Archive footage of Sydney in the 1970s | Super 8 home movie film

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@archivalfootageservice 5 ай бұрын

Watch another video from Sydney: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHrLZKOsacx0oKc

@m.3257 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload. Great time to be alive back then.

@archivalfootageservice Жыл бұрын

❤️

@AppleTom9091 6 ай бұрын

From early 1984 to late 1986 I worked in a building at 19-31 Pitt Street, next to the Goldfields building. They are both gone now. I saw them several times today. Brings back a lot of good memories seeing them again. After arriving on some cold winter mornings I would go to the conference room on the top level and warm up, looking across to the Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay, and Opera House.

@Peter-wc4kr 6 ай бұрын

A time before Australian politicians destroyed the cultural fabric of a once great nation.

@moparmadman1134 6 ай бұрын

Yes Australia is unrecognisable now from this video.As a white colonial I am a stranger in my own country

@MrCites1 6 ай бұрын

White people built it to be given away to cheap Indian and Asian labour

@bretloyd8097 Ай бұрын

Ok boomer

@bdelphan 25 күн бұрын

I think you may have a slightly idyllic nostalgia about the past.

@Thespiansewist 6 ай бұрын

Well said just how feel too long the 1970s in our hearts

@Paddymayne4738 6 ай бұрын

AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND VALUES HAVE REALLY CHANGED A LOT IN THE PAST 40 YEARS. The 1950s, 1960s 1970s and even the early 80s were simpler times. People today are always in a rush and impatient. I watch a women at the supermarket today, line up behind an elderly person using the self check-out, growing impatient after about 30 seconds and rushing to another machine that someone had just left, by the time she started processing her few items the elderly person was already finished. Courtesy, politeness and respect are almost non existent. ALMOST, I was all the way on the other side of the City at 6:30am yesterday morning and had a flat tyre. and 4 guys, Islanders or Māori’s jumped out of a truck and changed it for me, and wouldn’t accept money when I offered. So, that is something I shall never forget.

@shanebriggs1039 6 ай бұрын

Nice message, thanks for posting....

@majeedtaouk3038 6 ай бұрын

I’m guilty of that. Especially my local Gloria jean’s coffee outlet. It’s like a mental Warfare ordering a coffee there.

@shanebriggs1039 6 ай бұрын

@@majeedtaouk3038 lol I know that exact same feeling

@majeedtaouk3038 6 ай бұрын

@@shanebriggs1039 don’t tell me you go to same one as me, if so I’m afraid your my sworn enemy 😮

@shanebriggs1039 6 ай бұрын

@@majeedtaouk3038 lol no I go to another Gloria Jeans 😝

@jumbo6009 6 ай бұрын

What a beautiful country we used to have.

@An-lv9vw 5 ай бұрын

Oldie

@deanpd3402 5 ай бұрын

@@An-lv9vw Newbie

@jumbo6009 4 ай бұрын

@@An-lv9vw So can you tell me whats better now....proceed.

@nt1447 14 күн бұрын

Was a beautiful country back then

@MrJohnnybe123 9 ай бұрын

What a great time, people said hello and face to face meetings

@bdelphan 25 күн бұрын

I said hello to some people yesterday and they said hello back. Was I accidentally transported into the past?

@iandibley8032 6 ай бұрын

Culturally, Australia has changed enormously since this film was shot, and not always for the better the people were much friendlier, simpler times. Folks from the'70s era can feel like an alien in their own country now.

@An-lv9vw 5 ай бұрын

They are all gammons

@Paddymayne4738 6 ай бұрын

Just like the water flowing under the bridge and the cloudy overcast conditions in the video, the period of the 1970s is gone forever. Just the memories remain and that quite ok. Perhaps the sweetheart you liked then and perhaps still do. You wonder how and where they are today, and do they think of you and smile to yourself. The songs and the music that you enjoyed from the period also linger in your memory bank, you discard those that you didn’t like. Why dwell on subject matter that wasn’t pleasant. Enjoy, as there is more time gone than there is left to reminisce. Just like the water and the cloudy overcast day, although the memories remain just like the video. All the best!

@shanebriggs1039 6 ай бұрын

Wow, so very very well said, great comment!

@Paddymayne4738 6 ай бұрын

Very nice touch with the Guitar, just enough. It really wasn’t a great time from an economic standpoint. Interest was high and the Real Estate Market was crap, while employment opportunities was difficult to find. Things picked up in 1976 through 1981 then fell in a heap again, when interest rates sky Rocketed out of control. The old cycle of life. We tend to remember the good parts and allow the unenjoyable parts to drift from the memory bank. 30 Years from now, when we 60 to 80 year olds are long gone, the young people of today shall look back on the 2024 and earlier and remember the good old days, as the less enjoyable times have been replaced by then future crappy times. Life!

