American tourists talk about Australia (1961)

American tourists talk about Australia (1961) | RetroFocus

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4 жыл бұрын

In 1961, Keith Smith boarded the cruise ship Monterey to talk to its American passengers about their impressions of Sydney, and Australia in general.
The segment was never edited for broadcast and has been left mostly as Keith and the ABC crew filmed it.
Exact date of recording is unknown.
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@Alanitoo 4 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how much the American accent has changed!

@haleymoon657 4 жыл бұрын

I have been thinking this as well but when I mentioned it to my mother she could not seem to make our any difference, I thought that was so interesting because to me it’s very noticeable

@Alanitoo 4 жыл бұрын

@@haleymoon657 It really is different, even their intonation is different.

@harveyspecter1855 4 жыл бұрын

Now it sounds dumb.....

@drt162 4 жыл бұрын

I assure you the accent has not changed. It's the combination of the film's dated audio and wind going through the mic that makes these people sound different. These people had to speak directly into the mic because the technology wasn't as good as it is now. This is why they may sound different to your ears. Just a simple misunderstanding on your end.

@isabella8885 4 жыл бұрын

It has change quite a bit.

@jakepatterson4345 3 жыл бұрын

This guy wins most confronting reporter in history

@kapilmakode4302 4 жыл бұрын

Who is watching in 1961?

@SSudric 4 жыл бұрын

Always good to see another Time traveller!

@becpurcell6773 4 жыл бұрын

3558 BC here.

@starduck8014 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@362436yy 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@biggsleezy 4 жыл бұрын

No one without a time machine

@ZanderPingu 4 жыл бұрын

Theory why the reporter stands so close to the interviewee: He wants the mic to capture both voices at a similar loudness without him having to move the mic back and forth

@StoNe-ji6bc 4 жыл бұрын

Very different time back them, very different tech

@videowifie 3 жыл бұрын

yeah. it looks a little windy too, so he may be crowding to provide a bit of shelter for the mic

@fuzyy1994 3 жыл бұрын

It also seems like he needs to do this in order to get them both into the frame. Idk.

@agnidas5816 3 жыл бұрын

@@fuzyy1994 he is so close that in many of the shots there is a third of the frame completely empty on the side of the interviewee ... he is in fact ruining the shot by being too close as far as visual appearance goes.

@markdp1983 Жыл бұрын

Small TV screens back then that people would watch on; so I guess everything had to be quite tight in the frame while filming. Possibly?

@ai-go9yh 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just happy these recordings are still available and will be in this world for a very long time. A little glimpse in the past.

@1x0x Жыл бұрын

this is time travel.

@johndunstan7003 4 жыл бұрын

I love the charming sound of the 50's and 60's American accent. Like most accents, they change over the years.

@darkmindedbutterfly5290 3 жыл бұрын

John Dunstan I said the same thing to my daughter and my husband they both looked at me crazy when I said everyone sounded different then.Then I thought maybe it was just me then I came across your comment and I thought it’s not just me.

@pumpernickelplace 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkmindedbutterfly5290 It would seem some people just really don't have a discerning ear for subtle accent variations. The accent definitely has some characteristics, especially the intonation/rhythm of it, that have since changed.

@MsLouisez 3 жыл бұрын

these people would have been more well off as well. International travel wasnt cheap back then.

@tousifrahman2342 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkmindedbutterfly5290 American accent changes from state to state & social class, no matter what century you go to Texas, you will hear the southern accent, Boston, NY same thing, California is mixed because its people moving here from all other states. :-)

@artdecotimes2942 3 жыл бұрын

@Ocean Blue not necessarily, do you folks think it disappeared at that time. Sure the posh and respectable nature everyone including I offered back then as what was accustom, however the accent per say transitioned in variants till around early of the 2000s. Its that "well iy-al be, gee you caynt be siri-ess!?" If that makes sense, it is hard to explain. Although through this video simply listen to the american dialects they use.

@QuantumBraced 3 жыл бұрын

They answer so confidently and know exactly what they're gonna say, there is no hesitation or awkward silence.

@mattyd3079 3 жыл бұрын

I truly believe fluoride affects cognitive and linguistic ability

@RogerJJSmith 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. They're intelligent, wealthy people.

