Beautiful Bondi

[@jpman9795]

It's very strange watching pictures of young people at the beach almost 100 years ago. They we're in the prime of their life and had an entire life in front of them to live. Now all of them are long gone. Everyone thinks they'll be young forever...time tells a different story.

[@senizsuunal]

Here is the comment i was looking for..Thanx

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

Until WW2 came along… probable lots of the young guys on this film never made it to 40….

[@raitisfreimanis]

There still could be a few of them still alive and well. :-)

[@jgrab1]

Interesting to observe how people were more playful and "familiar" and laid back back then. Were this today, I'm sure most would be eyes down, looking at their phones, not interacting with each other, or doing so very cautiously. When I watch crowds today I'm struck by the absence of general cheer and how people remain more isolated even among many. How times have changed.

[@samandrea3996]

May be acting

[@samandrea3996]

Oh how you would know back then. So long ago how would you know

[@samandrea3996]

Please explain i would love to know how you know

[@samandrea3996]

@you are correct but

[@guitar3203]

What a lovely world Australia was back then. Natural unpretentious people just enjoying family,friendship and life.

[@tinahardman9805]

What a great piece of film. They all look so happy without mobile phones, fast food and chemicals in just about everything. Many of the girls are so naturally pretty, no huge painted on eyebrows, tattooes, fat or tight leggings. Just families and young people having a fantastic time. I know that the Wall Street Crash and World War Two were not that far away but this seems like a little piece of heaven.

[@DaveGIS123]

WW2 would be just 13 years in these peoples' future. Many of the same young men seen here, in all probability, died in the war.

[@parryyotter]

Why are the comments on this video so full of weird old people insulting youth, anyone who isn’t thin, and just being a bunch of assholes?

[@shenanigans3710]

Actually, the chemicals in products then were much worse!

[@Urbicide]

@@parryyotter Why are you bothered by facts?

[@Urbicide]

@@shenanigans3710 Some were indeed. Almost everybody smoked.

[@zevlibin8892]

you could sense genuine comradery between these people. It's almost like they are all part of one big happy family

[@georgenasuta875]

Amazing not one overweight person and easy to understand why.

[@neshod6415]

What is wrong with overweight?

[@trevorjameson3213]

No fast food back then, and all the other junk food. Also they didn't lay around on their ass playing video games or watching tv.

[@Rico_Suave_]

@@neshod6415 health?

[@sydneyshinshi]

@@trevorjameson3213 Or watching KZbin clips.

[@markusplotz2259]

Somehow it seems to be more relaxing than nowadays with all that social media crap and Smartphones everywhere.

[@adrianobonaldo8941]

yes, no iphone, no iphad, no pc, no co2, no television spots, no stress, no WW2, no Cernobyl.......lucky generation.

[@WaltANelsonPHD]

Great camera work. Lighting and focus are top quality for the time. The dining sequence at about 6:35 is delightful.

[@ianlambden8075]

Amazing footage so well preserved. The crowds at the beach show how much the surf was and is an important part of the Australian culture and character. My Dad lived in the Eastern Suburbs all his life and Bondi Beach was his favourite haunt. He and some of his mates had a small shack on the North Bondi headland and all their weekends would be spent in the surf. He could have been there in 1926, and was a life member of North Bondi Surf Club. He was on duty on Black Sunday at Bondi in the thirties. Amazing too how the pool at Bronte in 1926 looked pretty much how it looked in the 70s and 80s, and even today.

[@durv13]

my dad was born in 1926 , but in england , we moved here to australia in 1970 he was born in december , so this video was done a month before his birth day literally . he came here with the english navy in ww2 and loved the place , he was stationed at woolamaloo . not far from there . so he decided to live here , best move ever .

[@StarsManny]

I thought it was woolloomooloo?

[@durv13]

@@StarsManny Yu more than likely correct.

