Amazing, still the same asphalt on some of those roads today. Back when only a little public money, not all of it like today, was siphoned away from infrastructure budgets. Nowadays, it all goes into some council members and their contractor mates pocket.
@lilacDaisy1115 жыл бұрын
Excellent film, demonstrating the different things men did to build and maintain the functionality of our modern world. I'm forever grateful! And those gorgeous old cars. I'll take one -- any one.
@frucklerbullpit5 жыл бұрын
I like you and your way of thinking...
@Dave.S.TT6003 жыл бұрын
but you'll use the Subaru Forrester as your daily.
@MrBobbyDan10 жыл бұрын
A good reminder of what it was like in 1966 compared with 2013.
@frpetermark11 жыл бұрын
Beaut film, thank you. I was 6yo when this film was made in '66. What a momentous year that was; Mr. Menzies retired, out went the pounds, shillings & pence, in came the dollars and the cents, & everyone was singing 'The Sound of Music'. Ah, such halcyon days! There were no Japanese cars on the roads then, & the trucks were mostly British - Bedfords & Commers - red, it seems, being the predominant colour. And of course, the ubiquitous VW Beetle, although most of the cars were Holdens or Fords.
@viviekazanili10774 жыл бұрын
I Miss the look & sounds of those days. Wish times were like that now. Life now is not as we had back then.
@GrenadierGuardsDmr10 жыл бұрын
At 1:03 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, from the railway station looking east. At 1:21 A BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) DC10 aircraft. BOAC would merge with BEA to become British Airways in 1974. At 1:31 Darling Harbour Goods Yard with the old Government Printing Office at Pyrmont (blue glass) in the background. At 2:08 a coal truck leaving the Blackwattle Bay wharfs onto Bridge Road, Wentworth Park in the distance. At 3:02 a 1953 Dennis F1 pumper and a 1929 Dennis ladders leaving No. 4 Fire Station Darlinghurst (Kings Cross) and then travelling south along Victoria Street. At 7:09 an ambulance coming down Fullers Road and then on to Lady Game Drive, Chatswood West. Fullers Bridge, over the Lane Cove River, can be seen in a later scene in the background when the ambulance door is shut. The car is an Austin A50. At 7:57 is the first iPad. At 8:25 is Park Street between the Hyde Park(s) looking east from the old T&G Building, corner Park and Elizabeth Streets. At 10:52 is the Pacific Highway, North Sydney, with some construction clearing on the right for the future Warringah Expressway. The high-level traffic is using the former tramway and tram bridge (originally intended for a Northern Beaches Railway via North Sydney). At 11:00 is the site cleared for Goldfields House at Circular Quay, which set a new low for cheap and nasty abominations, and still stands!!! At 11:10 appears to be demolition associated with the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney, with a pylon of the Harbour Bridge and the Greenway Building (public housing at Kirribilli) in the distance. At 12:17 Bondi Beach. At 12:19 William Street looking east, with no traffic lights!!! At 12:27 the City approach to the Pyrmont Bridge, then the main route west apart from Parramatta Road, the four stacks of the Pyrmont Power Station in the distance.
@NFSAFilms10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all of the great information you have provided about the locations in this film. It is very helpful. Thanks also for you comments on our other films.
@GrenadierGuardsDmr10 жыл бұрын
NFSA Films Thank you NFSA, I have enjoyed watching them.
@mitch196367 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for that information mate.
@seblindstrom76606 жыл бұрын
At 1:21 Boeing 707, not DC10
@railtrolley5 жыл бұрын
The 7:09 Ambulance is a Chrysler Royal. A V8 to get to the scene quickly.
@jq7478 жыл бұрын
I think I saw at least a dozen OH&S violations, LOL. The good old days ;)
@petermaxwell29655 жыл бұрын
She'll be right mate ..
@chiefchook11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this; another grand collection of the past.
@simonvolkmer85065 жыл бұрын
i love it life seemed much slower
@jasoncarpp774211 жыл бұрын
I love the fire trucks. They seem vintage compared to today's fire trucks.
@roddymcniven87343 жыл бұрын
They are mate
@crusinclassicslucas62183 жыл бұрын
The second one is probably a 1930s Leland turntable ladder
@heli-crewhgs52852 жыл бұрын
That’ll be due to the fact that they’re vintage.