@lockedloaded4942 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattyd3079 .... and the prevention of dental decay, but ok.

@Cheepchipsable 2 жыл бұрын

Really A few of them seemed to be a bit unsure, but chances are they were asked in advance if they wanted to be interview and they had tried to prepare themselves. Look at the guy who said Sydney was becoming more like an American city, then asked if he had been here before and he responds No, but then goes on to reassert it's becoming more like an American city...

@GothboiGucci 2 жыл бұрын

@@RogerJJSmith is it intellect? nowadays you have a lot of people dictating what you can and can’t say edit: i think people are just hesitant today because of the whole PC culture

@TechGamesAU 4 жыл бұрын

Why did he stare at the woman and say nothing like that?

@willkirkoff1333 4 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking

@CFCMAMO1 4 жыл бұрын

Wants to have sexy time

@timlangdon6448 4 жыл бұрын

@@CFCMAMO1 back then they were nice not like you... you have a dirty mind what's wrong with you act like that.. will you stop being so rot meaning to him

@daddy-odizzy5180 4 жыл бұрын

tim Langdon Jokes exist, you know.

@Broomtwo 4 жыл бұрын

It might have just been like that for an editor the cut it there, so it didn't randomly cut while they were talking or something. Yes, it was a little awkward, but it was likely just for an easy clean cut by the editor later on, apparently which they didn't do a great job on lol

@harharchris 4 жыл бұрын

How is this Californian accent changed so much to that of Kardashian type accent? I also felt their politeness in their speech.

@AntzTKO13 4 жыл бұрын

Very much so. A time of mutal respect.

@TheAshley9697 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@elm1230 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a moneyed accent. Trans Atlantic almost. Pretty pretentious today.

@alessiomarin1218 4 жыл бұрын

Their accents are one of the "sub-accents" of the 60s Californian accent. In Australia we have cultivated, general and broad accents. But then, each of those three have variations depending on class, education, and ethnic background. The Italian-Australian "wog" accent is a sub-accent, almost. In most cases, people who speak like that have parents who speak with general accents. I was born in 2000 in Adelaide and my parents are Italian. But there have been numerous occasions on which even native Australians have mistaken me for a British person. So it turns out there's a lot more variation in each accent of each state of each country than what most might initially think 😂

@Page-Hendryx 4 жыл бұрын

Regarding Kardashian - that's a totally inaccurate characterization of what people from California sound like these days. As to the people in the clip, many probably were from another state before moving to California anyway.

@Muonium1 4 жыл бұрын

Bit of an annoying close talker, this reporter

@bitTorrenter 4 жыл бұрын

He's way too keen.

@gavinhudson5251 4 жыл бұрын

Microphone technology for the time.

@Muonium1 4 жыл бұрын

@@gavinhudson5251 I mean he has a working arm...soooo

@gavinhudson5251 4 жыл бұрын

@@Muonium1 He still has to stay in the frame of the camera though. Otherwise you'll just see the interviewee talking to an extended arm. Maybe that was the style of interviewing back then, in that the audience had to see the interviewer as well.

@kulturfreund6631 4 жыл бұрын

0:03 - What do you think of Australia? - I'm a bit of surprised about the size of the city.

@bobofthestorm 4 жыл бұрын

How much do you think these Americans are worth now? Nobody travels around the world 1960s unless you were absolutely rich.

@Welcher7 4 жыл бұрын

Nothin, they ded

@StoNe-ji6bc 4 жыл бұрын

I'd suspect most people interviewed are now deceased

@kristoffersparegodt420 4 жыл бұрын

Depends on country my father and grandfather travelled the world and we aren’t “absolutely Rich”

@dominique9314 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely upper class citizens at least, now and then, in the case of the more older travellers

@ItsMeChillTyme 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting you say that when the people had a better financial standing then than they do now. I guess EZ credit wasn't a thing so people weren't so keen of spending it.

@headninjadog8120 Жыл бұрын

I’m a 47 year old American who would love to take a tour to 1961 Australia! ❤ 🇦🇺

@davidh8924 8 ай бұрын

I'm a 50 year old black american so not so much in my case 😢

@headninjadog8120 8 ай бұрын

@@davidh8924 Can't argue with that.