[@durv13]

@@StarsManny i went there once with a group on a course . i saw his ship on the wall at the pub there . that was really cool . it was after he died , which was a shame , as i dont think he knew the photo was even there . we actually had the australian navy take his ashes out to sea and scattered them . which was also very cool .

[@anthonybrennan1075]

Wow what a fantastic video! So refreshing after all the photos from around that era when no one smiled in photos. Hard to believe all those people, so full of life are now mostly long gone. Thank you for posting this, NFSA.

[@KenYazici]

Anthony Brennan and not a selfie in sight

[@NFSAFilms]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the film.

[@Agwings1960]

Thats the sad part about cool old videos with people and places, the people are mostly long gone.

[@wataboutya9310]

They are only gone from this material world. The soul that animates the physical body, lives on in eternity.

[@garylivingston9052]

@@Agwings1960 even the small children would be around 100 years old...:(

[@davidsullivan8236]

It really brings the 1920s to life, thanks a million

[@suzyf5733]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for posting! ♥️♥️♥️

[@NFSAFilms]

You're welcome

[@bucephulus4600]

My mum was a Waverley girl. Raised in Arden St. My father's French grandmother lived right next door. So many of the rellies are buried at Waverley Cemetery. Bronte was the beach. And why my whole family supports the Chooks. These must've been glorious times.

[@PoppysGuitar]

One thing I immediately notice is that there doesn't appear to be anyone suffering obesity. I was at the beach this past summer and I was struck by the fact that there were so many people with weight issues.

[@MsPrecious61]

No fast food.

[@eyerock36]

Processed foods contribute to the extra girth nowadays, in addition to the fast food.

[@BessintheWorld]

Processed food, fast food drive thrus, and television, sedentary lifestyles have destroyed peoples health

[@PunaSquirrel]

People are lazy. They eat fast food and have unlimited access to processed foods.

[@MicaRayan]

It's very beautiful footages 😍 The sweeping angles made it so majestic

[@narelle4868]

Mesmerising. Great that you didn't add music. Watching without sound, as it was made was terrific. Thank you NFSA Films for sharing this gem. BTW I didn't see one fat person.

[@NFSAFilms]

Thanks Narelle. Great that you can appreciate the film as intended - although KZbin wasn't really the intended screening destination ;)

[@Prieze868]

No fat people because his left commercial products everything was homemade

[@josephking1947]

I was thinking not one fatty on the beach and everyone seemed quite fit...

[@RichieRichMD]

@@josephking1947 100% correct! unlike nowadays, nothing but Good Year Blimps lying on the beach getting suntan, like Walrus.

[@PutItAway101]

FYI silent movies were not actually silent, they had someone playing live music in the theatre, on a big theatre organ for a grand movie house, or maybe an upright piano for a smaller place. Major movie houses competed over who had the loudest, most sophisticated organ, it was considered an essential part of the experience. If you are watching a "silent" movie in actual silence, you are NOT watching it as it was intended to be seen.

[@jetpark3743]

This is my favourite Bondi rescue episode

[@claylennon2895]

Love this video. Born in Waverley War Memorial hospital in the late 50's. Spent the next 25 years growing up there. Living in Bondi was great ! Till the early 80's To me it changed. I left to find the wonders of the world. Found it ! I love the view from the top of the Astra being built Anyone notice, No Rock at North Bondi. Some of the fishermen the one that caught the fish where fishing at the "Wedge" my Pop used to call it. Is the only place on the whole east coast of Australia that the Continental Shelf meets Land. Trivia Fact !

[@chalkywhite5043]

By a lot of accounts a good time in the 1920s wedged between WW1, the Depression then WW2. I also believe the 1960s, 1980s and late 1990s also good. Now it’s civil unrest, working poor and uncertain casual jobs, fast pace little time,, being easily offended, pandemics and little care.

[@MargotHypnos]

The days without air conditioners, mobile phones, blasted emails, correct knowledge of CPR and sun-cream.

[@BrassLock]

+Margot : I don't think skin cancer had been invented then, either. Probably because the Ozone Layer was still intact over Australia.

