Ch7 Adelaide 1977

Some adverts from May 1977, Channel 7 Adelaide, recovered from an early Sony AV3600 machine. Includes station close for the night..

[@OofusTwillip]

The change to colour TV in Australia came on Feb. 28, 1975. It's on KZbin, and it involves Aunty Jack, Thin Arthur, and Kid Eager.

[@SoulDamnFunky]

I saw that. Big fan of Adam Martyn who made the video. Yeah late to the party for colour TV. Never mind they gave us cell block H so I'm thankful for that

[@geetee4459]

Great to see this old stuff from when I was a kid. Wish there was more of it!

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Station Close and the Test Pattern really are relics of a bygone age. More's the pity

[@MySteamChannel]

I remember this stuff as a teen in 70s Adelaide, thanks.

[@garyp4374]

as a kid I remember them playing a continuous cartoon of the Bright Eyes song with a rabbit being chased by a fox then finally the TV would start but no one seems to remember this

[@TrentJordan3198]

This is the oldest recorded Australian TV closedown on KZbin since you uploaded this!

[@JHollowayNetwork]

Still most people are afraid of putting up content on KZbin and other video sites, due to fears of copyright.

[@IndyCure]

One month before I was born! Love watching these! :)

[@Yui-zb8fm]

I love this old stuff it's cool I'm 50 but I'm cool

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I see a slight gaffe in cuing up the slides during the rundown of tomorrow's programs. That was pretty amusing to catch. These slides were placed in a vertical drum of sorts that would be loaded into a device where a camera could pick them up separately, two drums often were placed on opposite side with a mirror prism that switched between both drums.

[@ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars]

That's interesting, thanks!

[@robertmoffattrob122]

Love the colour slide from Foto mart in black and white

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I was 9 and in Adelaide

[@WPM_in_ATL]

I used to fix those recorders 40-ish years ago...

[@zyzaxxxch]

Great, sure would like to know what causes those noise bars to appear randomly!

[@ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars]

I must get to Fotomart, I need my photos fast!

[@MarkWhich]

Back then you had to pay for the film, then also pay afterwards to get them developed. Now we have access to instant unlimited photos at a much higher resolution for of course, Free!

[@Hossak]

I recognise that tire wall playground. I grew up in Adelaide, just can't remember where this was however I remember the tire smell LOL! Thank you for posting!!!

[@zyzaxxxch]

Yes, Adelaide great place, (still is!) and 77 a great time. A little bit less 'hassle' than perhaps 2021...

[@peecee1384]

Those were the days 😔

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

May 1977?! Just impossible. Possibly January 1977, as the Star Soccer game shown in the video was from December 18th 1976. Australia usually showed Star Soccer about 2-3 weeks after the Midlands.

[@zyzaxxxch]

Yes the date is hard to pinpoint since I never made the actual recording in 1977. So there's no guarantee that some of the recordings weren't made over a period of time. Reviewing the recording back again, there is a segment at 11:38 promoting CH 7 news with the then Prime Minister Mr Malcolm Fraser. It is promoted that "If you didnt see this story, then you didn't see tonight's Seven National news". In the background there is banner with a date of some conference where he was speaking. The date can be read showing when the conference was held, "17th to 20th April 1977.".

[@OzTvAgogo]

The TAA mentions a promotion for student concession for the May school holidays.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Not necessarily. Bear in mind that in those days, there was often only one tape that had to do the rounds across Australia. It's likely that it was shown in other parts of Australia earlier on (i.e. the Eastern States), so it's quite possible that it didn't reach Adelaide until late April or early May. It was like that right up until the '90s with some things (mainly serials).

[@HarenchiFairy]

10:30 GOODNIGHT FROM (7)

[@essvee86]

I've never seen a station play the anthem before a commercial!

[@zyzaxxxch]

As far as I know, the anthem was played every night, before the station closed for that day. Strewed across several ads , messagres and program promotions.

[@robdotcom71]

"A little bit of Blackstabbing" in Love thy Neighbour..... OUCH.... 7:33

[@saxongreen78]

Grrroovy links, Maaan!

[@MarkHenstridge]

Good old ADS Ch 7, now known as SAS Ch 7

[@user-tg9gg3fy2f]

Thanks for the Deadly Earnest; the Good Friday Appeal was on ADS-7 Friday 1 April to Saturday 2 April 1977, followed by a movie marathon (apparently hosted by Hedley Cullen in a two year gap between stints as Deadly Earnest on SAS-10) on the Sunday. This portion of the tape is reminding people to honour their pledges, and thus occurs after the Appeal, any way to narrow the broadcast dates down more? What was the source of the tape?

[@user-tg9gg3fy2f]

A link for those who wish to share. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqKYnpuInqmbh6M

[@user-tg9gg3fy2f]

The conference banner at 6:05 dates this as the third week of April, the programmes give Monday, hence 18 April 1977. Star Soccer started at 23.00, however due to two edits during the game it is not possible to accurately time when the recording was taken even if shut down was known. A thread facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211002651958131&set=p.10211002651958131&type=3&theater

[@user-tg9gg3fy2f]

Can anyone contact the uploader?

