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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There is so much in this that takes me back to my child hood. I was thirteen when this was made. I am sentimental about it but know that there was bad about that time as well as good and the same today.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Ah the Friday or Saturday night Chinese Take Away. Dad would take a large saucepan and lid with us to the local take away and get it filled with Curry Prawn and Rice. Brings back a lot of memories of growing up in the 60's and 70's. Life was so much simpler then.
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.
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...
Seeing the Skyline Drive In brought back such memories, I remember going there as a kid in my pyjamas and I went to that primary school! So enjoyed watching this! 😊
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.
thank you for posting , but saddened by some of the silly comments left. Can't see why viewers can't just enjoy old films without insulting or being judgemental to others.
There wasn't a lot of money in the economy in those days. Yet people made the effort to look good and be well dressed. Clothing in particular was more expensive in relation to your wages then than now as imports had relatively high tariffs (until ofcourse Gough Whitlam changed that in his time of being the Prime Minister, 1972-75). Homes were simpler and we had far less possessions and material things in those days than we do now.
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...
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”.?
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.
"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!
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.
This is an accurate depiction of life at the times. Far more so than one can get from films of the era. It is a real treasure. There are quite a few pious souls commenting here, which is very insulting to that wonderful simple era. Ok, it does not contain the darker side of life, but why should it? It was highlighting the best part of living at the time and there is nothing wrong with that. By and large, this was how simple people lived and what most people strove for when communities had values and ideals, instead of being disturbed by new wave socialist extremists with insidious propaganda that destroys the quality of life that was so wonderful back then.
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 😅
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!".
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.
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
Incredible reflections on those days. How times have changed. I have to be honest. It would be wonderful if women would dress like that again but it will never happen.
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?
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!
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.
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.
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 🇦🇺😕
@LibertyDownUnder The Film Australia Collection represents the Government of Australia official film units from 1913 to roughly 2005. The films, especially the early ones, were made to present the Government view on many and varied subjects but lots concerned immigration, like this one. Lots of nation building and propaganda.
Why is it propaganda? Do you consider yourself an expert because you post films? This is an accurate depiction of what life was like. Forget the trivial attempts at social judgement. These wonderful films do not deserve jerks like you!
@@thomaselliott573 This is the person that puts these films up on this website . Do you think theyd go to this trouble if the films films werent appreciated ?
@@steveone you are very poorly confused. will allow myslef time ti state the obvious. He even states this is propagnda. He is some disingenuous pulic servant who loves to be political.
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?
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 is straight up flashback to the past, so nice to see normal life again. I have fond memories growing up in that time.
The man in the shoe repair shop was my dad who had the shop in forrestville shopping centre from 1969-1978
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 😂
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.
Oh I love this! Miss those days 😢
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
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!
Beautiful video. Beautiful time.
Just wish to go back in time when life is free and pure
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 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.
This was like a mini sneak peek into a life back in the day and i LOVE it
There is so much in this that takes me back to my child hood. I was thirteen when this was made. I am sentimental about it but know that there was bad about that time as well as good and the same today.
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.
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
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.
Loved catching these trains to and from USyd every day in the early 1980s.
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.
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.
Its a good film! I was 6 when it came out! And at lane cove school in sydney
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
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.
A succulent Chinese meal...
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.
The rental flats in Sydney haven't changed!!
Ah the Friday or Saturday night Chinese Take Away. Dad would take a large saucepan and lid with us to the local take away and get it filled with Curry Prawn and Rice. Brings back a lot of memories of growing up in the 60's and 70's. Life was so much simpler then.
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.
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...
Halcyon Days in Early 1970s I think the Actor playing Ann would be in 70s now they were excellent times now sadly gone.
Memories of a Golden Era! A reminder of far-away times, gone...never to return?
:'(
Let's just say you can't put the genie back in the bottle.
Allambie Heights Public School....Circa 1971....We had ink wells in our desks! Mr Hulme was the principal.
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...
OMG The Golden Lotus Chinese was our local at Forestville, knew it well. It moved to Killarney Heights over 30 years ago.
Seeing the Skyline Drive In brought back such memories, I remember going there as a kid in my pyjamas and I went to that primary school! So enjoyed watching this! 😊
Love the rental flat. Probably still being rented out in its original state for a small fortune.
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
Hate to think what the NFSA films would be about today. Certainly nothing as innocent as this. Thoroughly enjoyed it,
thank you for posting , but saddened by some of the silly comments left. Can't see why viewers can't just enjoy old films without insulting or being judgemental to others.
8:12 I remmber the only Chinese takeaway in Box Hill Vic ..every one turned up with their own pots and containers for takeaway !!
the 1970s what a time to grow up in
7:00 paper bags for lunch no plastic glad bags.