[@DC-js4gk]

There was a LOT of bad stuff too. Like there is now. Like two world wars. Last of the salad days, just before the Great Depression hits. My dad took off to New Guinea the year after and didn't get back until 1935. Missed the whole thing!

[@jackvella6392]

D C what did he do in New Guinea?

[@jameswilliamw.741]

@@DC-js4gk The wars were contrived. To spread communism for the “Banksters” & to steal Palestine.

[@honeybunch5765]

Sounds great.

[@captmulch1]

Thank you - my family used to own the land that is now Waverley Public School / Police Station. A wonderful insight into their lifestyle in those times.

[@honeybunch5765]

Loved watching this, nothing has changed we still pretty much act the same at the beach nowadays.

[@N.I-Detecting]

Thanks, Super video from way back, what a happy lot and funny hats!!

[@velocityjet1884]

It is very privileged to see photos on the wall in frames, come to life, amazing NFSA Films, cause of NFSA films we get to see the 1800's, 1900's come to life. Australia was beautiful in the day, all Europeans only,I love the old Australia, modern day Multiculturalism has failed down the toilet.

[@Elitist20]

Thank you, Anders Breivik. But aren't you in prison?

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

@@Elitist20 Go home.

[@Elitist20]

@@WiggaMachiavelli As an Australian, I am home.

[@velocityjet1884]

@@Elitist20 HA HA HA HA I ESCAPED lol

[@BTW...]

@@irenejennings7810 Most won't.

[@jeanettemcdonald5779]

Would be great to step back in time for a visit and trip to the beach, if only we knew then what we know now.

[@Pitttdog]

It actually makes me sad to watch this. If these people could see what its like now they would think the world has ended.

[@kerrybarnes7289]

@@AlwaysPossible100 and where has this technology lead us to become? a Nation of snitches and a loss of Humanity towards each other. yeah Great advancements.

[@dm2781632]

@@kerrybarnes7289 on the money mate, nothing now but Greed Ego and Corruption. No caring.

[@Truth1561]

@@AlwaysPossible100 I think she’s referring to the damage to the reefs etc.

[@ilaser4064]

@@kerrybarnes7289 sadly for all the promise technology provides it still requires people to have a semblance of intelligence. A vast number of people lack the critical thinking skills to determine what is truth and lie. So yes the world is in a bad place, only because technology has amplified the asinine.

[@neilsheppard6673]

Interesting glimpse of the past. Someone should do one of those 4k colour restorations, as the base picture quality seems quite good.

[@fabiogn1]

People having fun 100 years ago!!! Amazing!

[@lezzman]

10:25 These are the best dressed fishermen I have ever seen! I had no idea fishing was a formal activity back then.

[@RobB-vz2vo]

They were fishing the sewer outlet so heavy clothes were a must. If they fell in with that gear on they'd go straight to the bottom. Better to save the embarassment of floating around in the murk yelling out "Good god kill me man, kill me. Someone put me out of my misery!".

[@mauriziob5461]

Virtually another planet !!

[@christina-yp6jy]

Thank you i enjoyed that.

[@thorstenbohn7304]

Amazing. Almost hard to believe that all these folks are dust and gone now. Lived through interesting and hard times. When the world was still mysterious and you had more questions than answers. Even the babies in that video must have died already by (hopefully) an high age.

[@Viewer-12310]

Well was is filmed about 5 to 6 years after the flu pandemic staring in 1918...so there's hope we will all get over this covid obsudity, learn to live with it and enjoy life one again without fear...these people prove it.

[@westnblu]

Thats a very good point but what u have to factor in is the different era . People back then had far greater resilience to things . U had the war which killed a generation of young folk coupled with the Spanish flu a double whammy of misfortune so to speak. And yet a little over 5 or 6 years as u say ppl seem to be having a carefree time @ the beach. I just cant imagine this being the case in todays society where ppl get triggered over the slightest of things.

