My grandfather, Lesley Dick LIVINGSTONE, was one of the main construction engineers. Still standing today because it was made right from the word go. Hope to visit you one day soon.
a school parents dad is a painter for the bridge. He works for 12 months and paint the bridge once over only to repeat it again next year. It is amazing that the bridge was engineered well over the requirement of the day and continue to serve well into the 21st century.
Calibration factor: The Firth of Forth took 54,000 tons of steel; 194,000 cubic yards of granite, stone, and concrete; 21,000 tons of cement; and almost seven million rivets to build. It was completed in 1890.
I was in Sydney for the 60th anniversary in 1992. The bridge was completely closed that day and a limited (but large) number of pedestrians were allowed on the roadway for the first time since the bridge opened. (There is a pedestrian walkway on one side, but on this day the actual road was open to pedestrians.) I got there a bit late and was told the bridge was "full" and no more pedestrians would be allowed. Naturally, I did what anyone else would do. I went over to the (unguarded) exit, stood there for a bit until it was clear, and walked in backwards briefly, before turning around. I still have many pictures from that day and also the Sydney 2000 Olympic flag they gave out with the original logo.
@MUSOSFULLY I think the narrator is referring to the English company that one the tender to build the bridge Dorman Long. However you are right Bradfield was the overall designer and supervised the build.
The remainder of it's creator Dorman Long in Middlesbrough is set to be demolished. It's an outrage here. We're proud of Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge 🌉
The greatest structured bridge in the British empire back in the day, still one of the greatest and most popular monument in the world, the world eyes turn to her on New years eve ;-)
I don't know about the British engineering refered to in the film, Bradfield was bore in Sandgate Queensland now a Brisbane suburb, I think that qualifies him as an Australian engineer.
beernpizzalover you should try out the family fun run that allows you to walk on the bridges roads. So far it’s the best experience of my life and I live in Sydney 😊👌🏽
I was thinking the same. I’m sure he was happy to be paid 50c for the gig & off he went to the pub. Actually he should’ve done that in reverse order. Might’ve been a funny narration 🥃😆🍺
I hope you remember when this was filmed…that’s how the commentary sounded back in those days…watch other clips from the same era and you’ll here the similarities
Amazing, if only i was around in that era to see it built - even though i live in this era, i still probably would've loved (with my mindset) to see what it was like in the 1920s
Sort of... this is an extract from a document from the Powerhouse Museum.... "Lotteries and NSW government revenue: In NSW, lotteries have been established to fund specific causes, such as the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932) and the Sydney Opera House (1957). Today, government duty on all lotteries is paid directly into Consolidated Revenue."
Sound on film was a very new thing in that day so no one really knew the best or accepted way of doing a narrative. I’m thinking the producer may have thought if the guy spoke too jovial it may detract from the seriousness of the difficulties faced with the build. Ppl were more serious in general back then as well.
My grandfather John Faulkner was killed working on the Harbour Bridge the steel plate fell against his leg which he lost and related to his early death
We really do have Dr Bradfield to thank for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Not only did he champion its concept and funding, he saw the Hell Gate Railway Bridge in New York in the 1920's (completed in 1916 and almost identical in design to the Sydney Harbour Bridge though smaller) and quickly changed the specification for a smillar design for Sydney. Had he not done so, the previously accepted design was a quite ugly and ordinary version of the suspension bridge.
Spooky! It actually reappears further across the Harbour (right of screen) - before it actually disappears (left of screen)!! Have you discovered the Sydney Harbour Worm Hole? Or just the wonderful film trickery of the dissolve - albeit unusually performed?
Oh. Learn something new every day. Thanks for your response to my comment! I do recall a story in the news some years ago that the toll had finally finished paying for the bridge. Government spin maybe?
There is no question who actually supervised the construction of the bridge, and oversaw the overall design. Were it not for Bradfield's vision, then we probably would had ended up with some other bridge, and probably wouldn't be as attractive as 'The Coat Hanger'
I may be wrong but the narrator's comment at the end suggested that it was a British engineering feet, but i was of the opinion that John Bradfield was the designer/draftsman and engineer of the bridges construction?
