadcasting but I understand only 2 RCI languages were ever jammed. RA may not have been jammed, but I have no proof.
"Where is she now or is she still alive ?oh one last thing,where is that mini minor
I was wondering the same thing. I searched her and it seems she didn't do any film or television after around 1972.
@@brents223 ok a Cooper
9.44 Look at the band. This is no way the music they were playing!
Hey Stacey, if you use a *colon* in your timing reference instead of a full stop, it will take your readers directly to the frame 9:44
What was "ALL THE WAY UP" ? - An Australian porno movie ?
Harris Brian Thomas Brenda Miller Shirley
Is anyone know where is Tina Cornioley now????🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂is she still alive????
Classy and beautiful women before being brainwashed by feminism.
Incel, huh?
Ukrainian flag at @20:13. What's up with THAT?
Time traveling flag from 2023 ?
........cavalary flag.
Imagine being gay back then
Like the little boy at 7:07 - I was a little gay kid, so I can spot it a mile away. I can only imagine how rough it was for gay kids back then in Australia, which was not a very gay-friendly place.
I kinda' get the era and hopes and dreams from these (not so) bygone days. But isn't it a shame that after all of Anne's journey of discovery, the job, training and career hopes, apartment, sights & sounds, new friends and experiences that the end of the film focuses on potential marriage? Seems kind of patriarchal and diminishing towards women. That ultimately it is all they apparently prioritise over everything else..? Don't get me wrong, I'm no enlightened snowflake millennial raging against ancient practises in preference of new age modernity. I'm 52. An 80's teenager. It just seems to me to be somewhat stultifying and derogatory towards women. That being asked for their hand in marriage is all they truly want and desire. Sure, it's romantic and all that. But is that what we're led to believe....? That an aisle - with a somewhat dodgy looking clergyman - is the total sum of Anne's year long adventure...? 🤔
Yes it's an odd film for the Film Unit this one. Not sure what the message is supposed to be.
I do remember my grade 2 teacher back in 1981 saying she's only going to be a teacher until she gets married. I was thinking even as a 7 year old, those years in teachers college, developing a career and to suddenly just be a stay at home wife.
Women were expected to resign once they got married. It didn’t reflect well on the husband if his wife was working. Society looked down upon married women who did, as they were stopping a man from providing for his family.
John and Anne had a good thing going. That was until John told her she was just a silly little girl who got drunk.
FREAKY!!! A human nose, is the only part of a human face, that is illuminated, by...a spot light? and it turns into the headlight of a train!! At 0:05
And not a carbon dioxide tax, nor a woman named Julia, in sight, oh how i wish we could go back, rewind, and come out the other side, with not a carbon dioxide tax in sight, nor a woman named Juliar.
Wow... and now your heroes are in power and we`re so much better off......
in 20:12 I noticed Ukrainian flag
There were a quite a few Ukrainian refugees who arrived after World War 2 . A number were housed at the Bonegila Migrant Camp near Wodonga when they arrived . I knew one family my whole childhood .
If you didn't live it you have no idea. It was without a doubt the best time to grow up in Australia.
Agreed bro and i lived it..
@@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674 great times
lived it, loved it, want it back.
Agreed, paradise lost and lost for nothing. It was a magical kingdom. We had the best of it. If you didn't live it it can't be explained. Another planet.
A golden epoch. We were a proud, cohesive, productive and fun loving people. Things have deteriorated considerably.
The good old days, when you could quit a job on Friday and start a new job on Monday.
without having to go through an arduous and over the top application and interview process.
The man in the shoe repair shop was my dad who had the shop in forrestville shopping centre from 1969-1978
A succulent Chinese meal...
I’m 59 .. I was 11 going on 12 in 1971. I just loved the 70’s ... there wasn’t another era like it !
Ann talked quite posh though ... from a priveldged family I think . I’m from Victoria and it seemed back then that Sydney siders talked more posh than the Victorian counterparts !
In 1971 I was wanting to be older to enjoy all the changes that women were going through with fashion ect so I was glad to be older at least in the mid late 70’s
Ps when I saw that kettle it brought back memories! I think they were called Burko kettles or something like that .Everyone had them . Also I remember those wooden bead thing that kept her ponytail in .. all the girls had those too. Lots of old memories from a quieter gentler time
I think the "posh" talk is more to do with it being a Commonwealth Government film. Like the ABC at the time we were still trying to be a British (middle class) outpost. We were embarrassed by the way we really sounded.
Just wish to go back in time when life is free and pure
7:00 paper bags for lunch no plastic glad bags.
And take your own Tupperware to the Take-Away!
Can’t afford a TV. Every home has multiple Televisions now. Back in the days when you saved up for things.
I remember when the colour TV came out,we got a big Philips I was 8.
8:00 - She brought containers from home for take away in 1971 now that is excellent with no throw away container waste.
Can we bring that back? Might get complicated for Deliveroo though!
Yeah I heard that they done that in Melbourne as well .
Back in 1971 ,you still got plastic containers from the Chinese take-away. In our area back then, Chinese was one third of your fast food choices along with Fish and Chips and one Kentucky Fried Chicken store.
Many places here knock a little of the price off if you bring your own carry-outs. A bit off your coffee if you bring your own cup, too.
We do this with our local takeaway stores - most of them are happy to oblige
A magical country as it once was, now hardly recognisable. Whatever was gained does not compare with what was lost in the peaceful pursuit of daggy happiness.
Yes, and even having more stuff and money doesn't come close to compensate what we have lost.
11:10 it was so much easier to get jobs in the 70's .. far more difficult now for young people.
absolute garbage.... more work than you can poke a stick at...
Halcyon Days in Early 1970s I think the Actor playing Ann would be in 70s now they were excellent times now sadly gone.
Oh gawd isn’t she just perfect..? Sure i know it’s just a film, but life and people were so much less complicated back then, and Ann is so perfect!!
And the appliances were most likely made in Australia!!
Didn't need mobile phones, Facebook, emails , etc.
Beautiful video. Beautiful time.
I remember Primary School (Government) when you rocked up to school in the morning and there was a small glass bottle of milk on every kids desk every day. Making sure all kids started the day with some kind of brekky I suppose. Free...
And it was usually hot and sour.... it had been sitting outside in a milk crate in the sun for ages before you got to drink it!
No internet
No social media.
Macca still had his voice....
You bloody beauty
who's Macca?
No social media!
Bliss, you actually used to go and “see” someone, like in person!
Amazing!
SMH
this old footage is awesome idc where it's from. i know some ppl. would disagree with me but whenever i watch this older australian footage the accents in general sound more english to me than from the 80's onward. i'm not australian so maybe i'm not the best judge but that's what it sounds like to me.
A salon visit just for a basic ponytail lol 😆
The good old days.
These days it's spot the woman in a dress so rare they are.
The other day I was at a shopping mall and 1% of woman was wearing a dress or a skirt, I was one of them.
I miss the old days.
Love the rental flat. Probably still being rented out in its original state for a small fortune.
I remember when ice cream came out of a metal tin 😆
Town ladies seldom fall in love to a city life
When people were nice.
Allambie Heights Public School....Circa 1971....We had ink wells in our desks! Mr Hulme was the principal.
Skippy... Skippy.. Skippy the bush kangaroo 🦘 that’s what Ann went to do after College 😂
John is Jeremy Cordeaux from Adelaide Radio!