I recall a similar film from the 60s and I remember the song. It was to the tune of 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' but the lyrics go: 'Where Have All The Drivers Gone?'
4:07 I like the way he gets in the car without walking on the road. The car has no distractions not even a radio so he is more attentive to what is happening outside of the car even after drinking beers.
The roads are shite! I see nothing's changed. Laughed my head off at the end. That's the silliest ending possible. He could've just had a bingle but noooo. They had to have him fly off a cliff into a quarry. Hilarious! Though..I do hear about that sort of thing happening every other weekend.
Well I wouldn’t go to the pub after work and have a beer and drive home, I would go and get myself a coffee instead, drinking alcohol and driving don’t mix, it’s like trying to get blood out of a stone.
The early cars were quite unstable, poor braking & steering on those narrow tyres, also everyone drank with six oclock closing it was mayhem on the roads. Smithy took a short cut.
I've been known to have a drink from time to time. But since I know I'll be driving, I'm careful *how much* to drink *before* I drive. I've never drank so much as to affect the last part of my brain (thank god for that). Only enough that I'm a tad unsteady on my feet. If I can't walk steady, imagine what I'd be like behind the wheel!
I agree. I don't get why people drink anything alcoholic. If you're going to be home and not planning to go anywhere, you can drink all you can, and not worry about causing an accident. Or if you're at a friend's (mate's) place. Assuming he has a bed to sleep on, you can sleep and sober up before you drive.
What a wonderful record of the street scapes and fashions of 1957.
I recall a similar film from the 60s and I remember the song. It was to the tune of 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' but the lyrics go: 'Where Have All The Drivers Gone?'
4:07 I like the way he gets in the car without walking on the road.
The car has no distractions not even a radio so he is more attentive to what is happening outside of the car even after drinking beers.
The good old three speed manual with the starter button.
5:32 How’s the beetle going out to overtake with a crest blocking oncoming cars.
Poor Smithy never had any luck
His mistress told him to come over because there was nobody home.
When he got there, there was nobody home.
I love Smithie's seemingly cheerful expression after he has hit the man at 6:05
Nick Kane He's just an all-round good bloke!
I blame the guy who turned in front of him and forced him into the quarry.
Should be a manslaughter charge.
Gonna miss you Smithy.
NFSA Films glad to see a video. It’s been 3 long weeks. I’m a subscriber and love this channel.
That's strange, i would have sworn that Bill Smith was in an episode of Homicide not long after this was aired.
RIP Smithie...
That beer garden was a bit posh for the late 1950s. Nice umbrellas, must have been Kings Cross.
Roads were a nightmare after Smithy's wake.
Lesson should be don't have quarrys in suburbia..
Poor Ol Smithy...had a tour of the local quarry at least
Oh No ! - He was doing so well till the end ... :(
Unfortunately, my brain lacks the complexity of the model - consisting solely of the third section.
Nice and gruesome.
The roads are shite! I see nothing's changed.
Laughed my head off at the end. That's the silliest ending possible. He could've just had a bingle but noooo. They had to have him fly off a cliff into a quarry. Hilarious! Though..I do hear about that sort of thing happening every other weekend.
Yes I get the message Don’t mix drinking with quarry driving
LOL at the ending!
Nothing has changed much from over the past sixty years
smiddy bit the dust bigtime
Big NRMA sticker in window
Smithy has been watching too many episodes of Dukes Of Hazard!
Well I wouldn’t go to the pub after work and have a beer and drive home, I would go and get myself a coffee instead, drinking alcohol and driving don’t mix, it’s like trying to get blood out of a stone.
The early cars were quite unstable, poor braking & steering on those narrow tyres, also everyone drank with six oclock closing it was mayhem on the roads. Smithy took a short cut.
yuri Lemming that’s right the six o’clock swill
Deny Smith Young. & Jacksons at 5.45pm was a sight to behold, used to pop in to see that spectacle.
I've been known to have a drink from time to time. But since I know I'll be driving, I'm careful *how much* to drink *before* I drive. I've never drank so much as to affect the last part of my brain (thank god for that). Only enough that I'm a tad unsteady on my feet. If I can't walk steady, imagine what I'd be like behind the wheel!
@H HOUR HOTEL Good idea. If only everyone refrained from anything alcoholic. Sadly, I've known people who have decided to drive a car after drinking.
In the seventies you wouldn't think you were sufficiently prepared for driving if you didn't have half a dozen under the belt.😁
I agree. I don't get why people drink anything alcoholic. If you're going to be home and not planning to go anywhere, you can drink all you can, and not worry about causing an accident. Or if you're at a friend's (mate's) place. Assuming he has a bed to sleep on, you can sleep and sober up before you drive.
That was a big fall , poor smithy
You had to give way to your right in those days,crazy rule , lots died specially motorcyclist.
Not the Holden!
lol Bill Smith 😂😂
Silly Smithy...
I am so glad this epidemic has mostly died out.
the Nazi's took over australia in between 1948-53. blessed be the teachers.
Wishful thinking