steel came from Scunthorpe and was built by both Aussy and Scunthorpe builders i think it is on the bridge somewhere that the steel came from appleby frodingham steel works but unfortunately there were more than a few deaths during the building of the bridge.Oh exciting fact i live less than a mile from the steel works lol
Dear FilmA, Yes you're quite right. It wasn't until 1980 that the bottom of the harbour tax evaision scheme was discovered and then ended by legislation. . If only the archives of the FilmAustralia library had been researched the discovery of the schemem could have come sooner. . . Cheers. from, del-boy
Because Sydney's population has exploded since the early 30's when the bridge opened. The road and rail networks in Sydney can only provide so much much space for so much traffic, before they're completely overtaxed
Do you know who designed it Dr. John Bob bradfield he was judging the design but by the way some people died building the harbor bridge l actually drawed the lovely design. Its great
Great Climb man! Keep up the vids, I recently did a climb up the Lloyds Building in London that was shown on the News. Videos on my channel if you want to check it out
...and of course no mention of the 'gate-crashing' of the opening ceremony by the New Guard fascist Frances de Groot who dashed up on horseback, pushing the Prime Minister aside and cut the ribbon with his cermonial sword declaring the bridge open in the name of 'decent citizens of NSW and His Maj. The King'.
Who's watching this in 2023 - 24 ? Attendence here
My grandfather, Lesley Dick LIVINGSTONE, was one of the main construction engineers. Still standing today because it was made right from the word go. Hope to visit you one day soon.
The most incredible engineering feat of its time and still is today.
The worlds 🌎 most stunning bridge and most incredible fireworks 🎆 displays amazing 👏
Go climb it
a school parents dad is a painter for the bridge. He works for 12 months and paint the bridge once over only to repeat it again next year. It is amazing that the bridge was engineered well over the requirement of the day and continue to serve well into the 21st century.
As much as I love history it’s always something extra special when it’s about Australia. Thanks for sharing excellent little film.
Our pleasure!
When to Sydney and thus was the most magnifying building I've ever seen in my life like its so big and it just looks so good
I was born in Sydney. I see the harbour everyday. It still amazes me till this day... after 26 years
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this most iconic bridge ever built i walked across this bridge I be looking forward to its 90th anniversary on 19th of March 2022
I was born in Sydney. I see the harbour everyday. It still amazes me till this day... after 26 years
While crossing daily to the bridge never think of the hurdles which was faced when they’re building it... Wonderful piece of History it is 👍
Calibration factor: The Firth of Forth took 54,000 tons of steel; 194,000 cubic yards of granite, stone, and concrete; 21,000 tons of cement; and almost seven million rivets to build. It was completed in 1890.
Bradfield surely has been a genius.....Happy Birthday Harbour Bridge
Yes it is all in the archives. You just need to know where to look.
What a marvel of engineering, Dr Bradfield, was an absolute genius.
and a visionary. He had grand plans: roads and rails.
I still watch this video Even though it's from Australia I'm from the USA and I still watch it!
Yes the bridge was finally paid off in 1988. Tolls were presumably at least part of that payment.
absolutley they were.
What a great trip back in time, and wasn’t the music nostalgic.
100% better than todays crap
Shame on the people that gave this a thumbs down
I was in Sydney for the 60th anniversary in 1992. The bridge was completely closed that day and a limited (but large) number of pedestrians were allowed on the roadway for the first time since the bridge opened. (There is a pedestrian walkway on one side, but on this day the actual road was open to pedestrians.) I got there a bit late and was told the bridge was "full" and no more pedestrians would be allowed. Naturally, I did what anyone else would do. I went over to the (unguarded) exit, stood there for a bit until it was clear, and walked in backwards briefly, before turning around. I still have many pictures from that day and also the Sydney 2000 Olympic flag they gave out with the original logo.
Looking along the deck from underneath is like something out of Star Wars. Very futuristic.
It's great for photography
Would have loved to witness the bridge being built
I used to live in Sydney and now I live in Newcastle
@MUSOSFULLY I think the narrator is referring to the English company that one the tender to build the bridge Dorman Long. However you are right Bradfield was the overall designer and supervised the build.
The remainder of it's creator Dorman Long in Middlesbrough is set to be demolished. It's an outrage here. We're proud of Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge 🌉
wonderful feature well done NFSA Films cheers
@GrenadierGuardsDmr The Bridge is 80 years old today. Happy Birthday!
Damn my school is 151 years old
The greatest structured bridge in the British empire back in the day, still one of the greatest and most popular monument in the world, the world eyes turn to her on New years eve ;-)
Actually the Bridge was built after Australia gained independence in 1901
@@hehe27335 Australia never gained independence. The states federated to form one nation in 1901
I like the analogy of North Sydney to Brooklyn (NY, USA).
