Fort Denison (Pinchgut) A Relic Of Early Sydney.

From the NFSA collection of "Australia Today" newsreels made by Enterprise Film Co 1939. Directed by Rupert Kathner. Pinchgut, is one of a number of islands situated in Sydney Harbour and was used as a prison for convicts after European settlement in 1788. The island was called Pinchgut by convicts who were marooned there as a punishment with meagre rations of bread and water. By 1796 Pinchgut had a gibbet - a post with a crossbeam, from which convicts were hung. This was intended as a warning to newly transported convicts, who passed the island as they arrived by ship in the Harbour. Fort Denison, which is located on the island, was completed in 1857 as part of Sydney’s defences. The fort is shown against the backdrop of the then recently completed Sydney Harbour Bridge. Various aspects of the fort are shown, including canons, a ship’s mast and the Martello Tower with a lighthouse on top. The sole occupant of the Fort is the caretaker, who 's job includes the firing of the one o'clock gun. Fort Denison is now a NSW National Park site.

[@colbartus5273]

-Fires 1 o'clock gun
-hits ferry

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

and the winner is syd deni

[@the_eminent_Joshua_E_Hrouda]

He's packing that charge so hard with his ramrod, you'd think he's trying to set off the charge that way!! Surely if you hit it with the force of a cannon ball at its usual flight speed, the charge would FIGHT BACK with its bang!

[@scottleft3672]

Bear island was better, and with MUCH bigger guns.

[@iansings7428]

"Contrary to general opinion, prisoners have never been incarerated at Pinchgut.."
i well remember a school excursion in 1966 and walking down the sandstone steps in the dank cold dungeon cells with the iron "ringbolts" on the wall at about waist height or just above, and thinking, no thanks, that is a miserable place to be shackled and being happy to climb the stairs back into the warmth and sunlight.

[@IanKath]

A friction pin. Now that's a new one for me.

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

put the needle on the record.

[@wvs3917a]

There was a movie called "Siege at Pinchgut". Cant find it in total on You Tube yet.

[@scottleft3672]

czcams.com/video/0OoGsxBa0ck/video.html this is only an exerpt...it is called Four desperate men, in the US....it was made before actors equity stopped them making flms with Americans only ever in the lead roles...(rolls eyes), it's not a great film, but would be nice just to have at least.

[@denicebizz7342]

"no maddam that's not sago it's gun powder" haha😂🤣😝 oh beautiful Sydney back then; and what of it now?😆🥴