@jasoncarpp77422 жыл бұрын
@@heli-crewhgs5285 I would reckon so.
@jeffestrada68572 жыл бұрын
I was a fireman at the NSWFB Darlinghurst fire station they show here at 3.05. The station number is No4. It seems so ancient compared to the ladder truck and pumper that we used in the late 80’s Like i suppose the 80’s look to someone now 😳
@pushbikeman5 жыл бұрын
Australia has come a long way in way in a very short time!
@jeffestrada68572 жыл бұрын
Dont know about that. In some ways perhaps but as a society i dont think so. Less consideration, selfish, aggressive and insular come to mind about todays world particularly on the road
@barryphillips73272 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT film 10 out 10!!!! Should be part of education system for kids at school!!
@mathewgreen40994 жыл бұрын
Great short film that shows just how things worked at a certain part of time. Many thanks for posting.
@jeffestrada68572 жыл бұрын
The good old days 👍 i was 3 when they made this 😃
@jaredbruning55319 жыл бұрын
Great video for history lessons in primary school!
@benhawkes11543 жыл бұрын
Wish I had some of those cars today..awesome..
@whatwouldiknow17594 жыл бұрын
Even 50 odd years ago, everything seemed to be very quaint. The older guys, who looked 70 but were probably 40, wearing pork pie hats at work.
@TheEarthHistorysConfusing4 жыл бұрын
I was looking at photos of my uncle’s graduation and my grandfather was 55 yet looked 80.
@jerryscanas3 жыл бұрын
When our government was legitimate, the good ol days.
@jimmielomax71083 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember hanky hats ?? A knot tied in each corner of your hankerchief, those were the days , 😂
@gheffz4 жыл бұрын
Amen!!! Love this trip down memory lane! Great country, Australia!
@Dave.S.TT6003 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was.
@pitvondone2 жыл бұрын
20 years later I worked in Sydney and the boss came with his Beetle every day to work and first he red the newspaper.
@jeffestrada68572 жыл бұрын
read
@pitvondone2 жыл бұрын
No red they did hang him in Coffs Harbour.
@MarkWhich2 жыл бұрын
Life without the Visibility Vests and you could light up a cigarette anywhere anytime.
@NFSAFilms11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback.
@MightyMegaPhone3 жыл бұрын
My father was a road worker in the northern Territory in the 1960s to 80s He was a very hard worker and his mates were real men! hard and funny sadly alcohol killed a lot of them.
@StylesLee3 жыл бұрын
My grandpa use to fly here for work & he described the Aussies as Hard working chilled out blokes ever! He'll come back with a Koala doll & Super Happy. He died of Alcohol but his memory remains High for Australia, True School Blokes.
@hebneh8 жыл бұрын
A number of similarities to the US. Australia was close to America in per-capita ownership of private cars, far ahead of most other countries at that time.
@djewan93192 жыл бұрын
very nice ^^
@peterm18262 жыл бұрын
Better days then today
@MrButtonpresser4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic resources, life has certainly changed.
@heli-crewhgs52852 жыл бұрын
Tracey-Ann Johns would like this video. 🇦🇺
@stefanbach76524 жыл бұрын
9 yo when this was made. Brings back memories.
@AcePanno16 жыл бұрын
Love the old cars especially the Beetles and Kombis
@noelgibson59565 жыл бұрын
The Valiants were the best cars at that stage.
@CovidConQuitTheCensorship4 жыл бұрын
@@noelgibson5956 no they weren't. They were embarrassing lol ugliest cars. Tihe beetles and kombis however always represented freedom and free thinking
@noelgibson59564 жыл бұрын
@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship Lol! Whatever floats your boat. 😃👍
@murringo95 жыл бұрын
12:57 the 169 bus to Wingala...a locality around Dee Why/North Curl Curl.
@damienluxford90535 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Although this footage may have been released in 66 I'm fairly certain it was filmed no later than mid 1965. There are many EH Holdens but not yet any HD Holdens evident.
@NFSAFilms5 жыл бұрын
Yes the production date is usually when the film was finished. The footage may have been shot well before that.