[@6linx9]

Oh my God. The girl in the middle at 2:42 minutes. I think she is in her early twenties. I need a time machine to go to 1990, to put my 20 year old self into the time machine and then send her to 1926 to get to know this beautiful girl. She certainly won't want to know anything from me. But it would be worth a try. 😜

[@rotkatzeredcat4284]

Fabulous, love the B & W film

[@periclesjames]

What a stunning film and it brings back many memories of Sydney in the 1970s when it was still a free and very relaxed city . Now in 2021 it is unrecognisable as people live a completely controlled existense with little freedom

[@AlanBondFilms]

My family originated in this area. Mum's from Waverley and Dad's from Bronte. Dad would have been 3 years old when this was filmed and Mum 2...!!! Dad died in 2000 (78) and Mum (80) 2004...!! Recognised the Bogie Hole at Bronte. My Dad's family lived in Pacific St, just near there...a god awful apartment building now sits where they lived. We went to Bronte, Bondi and Tamarama in the 50,60s and 70s. Dad met Mum on a well aimed body surf by him collision at Bronte.... And dig the swimming togs of everyone!!!

[@NFSAFilms]

Thanks for sharing your memories of the area Alan.

[@velocityjet1884]

They prob were one of those little kids, you never know hey.

[@HassanAliakaMHAKhan]

And I born in 2004 sir Rip to your parents

[@BrassLock]

Amazingly, 90 years later, the method of construction shown at the 12:36 mark, of Mr Shaw's International Hotel is still in use today in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The wooden shuttering for the reinforced concrete pour (by hand held buckets), mild steel rods for reinforcement, wooden formwork & scaffolding, columns and horizontal beams with brick infill, all regularly used, even to the extent of having eucalyptus poles grown locally for such temporary structures for the concrete pour.

[@bondioneohfourthree7488]

And the ASTOR is still standing today . . same as the Berkley Hotel (now flats) and Bondi Hotel looks the same from Curlewis St.

[@robkunkel8833]

I was surprised to see poles that you described used in down island Caribbean construction when I was there a few years ago. It works!

[@bondioneohfourthree7488]

Have benn liiving in North Bondi since 91 and feel like part of the furniture after watching this. Thankyou

[@deanpd3402]

Well, when you were moving in Nth Bondi, I was getting the hell out of Sydney and have remained in regional Oz ever since.

[@seanmc7128]

Great time to be alive. Unlike today.

[@davidmusicmaker]

Amazingly, even guys covered up their chests on the beach! Many are wearing a one-piece suit that covers lower and upper body parts. How times have changed!

[@56bluegold]

A beautiful place, a beautiful time.

[@TheAjay0021]

wonderful classic video

[@bucksavage1221]

Each one had a story. Life is fleeting.

[@professorpatpending8731]

The camera used here might have been an unusual sight to these Sydney-siders; being the year 1926.

[@SteveLittleLivesHere]

You see this in a lot of films from this time and on this channel. Something never changes as people still do it on TV sometimes.

[@lastrada52]

Some of those young girls (teenagers) are beautiful. The one with the long dark hair (3:00) next to the young man is a looker. I may add that her swimsuit is a little daring for the 1920s. Nice shape. Gorgeous smile. Makes me wonder whatever became of her. Bondi Beach is in Australia.

[@Rafael-ql4dd]

AMAZING VIDEO

[@NFSAFilms]

Thanks!

[@minicelica75]

My Grandmother was born on 4 March 1921 on Austinmer Beach just north of Wollongong. Her parents were squatters. In this day and age it is very hard to understand the conditions of the 1920's

[@deanpd3402]

Our govt is currently doing its level best to return us to those conditions.

[@michaelmallal9101]

Mum was born 1924. I went to school in Nelson St. My wife naturalized in Waverley Town Hall.

[@suomenpresidentti]

Much nicer than today. They are all clothed.

[@Tusc9969]

I really hope they enhance this video [60 fps] with added sounds

[@Ronbo710]

Man that beer looked good.