Yep…can only be appreciated if you’ve lived or been to both cities
I don't know about the British engineering refered to in the film, Bradfield was bore in Sandgate Queensland now a Brisbane suburb, I think that qualifies him as an Australian engineer.
I checked-out the structure for this bridge while I was sitting underneath it for the New Year's Eve 2017 fireworks!Happy 2018!! :)
beernpizzalover you should try out the family fun run that allows you to walk on the bridges roads. So far it’s the best experience of my life and I live in Sydney 😊👌🏽
@@michellemanolakis7609 your so lucky enjoy
Its better when you drive on it and just suss out the engineering is amazing
@@michellemanolakis7609 why not climb it it's 300 dollars well worth it
The narrator does not seem terribly excited about this wonder of manufacturing.
Sound hadn't been in film pictures that long, so voice narration was something very new at the time
@@ChopperV-8807 more 'cheerful' voice could suggest that it was not so difficult to build the bridge and all related propaganda would not work.
I was thinking the same. I’m sure he was happy to be paid 50c for the gig & off he went to the pub. Actually he should’ve done that in reverse order. Might’ve been a funny narration 🥃😆🍺
I hope you remember when this was filmed…that’s how the commentary sounded back in those days…watch other clips from the same era and you’ll here the similarities
Very interesting. Really enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for letting us know.
تبارك الله عليك الله يوفقك يارب 🙏🇲🇦🙏
Amazing, if only i was around in that era to see it built - even though i live in this era, i still probably would've loved (with my mindset) to see what it was like in the 1920s
you would miss the antibiotics.....and the "free love" that they created.
Sort of... this is an extract from a document from the Powerhouse Museum....
"Lotteries and NSW government revenue:
In NSW, lotteries have been established to fund specific causes, such as the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932) and the Sydney Opera House (1957). Today, government
duty on all lotteries is paid directly into Consolidated Revenue."
great shots of the masons.
Absolutely amazing ... the bridge climb is a must do for any visitors to Sydney 🇦🇺 Advance Australia
Amazing
Wow sydney looked buetiful
….and a thing of beauty!
Except for the narrator, whose concerns apparently were elsewhere, maybe on lunch, this was fascinating.
Sound on film was a very new thing in that day so no one really knew the best or accepted way of doing a narrative. I’m thinking the producer may have thought if the guy spoke too jovial it may detract from the seriousness of the difficulties faced with the build. Ppl were more serious in general back then as well.
Love our Bridge.
Same here mate
shame those who hate the bridge
Designed, Engineered Manufactued in England and Convicts to assemble in Australia
My grandfather John Faulkner was killed working on the Harbour Bridge the steel plate fell against his leg which he lost and related to his early death
If I recall correctly... it was eventually paid for with the proceeds of the NSW Jackpot lotterty ticket sales.
You'll never see anything like it anymore. It's all concrete and cables now.
We really do have Dr Bradfield to thank for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Not only did he champion its concept and funding, he saw the Hell Gate Railway Bridge in New York in the 1920's (completed in 1916 and almost identical in design to the Sydney Harbour Bridge though smaller) and quickly changed the specification for a smillar design for Sydney. Had he not done so, the previously accepted design was a quite ugly and ordinary version of the suspension bridge.
Are u still alive
5:49 Complete harbour bridge
Spooky! It actually reappears further across the Harbour (right of screen) - before it actually disappears (left of screen)!! Have you discovered the Sydney Harbour Worm Hole? Or just the wonderful film trickery of the dissolve - albeit unusually performed?
I’m on thes video
So thankful that the Rudd Gillard government had nothing to do with this! What a mess that would have been!
thanks god they are gone, even we have to pay for their mismanegement
they would have required trees be grown on the bridge...lol.
Amen brother!!!
Oh. Learn something new every day. Thanks for your response to my comment! I do recall a story in the news some years ago that the toll had finally finished paying for the bridge. Government spin maybe?
that WAS 1988....head spin maybee..??!
@Seattlecarnut Lost in the mists of time. There are possibly two versions of this film with another narrator for an English audience. Or vice versa.
God bless the poms the only ones had the balls to make it
!WoW!
Wow
6:14 Were Atlantis Cruises around in the thirties?
@FILMAUSTRALIA yes but even now there's still debate on who should be credited but Bradfield did win!
