Christmas Under The Sun. Australia and Your Future. No. 3.

Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Catherine Duncan. Christmas in Australia is a mid summer festival, with temperatures rising high. Over the years many of the traditional northern hemisphere Christmas customs have been modified to fit the climate. Cool drinks have taken the place of hot refreshments and much time is spent out of doors but the spirit of Christmas is unchanged and Santa Clause still arrives with snow glistening in his beard!

[@JO-qu3zv]

So much has changed and not for the better!

[@brickpaverr]

I'm 69 and it's 2011. I can relate to every single scene and event just as if it was only yesterday instead of way over 50 / 60 years ago. I don't care what anyone says, we had it so good way back then when everything was so simple.

[@LoveMyCountryAussie]

brickpaverr spot on mate ,,i was born in 1962 ,,the 70 were good years to ,,take care

[@wendynadin3685]

I totally agree, Christmas Day was spent outside playing, and it was simple

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

grand old days

[@sanctuaryism]

most think (seem to) that the kids have it better now lol... I seem to hear so many different stories...

[@neilmansfield8329]

A lot of things were good then

[@lilacDaisy111]

My 70 year old dad has told me, my whole life, how much he loved his childhood. Him and his friends used to live down at the creek or down at the surf and only come home for meals and to sleep ... or so I'm told ;-)

[@bobthomas8175]

That santa suit must've been agony to wear in the heat. A big thumbs up to that man.

[@coralmylius2282]

This is so special for me .. me and my family. Our home, our neighbours, my school and everything I remember. It made me cry! Thanks so much for uploading it - a wonderful treasure

[@NFSAFilms]

Hi Coral, so glad you enjoyed the film and the trip down memory lane. Thanks for letting us know.

[@danrobinson572]

NFSA Films a very good video never saw this one before. Seeing how they celebrate Christmas down under.

[@internezzo]

note that in scenes showing pedestrians in busy streets (e.g. at 8:30) people had the common sense to follow municipal encouragement to keep to the left of the footpath, making it easy to circulate. This died out about 30 years ago, ever since people wander anywhere like Brown's cows, getting in each other's way.

[@chiefchook]

A little masterpiece of nostalgia, and a pretty honest reflection of the times, if you were reasonably well off. Thanks for loading.

[@Aussiegirl265]

I absolutely love these videos. It's great to see how my parents/grandparents lived back then.

[@fab60s64]

im a 50s collector and my fridge was made in 1956 and its still running just fine. not much room in there for a Turkey though

[@thatVintageGirl1940s]

I love vintage things and lifestyle. I live in Sydney and where can i find a 50''s fridge please?☕🍰

[@fab60s64]

@@thatVintageGirl1940s Hello Janice, yes it's good fun, I don't live in that house anymore I now live in a very classic 50s house that I'm restoring ,still have all my 50s stuff and tons more. If your looking for a fridge it's not so hard to get , because most are still running fine , mine is a 55 model and still works great and they come up on eBay etc ,but if you want a fully reconditioned fridge I know someone who has about 20 to choose from , but there costly and as I mentioned you can still get good working ones, ....Pete

[@thatVintageGirl1940s]

@@fab60s64 thank you so much for your message. Are you from Sydney yourself?

[@fab60s64]

@@thatVintageGirl1940s yes I'm from Sydney . Here is my old house and fridge , have a look it's on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIO8ZKZ7Zreagc0

[@thatVintageGirl1940s]

@@fab60s64 thank you so much dear Pete☕🍰

[@viviekazanili1077]

Luv the look of those days

[@peterhenderson1699]

This video really shows the hard working Australian spirit. Our country had just survived the great depression of the 1930s and ww2.

[@mjames4709]

All to be pissed up the wall by the gutter awful generation and dickheads we have in our society today.

[@simonf8902]

Love these films. Good old Aussie Chrissie

[@MS-qd6bm]

Give me a time machine, people had respect and dressed well, children had less and appreciate things more.

[@carmelanneor]

@brickpaverr ,,I totally agree,, those where the 'Best' days... Great Memories for sure!!! Good old ADELAIDE!!!

[@michaelfreeze2949]

I think Christmas is dying in Adelaide now. Even the Christmas pageant has very little to do about Christmas

[@internezzo]

Also it was before councils allowed themselves to be pressurized by retailers into permitting sidewalks to be cluttered up by product displays, chairs & tables, sandwich boards etc etc turning every strip shopping centre into an obstacle course. Also people didn't go out looking like pigs. They dressed respectably.

[@bluemarshall6180]

Only barefooted

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@4:25 Oh Wow!! The prams and tricycles. How utterly charming

[@chiefchook]

Thanks for loading this gem; now if only there was something similar shot in Sydney during the 1950s, that would be great for next year, folks!

[@fredsalfa]

Thanks for that that was fascinating

[@NFSAFilms]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@WhiteCamry]

Those brick houses with corrugated tin roofs @ 2:45 must've been noisy in the rain.

[@lilacDaisy111]

Yes, I always hated rin roofs for that. Can't hear a thing during a storm

[@bigears4426]

Two of my favourite toys were a wooden aeroplane and a steel plough wheel , they wouldn't rank highly today

[@rajivmurkejee7498]

Australia was once a working class man's paradise Where did it all go wrong ?

[@adrianjackson2696]

8:25 Pedestrians keep left on the foot path

[@Aussiegirl265]

That little boy at 10:32 is so cute awww :3

[@HisrealnameisLukeFury]

It just wouldn’t be Christmas for me without the ice & snow, log fires and warm mince pies. 40 degree Christmas Eves? Nah, not for me thank you.

[@internezzo]

@albanyjohn it says in the film average working man's weekly wage is £8 to £10. so if the lamb leg cost 4/8, and you round it up for convenience to 5 shillings, that represents 2.5% of a weekly wage of £10 (= 200 shillings). average weekly income is now $1322, 2.5% of that is $33.

[@Hossak]

2:10 Rundle mall!

[@yurilemming4130]

looks like late 40s film, I got sfa for Christmas coz we had no dough, such was early Oz.

[@yurilemming4130]

H HOUR HOTEL Pentridge was nasty.

[@peterhenderson1699]

When was this video produced?

[@NFSAFilms]

1947.

[@adrianjackson2696]

6:00 Men's Shed not new after all

[@mjames4709]

Except the PC and feminist crowd are setting it up and controlling the gig.

[@adrianjackson2696]

@@mjames4709 I have read it so please dont send it to me again.

[@ALITISA78]

The baby shown on the beach could be well alive today, He/She would be 75 years old. 16:07

[@albanyjohn]

@internezzo Thanks for the maths, but I can tell you in reality it's not quite right. Most people don't earn the official average income. It is the very high income earners the lift the figure and distort the equation. Average working class people live on struggle street.

[@albanyjohn]

4 shillings and 8 pence for a big leg of lamb @ 7:20 what's that in today's currency? less than $10 probably. Now you would be lucky to get it for $25. The immigration Dept. wanted a higher population, well they got it.. are we better off?

[@LoveMyCountryAussie]

albanyjohn And the greenies want even more ,,,from the middle East ,, they were the good old days mate

[@bluemarshall6180]

@@LoveMyCountryAussie Aaaaauuuugggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! And This Abusive Onion Smelling Lebos keep on Coming!!!!!!!!! They think they Own Sydney Suburban areas. And now they Conquer Town Halls like Bankstown etcetcetc.......

[@omtatsatification]

Why always the commentator always speaking high british with a plum in his mouth! Get him out!!