@leonotarianni26045 жыл бұрын
There was a HD sedan and an XP Falcon ute in it . HD released Feb 65 XP release March 65. I believe it is filmed in mid or late 1965 and it was released in 1966 and edited sometime in between
@NFSAFilms11 жыл бұрын
Yes. Ep 1 is Railways at Work - see our On The Rails playlist. Ep 4 also posted Ships At Work - On The Water playlist and Roads is Ep 2. Only Ep 3 Aircraft At Work to go.
@JeffreyOrnstein9 жыл бұрын
NIce video! I noticed what looks like a GM PD 4106 bus, identical to those used in the US.
@petersinclair39974 жыл бұрын
@ 11.01 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, Goldfields House, which has come and gone, was built in the hole.
@catalinagarcia47474 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@user-tc5nk6oq7u3 жыл бұрын
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@jeffestrada68572 жыл бұрын
Hello Abduol from Australia 🇦🇺
@cityplanner30633 жыл бұрын
Why don’t they send people to schools anymore? I don’t remember anyone talking to mr about road safety except my parents.
@Chapps1941 Жыл бұрын
Gee, we were a hard-working country back then. We got stuff done. 2:50 There is now a just a few modern semis doing the work of all those flatbeds and utes
@robsin28105 жыл бұрын
It was a better time.
@7s2911 жыл бұрын
What a great film of a great time to be alive. Its sad that todays council/state gov are closing roads and making them narrow/smaller. Parking is becoming a scarce commodity today.
@frucklerbullpit5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget till roads and insurance and rego.. fucken government cunts!
@lilacDaisy1115 жыл бұрын
10:53 looks like science fiction: driving on top of buildings. Weird city planning!
@NFSAFilms5 жыл бұрын
Metropolis
@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug90424 жыл бұрын
It is the abutment for the Sydney harbour bridge
@hemi9693 жыл бұрын
I wonder what it looks like now. Great times.
@121211495 жыл бұрын
At 12:20 William st heading up to the Cross.
@timsmith8544 жыл бұрын
All cars in the documentary: 1960's Fire Engine: Looks like a 1930s truck
@simonf89027 ай бұрын
Love NFSA
@klyvemurray2 жыл бұрын
Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now...
@Dave.S.TT6003 жыл бұрын
Not one Hi-Viz Shirt. Paradise
@leonotarianni26045 жыл бұрын
What is the red truck reversing at 2.50 to 2.53 . Is it a Fargo or Dodge or international or Karrier
@philipknowles83615 жыл бұрын
Looks like a 1950 Dodge B1B or Desoto Pilothouse.
@railtrolley5 жыл бұрын
It's a Fargo. I used to see them around when I was younger.
@7373jason11 жыл бұрын
Is there an Ep1 posted?
@lightningfun64862 жыл бұрын
And what fire station is that?
@jeffestrada68572 жыл бұрын
Darlinghurst No4 stn
@065882755 жыл бұрын
some great thinking they had Australia has the worlds biggest trains such a shame they drive on roads not rails
@letsseeif2 жыл бұрын
from the point of view of NSW
@simonhattrell53215 жыл бұрын
Really they are lorries NOT trucks!
@gregdean20125 жыл бұрын
Lorry in London truck in Australia.
@26TptCoy4 жыл бұрын
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Lorry is the British English term for a truck, a large motor vehicle. Originally a ferm for a horse-drawn low-loading trolley
@jeffchapel793 жыл бұрын
Dudes worked fucking hard
@1000guy13 жыл бұрын
This was back in the day when traffic was not that bad and people where not so lazy such shame the automatic transmission has ruined everything
@thomasgriffin54667 жыл бұрын
This is big brother watching our every move! Are we really so stupid to believe that government is out to actually help us?
@peterm18266 жыл бұрын
now days they do it via computer
@ThomasMadness3 жыл бұрын
10:29
@buddhastaxi6662 ай бұрын
Too busy, even then.
@lukei6255 Жыл бұрын
A very car oriented country with little regard for pedestrians. Try to spot wide paths or sidewalks with coffee shops and outdoor seating 😂😂😂
@simonhattrell53215 жыл бұрын
Oh I say in Awrsttraylia old chap. Good grief the narrators in those days all had plums in their mouths.
@internezzo4 жыл бұрын
Now they sound as ignorant and as uneducated as you.