@J_S209 6 ай бұрын

We’re only one rate rise away from Albo being worse than Whitlam. What a great City Sydney is!

@moparmadman1134 6 ай бұрын

We are very close to being Venezuela thanks to their Commie agendas

@BlairSauer 2 ай бұрын

Yes Whitlam was our prime Minister in 1974. Interestingly and infamously he was sacked by governor general sir John Kerr on remembrance Day the following year (Nov 11 1975). There was a wage price spiral happening then too, where wage prices were chasing inflation.

@MARILYNNEWTONGIBB 6 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME MY HUSBAND'S BARRY'S SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

@archivalfootageservice 6 ай бұрын

I’m so happy to have brought back a cherished memory for you!

@BlairSauer 2 ай бұрын

Sydney back in the good old days. Minus Gough Whitlam perhaps. Australia square tower was the tallest building in Sydney at the time although there was another tower under construction nearby, directly behind the AMP building which was a bit taller than the Australia square tower. I'm pretty sure there was a revolving restaurant in Australia square tower with an observation area. Not sure if it's still there now. Old CAGA building was sighted in the film. Goldfields building in there as well. Not sure whether or not that building was demolished or redeveloped. There is a building there now that's remarkably similar in dimension and shape but is like ultra modern 21st century like the rest of the buildings are now. Darling Harbour sure looked different back then too. I'm pretty sure cargo ships used to dock there as well as the odd cruise ship. I suppose naval ships may have docked there at some stage too. All was 21 years before my time. Couldn't afford not to have a job back then. Those were the days. It was a great film. In full colour too which is great. Wonder what those super 8 camera's were like to use and handle? Those films would've been delicate to handle too i bet.

@Celiaperez-j3v 5 ай бұрын

People always were very polite and the Country all around werex it's beautiful Green...some times I mised a lot..🎉

@Celiaperez-j3v 5 ай бұрын

I love Australia is a beautiful Country.❤❤❤

@EddieGillies-lj8dp 6 ай бұрын

I was ten in 1974. The place was mainly Anglo back then.

@iVisual.sambonkowski 5 ай бұрын

It’s like looking at a different country. Different people. Different culture. 😢😢😢 it’s lost forever.

@MountainRaven1960 6 ай бұрын

3:14 for all those Spaniards arriving in Sydney cove to be greeted by a glorious harbour, beautiful gardens, a wonderful Opera House, and a sign on a building saying ‘SHIT’! Well, why not?

@johnanthonycafe2993 6 ай бұрын

Sydney is more than just buildings - this could be many cities in the world in 1974. Where’s the people and their pastimes

@byronconnolly3167 Ай бұрын

Everybody is looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses.

@martino2794 6 ай бұрын

The Union Jack flying over Government House

@An-lv9vw 5 ай бұрын

Shame

@20121961 Жыл бұрын

Totally ruined by ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE SERVICE across the middle of the image, the whole way though!

@archivalfootageservice Жыл бұрын

Apologies for the inconvenience caused. Regrettably, our videos have been reused without our consent, leading to this watermark placement. Understanding the frustration, in our latest releases, we've reduced the logo size and placed it at the bottom. We hope this adjustment makes for a better viewing experience. We apologize for any disturbance caused.

@Paddymayne4738 6 ай бұрын

@@archivalfootageservice Gee thats shocking. A water colour on the video, did it hurt their eyes or something. Apologise for what? Inconvenience? Should have told them, no problem, pay you say $2k and you shall send them a video with no watermark and they can watch it 24/7. If you hadn’t developed it and the person hadn’t taken the time to upload, they wouldn’t have enjoyed it in the first place.

@archivalfootageservice 6 ай бұрын

@@Paddymayne4738 Thank you so much for your support! Your understanding means a lot to us.

@BlairSauer 2 ай бұрын

Those super 8 camera's are museum relics now 😅.

@astroboy3507 2 ай бұрын

And not a parking meter in sight!!!!! 😒

@BlairSauer 2 ай бұрын

There were some parking meters around back then I believe. They weren't the ones we see now and would've only had to pay to park in a particular spot using your small change. My guess it could've been like $1.50 or $2 an hour or two hours depending on what the set rates were back then. They would've been located mainly in the city and around major parking stations.