@michelleo6790 4 жыл бұрын

People were more eloquent then than they are today.

@gavinhudson5251 4 жыл бұрын

To go on a cruise to Australia in 1961 you would have to be wealthy. They're eloquent because that are better educated. It's just the nature of class that's all.

@wowcool8749 4 жыл бұрын

OK boomber

@frankgumball5039 4 жыл бұрын

That okay boomer seems a little unearned given your original comment, lol

@rodsands7646 3 жыл бұрын

@@wowcool8749 ok snowflake

@VanillaMacaron551 4 ай бұрын

@@gavinhudson5251 My grandma was a legal secretary in Sydney after she was widowed in the 50s. She saved up and went on a couple of big cruises in the 1960s, including to Canada and the US.

@scottianson5133 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone is dressed so nicely and well spoken.

@PM_Nunya_Bidness 2 жыл бұрын

Love that Transatlantic accent! Watching old Canadian, Australian, and American footage you can see how close we got to have one standard-ish broadcast accent.

@jocelynngh4393 Жыл бұрын

The closest we get is Fraser

@rockynanach 9 ай бұрын

Its quite striking how the interviewer stand so close to his interviewees..

@kulturfreund6631 4 жыл бұрын

1:53 - Australian pronunciation is cool. When you're in hospital and ready to leave, the nurse will say "You´re going today." sounding like "You´re going to die."

@davidbrain1192 4 жыл бұрын

Funny comment😀

@Bratzismylife 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kulturfreund6631 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bratzismylife Saw it years ago in a cartoon in a learning English book I think it was. : D Nurse comes in, says it unmoved, patient shocked to death, shoots up and sits upright in his bed, hair standing on end.

@starcloud4959 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂👏👏👏.

@RR-qv8uz 3 жыл бұрын

It absolutely does NOT 🤦‍♂️ Why do Americans believe this nonsense ? We honestly do not pronounce it like that whatsoever...foolish of you if you think we do!

@paulhundy2986 6 ай бұрын

The interviewer was a bit of a comedian, he also had a kids radio show called riddle roundup. He wasn’t taking it too seriously, having a bit of fun.

@goodenergi 4 жыл бұрын

0:34 uhm what happened here??

@otaviodelucca3573 4 жыл бұрын

I am asking myself the same question..

@ewblacksheep 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a bit odd.

@dimitrirohan 4 жыл бұрын

Some type of authorities coming to stop whatever he was doing I'm guessing.

@dimitrirohan 4 жыл бұрын

Now I realize he's on a cruise ship. He definitely finesse his way on there. great team work guys.

@alicemiriah 4 жыл бұрын

Hell the way he started the video was odd. Ran up on shorty like a whole weirdo lol

@markdp1983 4 жыл бұрын

4:34 Interesting to see that Frank Costanza was able to visit Australia in 1961...

@msbeckyleigh 4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Definitely

@PurplePinkRed 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! 😂 Nicely played!

@bryansu5824 3 жыл бұрын

CANTSTANDYA

@allieb7757 3 жыл бұрын

"serenity now!" when the horn blared lol

@alinatadevosyan312 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else feel like we’ve evolved backwards when watching these eloquent, beautifully put together and intelligent people?

@golden.lights.twinkle2329 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@mewe1023 Жыл бұрын

As science and technology evolve, humanity devolve.

@tinahochstetler2189 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 2 жыл бұрын

Australia was so backwards still in 1961. I think these Americans were just being polite

@carolinegodden4364 3 ай бұрын

I was born in 1961. Australia 🇦🇺 was quite a remote place then. These visitors had travelled a very long way. In those days, places like Melbourne, offered just about zero night life. It was normal to those that lived here. On the Beach movie was filmed in Melbourne. Ava Gardiner, said at the time, Melbourne was a great place to film a story on the end of the world. Was it Frank Sinatra? He called our reporters Hookers. What a shock to society!!! That was a new word here.