[@lesleylight4690]

All these people gone now. Living life like we are right now.we all go down the same path.

[@wilsondassumpcao2089]

Funny thing, 50 years ago a century was a very long time, today with these footages seems like yesterday morning...

[@HeleneLouise]

Magnifique!

[@pixl8me]

Love the real girls, with curls. ♥️

[@millertas]

Men had to remove hats inside BUT if women did well they would be accused of being 'floozies'.

[@johnniethepom2905]

Not a tattoo is sight ! Heavenly .

[@geoffbell166]

@@johnniethepom2905 Only people with tattoos were Convicts and Sailors when i was young,now bloody coppers covered in them,jayus i getting old!?

[@Voltomess]

Idk maybe it's just me but I noticed that almost ALL women back then had very thin lips.

[@deanpd3402]

@Second Chance ...or the nether regions as they are prone to do these days.

[@colinniehus6806]

Beautiful

[@cyborgar15]

Sha..shaa...sharrkk!!

[@petermurphy9968]

Excellent video. The babies featured would be close to 100 years old now. The crude resuscitation technique is a wonder to see. I don't think CPR was invented as a standard resuscitation technique back then in 1926.

[@taiwanallen3544]

I love this video.

[@EtonieE25]

🎼Those were the days my friend we thought they’d never end 🎼 …..as the singer Mary Hopkins once sung

[@battleelf6523]

4:53 is my favorite 😍 part?

[@bobeden5027]

Notice how slim everyone is, hey?

[@danielhickmott5800]

Looks like a film produced by the Chamber of commerce or Tourist Bureau for theaters worldwide.

[@valentinius62]

Just came here to see the 1920s Australian babes. 2:59 Dayum!

[@niccrovaix649]

Yikes! Electric wires strung out over a public swimming pool! Men walking around on the upper floor of a half finished building and not a hard hat, safety boot, hi vis vest or safety harness in sight! Clouds of smoke wafting up from cigarettes merrily combusting indoors! Those were the days.

[@marknelson5929]

Note how very few people (on the beach scenes) are carrying any weight, the men especially look almost skinny by todays standards - know doubt their carrying their proper body weight/mass. No take aways and convenience junk food like we have today.

[@sandwichman100]

no mcdonalds

[@liamgross7217]

No takeaway physical work

[@generalyellor8188]

@Trepang 412 A "billion dollar industry"? You haven't got a clue. It's many, many more times than that.

[@noelroberts8199]

I see where a fella was selling Peter's ice-cream on the beach, doesn't that count as junk food?

[@bossdog1480]

@@noelroberts8199 It would have had sugar in it, but it wouldn't be full of chemicals like it is today.

[@tolrem]

The baby on the beach would be about 94 today!

[@PauloCesar-qp5nm]

Assim como estarmos vendo essas imagens do passado eles jamais imaginava que gente do futuro como estarmos vendo hoje ! E podemos imaginar que gente do futuro também estão olhando para nós lá na frente

[@mikepravica2140]

It's sad to think that most if not all of these people are now no longer living.

[@maryfitzgerald4812]

Looks nice. Shame about it now. Thanks for posting.

[@neilmanhard1341]

If the English and Irish knew of Australia's beauty, potential and bounty; more would've arrived in passenger ships than prison ships. Absolutely stunning.

[@bobeden5027]

The Holger Neilson method, haven't seen that for a while, hey?

[@bensilverstern4156]

It died out. Literally

[@velocityjet1884]

On 1:09 minute mark, can anyone explain to me what that chimney looking object is, what's it's purpose?? Been wondering that, since i was a kid. cheers

[@NFSAFilms]

The majestic North Bondi poo pipe. Yet another of the Bondi's charms. A ventilation tower for the sewage treatment facility.

[@velocityjet1884]

@@NFSAFilms HA HA HA, Thanks for that lol you learn something new everyday.

