My heart always beats faster whenever I see the beautiful Sunderland. It is a crime that not one of those wonderful birds was not kept in flying condition. Flying boats have so much more charisma than most land aluminium flying coffins.

@couttsy222

Жыл бұрын

Well said!!

My memories of the Sunderland flying boats departing and arriving at Rose Bay never fade. They were an amazing sight.

@barryspurr9577

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I flew on one to Lord Howe Island in 1962.

@biggles5633

Жыл бұрын

... as a kid I often had the opportunity to wander into the hangar at Rose Bay and climb into the cockpit and sit in the pilot's seats. It developed a lifelong love of aviation which continues today with my own aircraft. Aviation was full of romance back then, now it's just a commodity where the bean counters decide with dollars and not duty or service to the communities of this nation.

@zorbakaput8537

Жыл бұрын

Australia's first international airport.

Talks about a time capsule - even the infamous asbestos gets a promo at Wittenoom. If only!

How wonderful to have these memories archived for the future. These were the great days of Australian aviation but sadly, an opportunity to further aviation in this country squandered by successive governments who were too myopic to see what aviation could have been. We could have been a great aviation story with countless jobs in the industry as is the case in the USA but alas, not to be. All that said, what great memories of a time when aviation really was a success story.

It's wonderful that we've preserved these films. Thanks NFSA!

Marvellous. When flying was still an adventure not a glorified bus trip.

@scottlewisparsons9551

Жыл бұрын

Last October I flew to Europe for a river cruise which involved a lot of excursions by bus/coach. The buses were far more comfortable than the air transport! Something has gone very wrong!

I worked at DCA Head Office (599 Little Collins St Melbourne) 1957 and 1958 and learned to fly during that time (as well as doing NASHO).This was an interesting historical look at aviation of a bygone era and informative. ps. I noticed that the international alphabet 'announcements' were the earlier version (eg. ABLE - is now Alpha.) Thanks for putting it on YOU TUBE. pps. Would have loved some more Melbourne content especially as QF had zero presence in Melbourne in that era..

I love these films of the 1950's, it was such a wonderful time to be in Australia 🇦🇺 and be lucky enough to travel by air, train or ship across the vast swathes from Sydney to Perth. It all seems so romantic now in my mind, and I'm so pleased to be able to reminisce via your films, the accompanying music and narrator's voice.

@peterkirgan2921

Жыл бұрын

Better than now !!!

I was sitting here watching this, trying to come with the year that this would have been filmed; I thought late 1940s to maybe 1951, based on the aircraft. Of course, in the description, it states 1950. It sits right at the cross roads with last of the large of flying boats and the arrival of the jet age in civil aviation. Great film!

Love the firey at 18:09 smoking in the truck! Those were the days!

This has to be my absolute favourite channel on Australian History. (Film/s) However... That Aussie geologist really cracks it about our evolution, sort of...

The aircraft of Canadian Pacific @ 23.00 Empress of Sydney is an interesting one as it is a Canadair “North Star” basically it’s a Douglas DC-4 but was powered by liquid cooled Rolls Royce Merlin V12 engines in place of the air cooled Pratt & Whitney radial engines that powered the Douglas built product, the North Star had had a higher cruise speed with the Merlin engines with Around 520 km/h as against 365 km/h with the standard Pratt & Whitney radials on the Douglas aircraft, also the British Overseas Airlines Company or B.O.A.C also used the North Star and named them the “Argonaut” class, these Merlin engines were used on many war time aircraft from Spitfires, Mustangs, and Lancaster Bombers etc and these Civil versions had a well proven background

@professorshermanpeabody1237

Жыл бұрын

thanks for your comment. I was unfamiliar with that conversion. I particularly enjoyed the shots of the DH Dragonfly - reminded me of the now unavailable A Town Like Alice. Cheers

@crankyoldguy2

Жыл бұрын

This was a difficult read. Punctuation would have helped!

5:00 "The asbestos miners in Wittenoom WA"

What a great country.

Absolutely wonderful production, with very fond memories. Thank you. 🙏

Even we that never see, touch or smell this places and peoples. Recognize that its was a time with magic in the air.

Interesting that Butler Air Transport got a mention. A very short life before Ansett stepped in

what a great film. loved it

They were a brave tough lot back then.

Awesome 👏 video

I'm 59 next month. I have very vague memories or the Short Sunderland In Sydney Harbour. Late sixties and or early seventies.

Incredibly nostalgic film. The asbestos miners of Wittenoom Gorge, eek. There they were working hard in such a place and fagging away, not knowing that death was lurking. Made me shudder. Apart from that it was very educational. Mascot from the air in 1950, amazing.

Still waiting for an international airport in Brisbane....

Thanks.

Boy I'd love to get out to Australia to live, life in the UK is the pits .

Another gem from the legends at the NFSA... ❤❤❤ Especially for an aviation geek like me. I love the version of the phonetic alphabet they used in those days. It *almost* sounds improvised, but I know that it isn't... Thank you for sharing this classic...

@NFSAFilms

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for letting us know you enjoyed the film.

It takes a certain kind of person to work in them kind of conditions and environment. I wonder how much they made?

The ingenuity sans computers.

@pervertt

Жыл бұрын

There's one at 11:50. Nifty hand held device too.

@couttsy222

Жыл бұрын

@@pervertt Couldn't figure out if it was an early Mac or Android tablet, though. 😜 Either way, I bet it never failed to work.....

great, thanks. was that new runway being built at Mascot? what a blast!

@jesusislukeskywalker4294

Жыл бұрын

snappy dresser’s back in the days 😎 sharp dressed men .

First! :) Fantastic film thanks!

Thank Goodness for NFSA

@NFSAFilms

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We appreciate the support.

@danrobinson572

Жыл бұрын

@@NFSAFilmsthe Wife West video was very interesting 🤨. Never knew a lead ball was used to clear the land.

@danrobinson572

Жыл бұрын

@@NFSAFilmsI just found out we used that method as well. Yo clear the land

Great movie. Accurate in the detail too. When was it that the phonetic alphabet was introduced for radio traffic?

@couttsy222

Жыл бұрын

It was used during the war and in the same format (ie: Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy Fox etc) and was then updated in the mid 1950s to the version that is still used today (ie: Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot).

Sydney fire fighting hasn’t changed much. Still having durries in the car park 😂

And the Royal flying doctors are still going in 2023, they seek more funding from the sluvenment to keep flying.

@oo0Spyder0oo

Жыл бұрын

Don’t know why our tax couldn’t keep them up to be honest. We pay for ses and god knows what, they could just take a dollar from everyone’s weekly pay and they wouldn’t need to fundraise all the time.

And the super conny

What transmitting frequency did they use on their home radio?. Seems everyone is called Roger...haha😅

21:04 "You are having the right to refuse to state, why on planning Melbourne-Tullamarine International Airport by the end of the 1960s, you did not include space and facilities for a railway link. Everything uttered will be taken down as evidence, held against you, even in 2023, when that missing piece of infrastructure is still fiercely debated - unbeknown of a clear opening date."

5:02 Asbestos miners in Wittenoom. How dare they are smoking ! It will wreck their lungs ...

You are doing a priceless job and this is one of your best. Having a reference to our history should be the foundation for the future. However, this is sadly not the case. Also, your watermark should not be so prominently displayed on footage that does not belong to you.

THIS IS Austria My country

@NoTaboos

10 ай бұрын

Austria is just north of Italy.

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That old phonetic alphabet is terrible. Glad we changed to the US version 😂

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines,what a mouthful,now it would be BriComPacA.😙🙃 Excellent presentation of our past travels,should be a part of todays school format.