@versacegang4140 4 жыл бұрын

It's funny how the Americans are much more poised and less laid back and jokey than the Australians but still friendly

@ibnyahud 4 жыл бұрын

If you think contextually, most of these American tourists at that time would have been the wealthy and the "elites" - the sort of people that may not be lent towards frivolity.

@davidh6300 4 жыл бұрын

@@ibnyahud good point, and contrast that with the pub-going types in another abc retro video

@Fluffybunz779 4 жыл бұрын

Ibn Yahud yea, these Americans would have been dominated completely by the professional and wealthy classes elite couples and families. Very different from the average worker.

@Linnnaeus 3 жыл бұрын

thats because these were wealthy Americans so naturally they would have been more poised and less laid back. the average American and Australian are very similar in that regard

@sinkvenice4438 3 жыл бұрын

I had to laugh when he commented on the couple standing close together. He’s the king of standing too close to people! 😄

@sinkvenice4438 3 жыл бұрын

@Jamie B - That’s not necessarily true. I used to work in television and I’ve never met anyone who stood practicality on top of someone to interview them.

@bellaeastwood4292 3 жыл бұрын

I’m fascinated with adults from the 50s and 60s. They’re so put together, well-spoken, and classy. They’re a generation that were children during the Great Depression, and teenagers during ww2. All they had ever known was hardship, never having enough, and working together to fight the war. I believe that’s why this generation valued the importance of organization and following rules, because they’re kinda have this military mentality. But I also think that when they became adults in the 50s they were finally allowed to have fun and let loose, so for the first time in their lives they were thriving. Movies and music really started to blow up in the 50s. Same with fashion and technology. I truly believe this generation was the best imo. Of course their privileged spoiled children ended up being the total opposite becoming hippies because they never had to struggle to appreciate what was given to them. They were just born into a perfect economy and given nice things they never had to work for. But hey, hippies are cool too though ✌️

@davidrossi1486 3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how old you are but you are spot on. I’m a gen Xer. we grew up in the 80s and watched the detritus of the 60s turn into the hangover of the 70s. The 70s were not a good time for most. I feel immensely privileged to have grown up in the time that I did. These ghosts from the past remind us that there was a time when politeness and dignity were paramount. The pain that they went through during the depression (real depression) and the subsequent war put steel in their spines and spirit in their hearts. May the tough times ahead of us improve us as well.

@bellaeastwood4292 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 25 ☺️ and I agree with you wholeheartedly

@davidrossi1486 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know where you are in the world. I’m currently in Australia, and not moving very far any time soon. LOL. When the world starts turning again I’ll be able to re join the larger world. I’ve had my first vaccine, the second is due in a week. Reunite the world , beat Covid

@bellaeastwood4292 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidrossi1486 I’m in France. I spent 7 months in Australia, amazing country and hands down my favorite in the world. Australians are lovely people and the country itself is beautiful. I’d love to go back again some day after the Covid is over.

@tristanblackford7903 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, most of these people were probably quite wealthy travelling Australia in the 60s and all.

@astroemerald3175 3 жыл бұрын

Americans incredibly polite and articulate .

@lostcents 3 жыл бұрын

As a 21 year old with an immigrant US father this is so interesting to watch. I love the way everything was spoken.

@WatchWonders. 3 жыл бұрын

2:20"You look like a typical tourist, and your neck looks delicious. You can't imagine how hard it is to be a vampire in Australia."

@ronhitler-barassi2624 4 жыл бұрын

0:32 "should I kiss her?" 0:34 "No, I better not, her husband is here.

@quaesitumspatium7751 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao why is this the best explanation of the interaction?

@veemon 4 жыл бұрын

This YT algorithm is something else...

@362436yy 4 жыл бұрын

indeed

@mr.d6296 Жыл бұрын

It takes forever for someone from Indiana to answer a question.

@hadramcoltzau6135 3 жыл бұрын

Love how the reporter looks up and down the people he's interviewing like he's inspecting them.

@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. 2 ай бұрын

So rude.

@angelpablo5 4 жыл бұрын

I wanna jump back in to this video and be like wasuuuuuuuup

@Troy555w 4 жыл бұрын

Angel Pablo your black ass will scare them 🤣

@rain_M4V7 3 жыл бұрын

Asim Chaudhary lmao

@HNCS2006 3 жыл бұрын

that american accent is so elegant.