[@tompchromedome]

@@NFSAFilms locals in the 1960s called it the "stink pot"

[@mongo2022]

3:00: Woodstock´s girl in 1926?

[@ThousandShakes]

The beach sure was crowded. More crowded than other similar places and times I have seen, and growing up on an island I have a feel. People really escape the heat or what?

[@americanoboist]

Hey,I think I just spotted Miss. Fisher

[@LordTantrums007]

Fascinating film from the 1920s well before the issues of WWII.

[@RaymondJones-kh6pp]

Love the video my father and mother were in early twenties when this was made and they loved the 1920s but not so much 1930s

[@velocityjet1884]

Appart from the great depression, the roaring 20's would of been one of the best era's ever, society has crashed on it's knees in this country, australia is not Australia anymore mate.

[@rickjamesbxtch4748]

So this is how it looked pre-covid.

[@thegallantsaint2034]

This is how it looked pre WW2.

[@babymoondancer]

🎵Take me back to the sweet times, the hot nights...🎵

[@stuartjohnson6476]

Whats with the Reg Grundies over the cossies? LOL!

[@dennisneo1608]

At 3:02 a beautiful Aussie girl. Now longggggg since gone. :(

[@samhouston1673]

Makes ya want to build theorize a time machine, build it, go back in time, just to go up to them on the beach at that moment, shoot them a wink, flash a smile and say, "Hey, what's up?"

[@Mercmad]

Back when our forebears thought the rest of the world was just like Australia . And only a couple generations removed from my Convict ancestors.

[@canoeman1961]

I think the height of the beach was a little higher back then ... it appears the average beach-goer in 1926 was half the weight of what you would see out there today.

[@jasonb9652]

Yes!! Was just about to make the same comment. Struggled to see one overweight person....

[@michaelsinclair8018]

Half of Bondi is missing! Most of it looks like it hasn't been subdivided yet! Take me back so I can get some ocean front property!

[@76-UVB]

What a contrast to Britain of the same period,Australia was far more liberated.

[@thomaskember3412]

I was born in Waverley General Hospital but I didn’t stay there. I was brought up in Maroubra, a better beach than Bondi. However, it is good to see where I come from.

[@fatcat3211]

Never thought about swimming in a wrestling singlet before seeing this.

[@topologyrob]

People were more active then and leaner

[@Bill-xg6xe]

Sad how Australia has gone downhill in a few years they will be in the same position as us in the USA

[@neshod6415]

??? What do you mean?

[@Hossak]

Smoke em if you got em. Thanks for posting!

[@falconalley7228]

Maybe one question we should ask, based on the video would you prefer if you were born in the 20’s or rather than now.

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

13 years later most of those boys would be fighting in WW2...

[@deenugent473]

When I view these old footages, I always think in my head that all, if not most, these people are probably dead by now.

[@dennisneo1608]

Well, it's 1926, nearly 100 years ago, so I'd say all dead.

[@adamnowak7232]

@@dennisneo1608 How you know? 3:07 too?

[@stoojinator]

@@adamnowak7232Maybe the babies might still be alive, but I doubt it. I agree with @dennisneo1608. They're all dead now for sure. And the people at 3:07 would probably be push 120+ so yes, they're dead too.

[@DavidHuntPHG]

I wonder if my grandmother was in that group! I like the first ever Super man undies on the outside swimming costume

[@noelroberts8199]

We Aussies have always been fun loving, and have always had an attraction to the beach.......

[@bieni78]

And now you live in a dystopian hell hole. North Korea has more freedoms. This is what happens when you tell a nation they live on the best country in the world - apathy sets in.

[@noelroberts8199]

@@bieni78 Tell me seriously, which country would you really want to live in, do you think you would have the freedom to make a criticism like this in North Korea and not face a serious penalty? (Like death).....

[@nithinkumar5832]

0.31 cricket matche ?

[@michaelclement1337]

Could do with audio cometary talking about the film being displayed

[@peterclark6290]

... and miss the flicks, no thanks.