A Moving Picture (1969)

A look at transport in Tasmania. The importance and operation of air, sea, road & rail services and their use by industries.
Presented by Jenny Cartledge and Barbara Bale
Includes footage of Battery Point, Purdon and Featherstone Shipyards, launch of Princess of Tasmania, Mt Lyell, Savage River, Patons and Baldwins, Launceston Airport, Bass Trader, Australian Trader, Hydro-Electric Commission.
Please be advised that this footage may contain words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, which reflect the attitude of the period in which the film was produced, and which may be considered inappropriate today.
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office: Film - A Moving Picture - 16mm Ektachrome Release Print (colour, sound) - 11m 47s - (Reference: AB869/1/1870)
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[@MatthewHarrold]

I was a very young passenger on the Princess of Tasmania, older on the Abel Tasman, and then in-house entertainment on the early Spirit of Tasmania ships with my mate Mike Clennett. I grew my sea-legs whilst playing a keyboard by 1989. I was born after this video was produced, but it is way better than Saturday morning TV on TVT6. Love it!

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Great incidental music . A degree of innocence and immaturity in this fascinating flick , leaves the viewer clinging to the past .

[@uasj2]

Omg! 😂 hahaha 😆 The history and development of Tasmanian transportation meets... an amateurish version of 1960’s Bond Girls with truly BIZARRE affected British/Australian accents, hilarious hair and fashion, “modern” camera techniques and a boring script. Loved the historical aspect though: the Southern Outlet empty and barely a highway; I’d forgotten about the Princess of Tasmania; and my family’s history is tied up with those Purdon shipyards in Battery Point. Thank you so much for publishing this. *Tip:* if you get bored in the middle, don’t miss the finale. Skip to the 10:20 mark and watch those girls build up to the big finish!

[@lordsod69]

This was made in the year of my birth and 23 years later I first arrived in Hobart as a 22 year old and turned 23 there! Fond memories indeed.

[@roadrocket1100]

Can't believe the accents on those girls. Trying very hard! A little bit of classic nostalgia and innocence from bygone days. I was 14 when that was made and remember most of what's covered very well.

[@OrnumCR]

Wow....pronunciation is very highbrow British on those girls...sounds a bit like Christopher Pyne!! Don’t think Australia manufactures like that anymore either. Fascinating look back to an Australia that no longer is....

[@rsinclair6560]

Watch:Tasmania's Road West.

[@bigears4014]

Cheapest electricity , maybe for large commercial industries, but not domestic power

[@paulsackley4119]

Tasmania is, on the move... great dancing moves 👍

[@rsinclair6560]

Check out the Bristol Freighter aircraft...both disappeared without a trace in Bass Strait

[@sydthegoat88]

....and on top of all that progressiveness and local knowledge we can also gogo dance. Were everything to everyone and totally owning it

[@paulsackley4119]

The cinematography is amusing. I wonder if they’re tassie gals

[@TheDoppelgangster]

Health and safety???!! Nah, I'd rather ride around on a forklift in high heels...

[@Luminosity7]

Those accents have gone forever I'm afraid.

[@paulnguyen8910]

Bigger than Catalina Island that Tasmania is. Hobart's the Avalon of the South.

[@user-rq9wp9np7l]

The two women presenting this did a power of work but didn’t even get a credit at the end.

[@Salutimondo]

They are probably very happy about that considering people are still watching it in 2024.(Edited later. I see two names on the video at 1.23. Jenny Cartledge and Barbara Bale and they are also mentioned in the description)

[@jeremyharris4021]

They were still in the trying to be British era #Cringe

[@rsinclair6560]

Watch; Tasmania's Road West...and the sexy french Renault 16 touring Queenstown in 1970.

[@peterbateman8018]

Those fake accents are just too hard on my ears….. 😩😩😂

[@rsinclair6560]

Watch: 'Tasmania's Road West' 1970 .