@6ixConfessions 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, what's up with the way that the reporter just cuts the Americans off mid sentence as though he's just bored with what they have to say.

@NickSquids 3 жыл бұрын

Why should 1961 be any different?

@harrycurrie9664 3 жыл бұрын

They are not saying what he wants to hear ?

@Moamanly 3 жыл бұрын

@@NickSquids :-)

@DogmenHardcastle 3 жыл бұрын

It's bizarre, he couldn't possibly be worse at his Job, he's like the original Joe Rogan.

@flowerlandfilms 3 жыл бұрын

...this is shot on film, only so many minutes on a reel... ...pretty expensive and no second takes... ...can't waste it on a rambler or a non related answer...

@Deshrake 3 жыл бұрын

"We've learned some new expressions." "Well don't quote them right here because I can imagine what some of them are."

@maxrush206 4 жыл бұрын

3:13 it's funny how the L.A. girl has the closest to a modern general America/Canadian accent. I wonder if it has to do with the movie industry

@amit4Bihar 3 жыл бұрын

Nice observation

@erockstoenescu6171 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, everyone has a California accent now. It’s the entertainment industry in general

@luciajimenezmartinez6306 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@justso4509 3 жыл бұрын

Max Rush, just out of curiosity where are you from? To me she doesn't sound Canadian at all, at least not compared to people in Ontario (that's what I'm most familiar with). Detecting Canadian vs. American accents seems to challenge a lot of people.

@maxrush206 3 жыл бұрын

@@justso4509 im from Canada. it sounds more like a west coast canadian accent tbh. Also i feel like people outside the GTA sound more american

@mredisdead8831 4 жыл бұрын

More of this type of thing please ABC!

@nicktalbot3310 3 жыл бұрын

Loving all these old videos.

@radioaydin5875 4 жыл бұрын

people actually using adjectives other than "cool" and "super exciting" and "awesome".

@jameswalker68 4 жыл бұрын

And not a “like” to be heard at all!

@alenaj1579 3 жыл бұрын

I know right. Not a phone in sight just people living in the moment

@maxsalman783 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, people spoke English back then... an antiquated and derelict language by now...

@sweeetsxoxo 3 жыл бұрын

And "amazing".

@jameswalker68 3 жыл бұрын

@Jamie B You are so right Jamie. And it all comes back to money. Nothing cheaper to produce than junk reality tv, sadly.

@nathr7375 3 жыл бұрын

wow that dude worked for lockheed during the sr-71 era, that's awesome.

@liamcragin 2 жыл бұрын

He looks like a former pilot.

@faizanjoyia 4 жыл бұрын

Loving these video keep them coming

@aussie8114 3 жыл бұрын

That reporter creeps me out 😧

@qwerterific 3 жыл бұрын

this reporter reminds me of the close talker from seinfeld

@runnyhunny786 3 жыл бұрын

I never met many Americans personally myself when growing up in my home state in Sth Australia . I think the first one I met was through my high school I attended in the early to mid eighties. She was our exchange maths teacher from the United States I was an insecure shy type teenager ( & introvert ) but she was really casual and friendly to everyone so I liked her still. I recall even how once when trying to get to know us more I guess she sat on her desk facing us and with her legs dangling and swinging from the desk while talking to us which I thought was unusual because all the other teachers would always just sit seated behind their desks. Still remember her name too. It was Hilary Whitehouse ! Also remember her for taking our class to the school library one afternoon to watch a black and white movie called.." To Sir With Love " starring Sidney Poitierre. Judging by what the movie is about I suppose she was trying to teach us to treasure our school girl days and our teachers too because one day soon they will be gone. How true ! Thanks Ms Whitehouse. Fond memories. ⚘👍

@williamstringer6519 Жыл бұрын

How could you NOT remember a name like Hilary Whitehouse! Hilary Clinton comes to mind, as well as Mary Whitehouse, the notorious reactionary sexually repressed English prude! I love serendipity!

