Ships At Work: Transport In Australia.

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13 жыл бұрын

Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1967. Directed by Christopher Cordeaux. A young boy is invited aboard a tug boat and is shown around the harbour by the Captain of the tug, who explains what the various ships are doing in Sydney harbour, where they're going, what they're carrying and the importance of marine transport in Australia.

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@dieseldavetrains8988 3 жыл бұрын

The Captain comes across as a hard old man but really is a softy at heart. The 1960's and 70's were great times growing up in Australia. Less pressure and more carefree in those days. No container ships back then.

@FA7273 13 жыл бұрын

The Lovely Himma. How nice to see Sydney Harbour the way I remember it.

@Terangeree 13 жыл бұрын

An interesting little film.

@helmesy 12 жыл бұрын

Actually the Orsova was scrapped in the mid 70's. The Fair Star was previously known as the Oxfordshire, it was scrapped in the 90's.

@haroldmclean3755 3 жыл бұрын

Back when kids had a proper Childhood 👍

@grud66 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely film from the good old days of Sydney

@albert3801 13 жыл бұрын

Oh!!!!! I may actually be on board Orsova that is filmed on it's way to Europe!! I was 2 year old!

@onderdinc7906 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for video

@NFSAFilms 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@moriflapan4661 5 жыл бұрын

I believe that the collier 8 minutes into the film is the Branxton (ex. Kaimiro built by Cammell, Laird at Birkenhead, UK in 1929

@rjl110919581 4 жыл бұрын

thank you detail video old sydney harbour lot of chance there right how

@stevenwatsham5973 2 жыл бұрын

I date the film as early 60s... How I wish that I could go back in time and live in those days... I first done the ozzie/ Kiwi coast in late 77/ 78 and it looked something like that but the steamers had gone.. But I also saw the last of the British General cargo ships.. Sadly in a few years it had all gone..

@doctorbohr1585 2 жыл бұрын

At 4:25 you can see the Opera House nearing completion. It was opened in 73; so this film would date to the late 60s or even the early 70s.

@oldmate3152 Жыл бұрын

It literally says made in 1967 in the description.

@Terangeree 13 жыл бұрын

@jorologo ORSOVA was scrapped in 1975. TSS FAIRSTAR was converted from the troopship OXFORDSHIRE to enter immigrant and cruise service under the name "FAIRSTAR" in 1964, and was scrapped in 1997.

@markcampbell634 7 жыл бұрын

my farther Archie Campbell started as a tug maser in 1968 and the Himma was the first tug he skippered great film check out my page for more on Sydney tugs

@TheVaughan5 12 жыл бұрын

@jorologo The Orsova was built for Orient Lines in 1954 and transferred to P.& O Lines when the compnaies merged in the mid 60's. She was never named Fair Star, this was a name used by Sitmar Lines ,a totally different company

@jorologo 13 жыл бұрын

The ORSOVA was later renamed "The Fair Star"

@wayneburke3353 Жыл бұрын

No. Went to the scrapyard as Orsova.

@Thespiansewist 3 жыл бұрын

Ancestors of mine worked the harbour 100 years Balmain goat island. building and dying in ships

@acde9355 3 жыл бұрын

The wheels at 13:33

@itzjustbryan123 Жыл бұрын

4:52

@tandemcompound2 5 жыл бұрын

the Opera House wasnt finished til 72, so the date is wrong.

@NFSAFilms 5 жыл бұрын

You can see in the shot that the Opera House is not finished. Still another 5 years off. Officially opened 1973. Here it is being built in 1968 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6ikZ9SLyresXaM.html and in 1972 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbJ9aqeh2Zq2lIE.html

@martingoodef811 4 жыл бұрын

These old films are great but the script writing and acting is terrible

@amuxpatch2798 4 жыл бұрын

but can still win academy award for best scenic views of Sydney harbor ,LOL

@RedtailFox1 4 жыл бұрын

true, but you must remember that most films of that era had terrible writing. And the people they are filming in these sort of government films were not really professional actors but most of the time were just normal people who were professionals at the job the government film unit was trying to capture on film. They were also, largely, supposed to be educational in nature so their lines were deliberately kept rather simple.