There is no question who actually supervised the construction of the bridge, and oversaw the overall design. Were it not for Bradfield's vision, then we probably would had ended up with some other bridge, and probably wouldn't be as attractive as 'The Coat Hanger'
Right
I may be wrong but the narrator's comment at the end suggested that it was a British engineering feet, but i was of the opinion that John Bradfield was the designer/draftsman and engineer of the bridges construction?
Are you still alive.
Steel to steel rest in peace to the 16 died making it.💐
@Seattlecarnut Unfortunately we do not know - any clues?
Are you still alive.
steel came from Scunthorpe and was built by both Aussy and Scunthorpe builders i think it is on the bridge somewhere that the steel came from appleby frodingham steel works but unfortunately there were more than a few deaths during the building of the bridge.Oh exciting fact i live less than a mile from the steel works lol
I’m from where the steel came from to make it.
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Dear FilmA,
Yes you're quite right.
It wasn't until 1980 that the bottom of the harbour tax evaision scheme was discovered and then ended by legislation.
.
If only the archives of the FilmAustralia library had been researched the discovery of the schemem could have come sooner.
.
.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy
If you think Sydney Harbour Bridge should be painted a different colour, check out "Golden Harbour Bridge" on CZcams!
Are u still alive
Watched in 2022
Wow keren
What's with all the downvotes?
Now there are bridges, tunnels, motorways yet it takes longer to get home.
Jeffery GoinesBeautiful
Beautiful bridge,NSW
Because Sydney's population has exploded since the early 30's when the bridge opened. The road and rail networks in Sydney can only provide so much much space for so much traffic, before they're completely overtaxed
any videos. construction of the tower's. 40+ years. later had. section of. West gate bridge. collapse. Under construction. I think.
@jezelf i know right? heaps of people died while making the bridge
nice safety harness at 3:15... :\
But this can't hope to match Auckland's Harbor Bridge huh
Hahahahajhaja
Not one safety hat or vest etc and only 16 fatalities in 10 years build
arivadetchi. Sydney.
The true age of bridge in the archives ,, you forgot to mention West gate bridge ,
Built from North Yorkshire Steel!!
@Blue Heeler Ha ha no it didn't! It was steel from Teesside (Dorman Long) a true giant of bridge building.
Teesside is in North Yorkshire you plank.
I like that Sydney is largely a British city. I don't like them running our rail system though.
How did you even find this
Because they are the NFSA
omg it the titanic
Do you know who designed it Dr. John Bob bradfield he was judging the design but by the way some people died building the harbor bridge l actually drawed the lovely design. Its great
Hi mrs Williams
Rather have this than the silly opera house!!!! Opera house??? Who needs it!!!!!!
if we don’t need why do u think it exists they actually use it you know Sydney would look dull without it
It's main benefit is the outside! It's very mediocre for it's purpose.
The case of the disappearing yacht 6.00 5:56
Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
Great Climb man! Keep up the vids, I recently did a climb up the Lloyds Building in London that was shown on the News. Videos on my channel if you want to check it out
...and of course no mention of the 'gate-crashing' of the opening ceremony by the New Guard fascist Frances de Groot who dashed up on horseback, pushing the Prime Minister aside and cut the ribbon with his cermonial sword declaring the bridge open in the name of 'decent citizens of NSW and His Maj. The King'.
Yes I was waiting for that. Maybe if he’d jumped off with his nag it would’ve been mentioned 😆
DOn’t waste your time listening to him speaking. Here 1:50
looks old. 1932?? at least four five centuries. Old. atlantean Australis.
bro its 2012 the bloks not even alive
2022 now (:
Umm, no. It was paid for by the toll paid for crossing it.
Cut the USB tools ⚒️ decline a metal sr blood 🩸 is that the sun ☀️ no heaven boat 🛥
the pollution then was terrible were are the vegan protesters at lol
Canberra is the capital not sydney
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. Canberra is the national capital
who said Sydney is the capital?
Sydney. bridge is not the largest. it's ancient ,. and the other is find out on flat Earth British. it has a sister t ,,1922?? arivadetchi , Chao,,
Umm sydney looks worse back then
It was the 1920's and early 30's. What did you expect?
Da voice is weird
Gay yachts 💀
arivadetchi. Sydney.
So thankful that the Rudd Gillard government had nothing to do with this! What a mess that would have been!
Or worse, the Abbott/Turnbull government. We would have ended up with a wooden rope bridge! Better faster cheaper lol.