@runnyhunny786 Жыл бұрын

@@williamstringer6519 😅👍

@Chapps1941 Жыл бұрын

I had a teacher at a Sth Australian all-boys high school. I was madly in love with her. Her name was Binks-Williams. She was tough and cute.

@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. 2 ай бұрын

To Sir With Love is not a black and white film.

@runnyhunny786 2 ай бұрын

@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. The one with Sidney Poitier is.

@deadsi 3 жыл бұрын

Damn sum Americans sounded almost British

@ripme6616 3 жыл бұрын

As did the Australian reporter

@nathenbosher1067 3 жыл бұрын

Because we are

@boundlessmatter4361 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathenbosher1067 ya we basically are

@johnniewaiker6203 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you think the English language comes from?

@whyyes6428 3 жыл бұрын

That's called the 'trans-Atlantic' accent.

@sarahh1007 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! So polite

@SidKneeGeo 3 жыл бұрын

I like how they are keeping the cuts in the video

@fairlanewhip79 4 жыл бұрын

Americans were much smarter back then

@StoNe-ji6bc 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to hear the British accent back then, most if not all people interviewed seemed to sound part like 'foreign'

@starduck8014 4 жыл бұрын

Less fat and sugar

@ibnyahud 4 жыл бұрын

the average person may have been "smarter", but less knowledgeable however, our smart people now have an unbelievable advantage

@drmg735 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like they were leaner too!

@orangeblossom5362 4 жыл бұрын

Racism, sexism, and discrimination as rampant back then...

@tuyen8769 2 жыл бұрын

Like the vibe of these videos 🖤

@lukerinderknecht2982 3 жыл бұрын

1:24 I love how the interviewer just cuts the guy off when it's apparent he's talking out of his ass 😂

@M16music69 3 жыл бұрын

He’s not, Australia now is literally like a British Texas. Exactly what he was saying as modernization.

@kingt0295 3 жыл бұрын

@@M16music69 are you Australian or talking out your ass with that comparison

@richyearle007 3 жыл бұрын

I think he cut him short because the kids were distracting the conversation.

@arizonarangershat3831 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was because of the children in the background

@richardjones3792 3 жыл бұрын

its obviously because of the noisy kids, not the sharpest, are you?

@nacholibre1962 3 жыл бұрын

0:00 Holy crap, he looked like he was going to mug her!

@FizzFizzFizzFizzFizz Жыл бұрын

Everybody is so well dressed

@dimitrirohan 4 жыл бұрын

it's cool seeing something so normal during this time. Early 60's were mad.

@thepochade5992 4 жыл бұрын

IN YOUR FACE reporting lol awesome to see, thanks for posting 👍

@redwolf7929 3 жыл бұрын

The reporter just launches at people, gives em a shock

@kdsbeenheredebnath5334 4 жыл бұрын

The time when people speak the truth in front of the camera

@cjstubejackofalltrade1551 3 жыл бұрын

I love this. Wow

@elitedogger7948 4 жыл бұрын

So cool to me that some of the older people in these interviews could of been born in the 1800s

@docterlexus4555 3 жыл бұрын

Could 'have' been born in the 1800's.

@jehanariyaratnam2874 Жыл бұрын

They were born in the 1700s I think

@jimelb83 3 жыл бұрын

Should have had this reporter do the “how to get in a fight in a Sydney bar” clip. I feel like he would have found out fairly quickly.

@perpetualgrin5804 6 ай бұрын

Great comment😅.

@krishkam186 3 жыл бұрын

Lockheed aircraft corporation (Now known as Lockheed-Martin after a merger) is a company that designed and built fighter aircraft, choppers and missiles and is currenlty a major player in the arms industry, it would've been very interesting to hear about what the last interviewee did at his job

@PolarAnt 3 жыл бұрын

Personal space was obviousely not a thing back then.

@Moonbovine 3 жыл бұрын

I like these interviews. I like that the people are so composed back then and dressed so neat and clean! They spoke clearly! Nowadays people look and act a hot mess lol.