[@anonb4632]

Interesting subliminal messages in the anthem section - flag first (nation), then a display of force (mess with us and get it), then a royal symbol (your ruler), then a child (your future) next to water (a precious resource in Oz), then a water skiier (fun) etc... the tank is almost there to remind people they are defended.

[@SenhorBundy]

Love it! No TV channel would have the guts that sort of thing now!

[@aus80srockradio94]

Oooh dear....... 7:35

[@LOL805Media]

how did digital text on commercials come so fast to australia

[@quizmaster85]

For those wondering who recorded that rendition of "Toccata and Fugue". kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37ViWV7frqrfZY Mind. Blown.

[@zyzaxxxch]

Nice find, thanks Brendan

[@quizmaster85]

zyzaxxxch Took me a few tries; guessed it was an early 70s recording.

[@karlmorton9881]

Didn't SA have colour tv in 1977?

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Yes, but whoever recorded this didn't have a colour video tape recorder. 😎

[@JHollowayNetwork]

How do these Australian channels show these British imports?

[@zyzaxxxch]

Good question. I guess with insufficient local content, networks would have sourced material from overseas, and discussed amongst themselves whether people would or would not watch it. TV ratings would have determined whether they would continue to show or allow another series to air. Probably no different on how its done today.

[@anonb4632]

Conniptions886 And now a lot of Aussie TV is American...

[@anonUK]

Stoke City vs West Brom seems like an unlikely import/ export. Neither are exactly top of the top flight.

[@bigyin2586]

So the VCR only recorded black and white? Or it was recorded off a black and white TV? I would have thought that if you could afford a VCR in 1977, you could afford a colour TV.

[@zyzaxxxch]

Yes, well I was 11 when this was recorded, so couldn't afford much then. The VCR was bought at a junk shop in 1996 for $10 along with the tapes that went with it at $1 each. Australian TV was indeed broadcasting color back then but the VCR (reel to reel) was only capable of recording B&W. So therefore the color information is gone for ever. Unless someone else recorded with color equipment?? Still waiting for them...

[@ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars]

@@zyzaxxxch Nice work here, thank you!

[@geetee4459]

@@zyzaxxxch if I remember righttly my school may have had colour video recording (reel to reel) from 1976 but beta/vhs home recording wasn't really affordable until about 1982 for most people/families back then.

[@angusseletto1511]

Color T.V was around by 1975 latest in Australia,it was probably just a recording from someone's T.V that happened to be Black and White,VCRs cost about $1,100-$1,500 back then,nearly half the price of a Car so none of the tech in the day was cheap.Got to bear that in mind.HiFIs cost plenty,Records cost heaps,it was just how it was back then if you wanted the latest and greatest

[@user-jj4sq6dr1n]

interesting for the LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR and DICK EMERY segments. the artwork on the love thy neighbour slide is awful but I have never seen that slide before. looks home made by channel 7. they would have threw it away later on.

[@anthonyrogers4137]

I remember that old TAA advert from 3:38 ...and, I know the 1970s tended to be far more racist in throwaway comments back then, but did I hear correctly, from the announcer at 7:35 ?

[@thewayneflyinghigh9128]

Are you too politically correct?

[@rojielobernabe2008]

You should on color

[@ItsANiceDaySometimes]

Promo voice over "A little bit of black stabbing in ... Love Thy Neigbour" is proof of how absolutely awful white Australia was back then. Reminds me of Pauline Hanson & Clive Palmer's attitude.

[@hoorootv7266]

Ugh, the days of only 4 channels, appalling voiceovers & third-rate god-awful Pommy sitcoms such as "Love Thy Neighbo(u)r" & "And Mother Makes 5". Of the three commercial networks on air at the time, Channel 7 bought the most garbage from ITV.

[@RCoon72]

wheres the colour

[@anonUK]

The video recorder was in B/W.

[@anonb4632]

Steven Pitcher It's in Love thy Neighbour.

[@NickSamon]

@Vince Abate It did not. 1 March 1975 when All states get colour on their TV set.

[@MisterPolitical1]

@@anonUK not everyone get's a coloured vcr back in the 70's

[@annaspano3747]

Bloody hell, they really knew how to entertain their viewers back in the day, didn't they? One of the most boring and depressing things I've ever seen -- and I skimmed thru most of it!

[@jonglewongle3438]

The English soccer.. If that was League football then that was not from the top division in England. Stoke City only ever got into the top division for the first time ever post-Millenium. Might have been the 2010s. Or, hang on, was that Hull first time in the top division ? Hull or Stoke. Might still be Stoke.

[@pak8606]

Stoke City were in the top division for a fair amount of the 70s and 80s.

[@jonglewongle3438]

@@pak8606 Ah so.