And take your own Tupperware to the Take-Away!
Wow I am 45 but I love these old videos . People dressed so classy then
There wasn't a lot of money in the economy in those days. Yet people made the effort to look good and be well dressed. Clothing in particular was more expensive in relation to your wages then than now as imports had relatively high tariffs (until ofcourse Gough Whitlam changed that in his time of being the Prime Minister, 1972-75). Homes were simpler and we had far less possessions and material things in those days than we do now.
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.
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!
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”.?
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.
"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.
Good acting without actual talking roles! Very good directing by David Eastman too.
A salon visit just for a basic ponytail lol 😆
I remember when ice cream came out of a metal tin 😆
Seriously but.. how hot is Ann!
My Dad used live in Gundagi 1972-1988
thank you detail remember of great times
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.
This is an accurate depiction of life at the times. Far more so than one can get from films of the era. It is a real treasure.
There are quite a few pious souls commenting here, which is very insulting to that wonderful simple era.
Ok, it does not contain the darker side of life, but why should it? It was highlighting the best part of living at the time and there is nothing wrong with that. By and large, this was how simple people lived and what most people strove for when communities had values and ideals, instead of being disturbed by new wave socialist extremists with insidious propaganda that destroys the quality of life that was so wonderful back then.
Well said. Modern culture is degenerate in comparison.
Wow... Lovely!
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 😅
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
@@Yeahnah89001 yeah it’s 1971
Skippy... Skippy.. Skippy the bush kangaroo 🦘 that’s what Ann went to do after College 😂
John is Jeremy Cordeaux from Adelaide Radio!
Ah the early 70s. Such a simple time, because you believed what you were being told. Can't do that nowadays...
Wish this was movie length 😄
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?
At 23:33 the credits say this film was directed by David Eastman. I wonder if it was *that* David Eastman?!
'Sheets? It's hard to choose from such a variety!' Hmmm...pink stripe or the blue?
So true. I hate those striped sheets still to this day and refuse to have them in my house! My sister still buys them for her kids!
That kiss on the cheek at the end completely convinced me they were a real couple.
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...
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)_/¯
Anne and John: fast friends. Quaint.
Town ladies seldom fall in love to a city life
Beggars can't be choosers. I'm sure it was a good time to be alive. 2020 killed it for me
Gundagai! I was looking at the town, thinking is this Tumut...I wasn't too far wrong.
OMG THE EASTER SHOW!!!! :D
Ahhh the memories miss it
Back when times were better ,everyone was almost the same
Incredible reflections on those days. How times have changed. I have to be honest. It would be wonderful if women would dress like that again but it will never happen.
Are you kidding me? look at that era fashion mini skirts and dresses. girls and legs they were not better then today the 70s fashion 🤣
Ahhh, most girls now look middle aged due to no sport and over-indulgence. Kids were active.
I wish we had dances now
5:40 "Thanks love" ..very typical Aussie.
@Conniptions886 Thanks again
'But there are other ways of passing the time...' Ohh, JOHN!!
When people were nice.
18:55 Buying fruit & vegetables not wrapped in plastic; what were they thinking !!
Crazy ;)
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. ;-)
brilliant
Ann Johnson the country girl is really beautiful. I wonder what ever happened to her after this video??
She was in Skippy
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!
Clancy has done well for herself.
@Taso Aifantis Nah it's not her just looks like Clancy a bit.
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.
I wonder how 'Ann' looks these days. :)
WOW! Knowing what I know now, "give me her car" so I can seal it up for later, worth a fortune in top condition!
12:42 The mini skirt has never returned after 50 years
It's such a shame!
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 ☹️
I enjoy the nostalgia of these old NFSA films too. But the phallic imagery in the supermarket was relentless. Poor Anne and her friend.
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
@LibertyDownUnder The Film Australia Collection represents the Government of Australia official film units from 1913 to roughly 2005. The films, especially the early ones, were made to present the Government view on many and varied subjects but lots concerned immigration, like this one. Lots of nation building and propaganda.
Why is it propaganda? Do you consider yourself an expert because you post films? This is an accurate depiction of what life was like. Forget the trivial attempts at social judgement. These wonderful films do not deserve jerks like you!
@@thomaselliott573 This is the person that puts these films up on this website . Do you think theyd go to this trouble if the films films werent appreciated ?
@@steveone you are very poorly confused. will allow myslef time ti state the obvious. He even states this is propagnda. He is some disingenuous pulic servant who loves to be political.
I did enjoy the suspense over which casserole to buy, but I have to say, the plot was a little weak.
I hope the viewers see that most of Australia did not sound like Steve Irwin. There are many different Australian accents.
Or Paul Hogan or even Kylie Minogue.
When milk was delivered to the house in bottles!
My old primary school is shown here!