@pluto9 3 жыл бұрын

첼시Cakt That’s sadly true, I think we’ve become far too casual as a modern society, especially in our public presentation of ourselves

@lordx4641 3 жыл бұрын

@@pluto9 pretty much lousy behaviour for the sake of comfort it is evident from culture aswell as the consumerism which heavily caters the needs of the consumers

@golden.lights.twinkle2329 2 жыл бұрын

They are wealthy tourists. Ordinary Americans did not vacation in Australia.

@dodekaedius Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind, these aren't the typical Americans. They were able to afford a ticket to Australia back then.

@Nevisblau 3 жыл бұрын

Their accent isn’t the same now.. Wow.

@joshuagalka3526 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@Alice-ui9oy 11 ай бұрын

So interesting how the accent between American and Australian was a lot closer at this time!

@raullovessbk2 4 жыл бұрын

3:15 my girl was from bellflower ! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@SilencedButNotForgotten Жыл бұрын

The American accent was so much better back then.

@karma0253 2 жыл бұрын

3:12 Damn what a stunner 😍😍

@sockpuppetbitme 3 жыл бұрын

He's all up in their personal space like he's trying to take a bite out of their lunch.

@sockpuppetbitme 3 жыл бұрын

@Jamie B A likely excuse...

@slow_diver 3 жыл бұрын

Love it

@mickygee1044 3 жыл бұрын

The way the vampire glides into the first interview, talk about a close talker.

@PlanetYokoshima 3 жыл бұрын

Before in Aus: late lunch Now in Aus: BRUNCH

@carlosmatias7807 4 жыл бұрын

LMAO that lady at was just so damn happy and excited about her new name she blacked out and responded incorrectly

@raullovessbk2 4 жыл бұрын

Laguna Beach ! I was just there !!!!!

@patrickburns6955 3 жыл бұрын

He stands so close because there is no wide shot. Notice there is barely any background in the shots. TV'S used to be small

@smallstudiodesign 3 жыл бұрын

Flying long haul was extremely expensive back then (you’d have to remortgage your home) ... most didn’t fly across the Atlantic / Pacific. Notice he’s at the Ocean liner (cruise ship) terminal? (Ships’ horns in the background).

@pursuingpurity596 3 жыл бұрын

This reporter is so awkward at making the conversation flow

@electricdreams9446 3 жыл бұрын

Quite interesting

@BJKAdventures22 3 жыл бұрын

Love history 👍

@valhipkiss4011 Жыл бұрын

That interviewer , couldn’t get any closer to people , could he lol lol .

@fyiaustralia9686 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see this uncut interview where the reporter just cuts people off if they get too boring!

@bigL.98 3 жыл бұрын

They way he moved towards that lady in the first one like dracula though 😂🤣

@QuantumBraced 3 жыл бұрын

Let's appreciate how far air travel has come, you can fly from the US West Coast to Sydney and back now for $800, back then it must have cost at least 10 times that adjusted for inflation.

@smallstudiodesign 3 жыл бұрын

That’s why they didn’t fly across the Pacific Ocean back then. ... notice he’s at the Ocean liner (cruise ship) terminal? (Ships’ horns in the background).

@JamesJamesons 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that reporter gets pretty stroppy if the people don't have anything juicy

@williamstringer6519 3 жыл бұрын

Keith Smith had a more formal British sounding accent in those days than most Australians have today. Modern Australian Journalists and Presenters feel more secure in their accents and idioms nowadays. Received British accents in the UK have also become much less formal over time.

@Quote-Unquote. 4 жыл бұрын

**public interview** "I'm Doctor Joel Peterson" **doctor's office** "I'm Doctor Joel Peterson" **watching tv with his wife** "I'm Doctor Joel Peterson" **being born: It's a boy, have you picked out a name ?** Yes, we're going to call him "Doctor Joel Peterson"

@maxwalker1159 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@utareangara5529 3 жыл бұрын

What ocean liner is that?

@JPMJPM 4 жыл бұрын

What hotel in Sydney do you think CH was or is? I’m curious.

@natatron 4 жыл бұрын

JP M maybe Castlereagh Boutique Hotel

@paulsz6194 4 жыл бұрын

I think CH stood for Conrad Hilton? I suppose Americans would have preferred to have stayed at Hotels they were familiar with? Since the Interviewer said he can’t mention the name, the interviewe threw in a clue I suppose..