Woy Woy The Venice Of Australia
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2017
- From the National Collection. NFSA Title number 9474. Made by Pacific Productions. Directed by Claude Flemming. A couple (director-narrator Claude Flemming and his niece) take a trip to Woy-Woy by train and visit the various attractions, such as the Bowling club, Memorial Park, and Ettalong Beach. Also shown is the wonderful scenery, beaches, mountains, fishing, surfing, the surf life savers and horse riding. The narrator tells a little of the history of the area and recommends the location as an ideal holiday destination. The Hawkesbury River Bridge, and the scenic beauties of Patonga, Ocean Beach, Pearl Beach,
Broken Bay are seen. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
GREATEST. FILM. TITLE. EVER.
What a fantastic film.
its still beautiful!
Great little film. I reckon mid to late 1930s. The cars, the swim suits and no mention of WWII when addressing the monument. Thank you.
I agree, definitely pre-war mid-1930's
Yes. 1930
The old rail bridge is shown (no pillars of the old bridge), so definately pre WWII
My great garnfather enginnered on the old woy train bridge back in 1800s...It was shonky job done by New york bridge comany who also named Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury...Woy used to have some real frindly sheilas back in 70s, but today its a druggie hang out...
Woy Woy Train Station 1937 - Oh hello Sally, by Joe what a big girl you've grown! Looking so pretty too!
Woy Woy Train Station 2017 - G'day Shazza, fuck me dead you've grown since I last saw ya! Geez you're a stunner aren't you?
Great video, thanks for sharing
Sleaze laugh at 6.00 "heh heh heh"
Well, i like woy woy, but its nothing like Venice ! I use to live in woy woy!,
Spike Milligan who lived there , once said they were going to test a Atomic bomb on woy woy in the 1950s , the only reason they did not do it was because it wouldn't of looked any different!
But seriously it is a great place and i loved my time living there.
Thanks for sharing the memories Peter.
I heard him say " They held a beauty contest in Woy Woy and nobody won"
The original Hawkesbury River Bridge only is visible so this is dated before work started on the new bridge in 1940.The train is operating at normal speed, perhaps 40mph, so it's before a speed limit was imposed when a serious crack was found in a pier in 1938, after which a speed limit of 14mph was imposed. I've seen this short before, possibly on Facebook last year.
Looking at the women's hair style and fashion this film is a mid or perhaps early 1930's film. They are probably all dead now.
@@adrianjackson2696 not necessarily so, as the children would be early nineties
Parodied by Spike Milligan (who lived in Woy Woy) with the Idiot Weekly episode "King's Cross - The East Berlin of Australia".
At 4:40, he talks about a house owned by Major Cox (I believe that's who it is as he really mumbled the surname). Can anyone tell me what the house is and where it was located (I am guessing it no longer exists)?
Just wondering if you guys have anything on Moorebank in the 80s thanks
What year was this? This looks like the 1940s or early 1950s.
1934
Dаvіd Вrоmаgе Ahhh! Okay. 1930s.
At 2.25, narrator says "Gov. Phillip visited here in 1778"
He meant 1788!
Nice place but what's the comparison with Venice??
Because it's surrounded by water I guess.
Yes just like Venice but with out the art, history, canals, gondolas etc - I believe they have pizza though.
Much cleaner than Venice though, and have been to Venice in 1985 (dog mess everywhere in the streets), and the Australia population was nearly all Anglo Saxon in the pre WW2 period - no Venetians. Check out a similar description in South West Pacific 1943.
@k2 Sorry k2 I live in Melbourne.
I've heard of Woy Woy by name, but because I'm not from Australia, I've never visited.
Really! You've heard of Woy Woy? Well I guess it is the Venice of Australia - the only similarity being water.
The first time I'd heard of Woy Woy was in a documentary starring the late comedian Spike Milligan. It's called *"From Woy Woy to Wagga Wagga."* It's available on CZcams if you're interested in having a go at it. :)
Woy Woy's most famous son. Awesome. Of course you would have also seen our Wagga Wagga film too czcams.com/video/nYkA01ec-VY/video.html
Woy Woy, Wagga Wagga, he also mentioned other towns. :)
Did he mention where I’m from? Yip Yip.
there was a studio in pagewood?!?!?
#botanycouncilrepresent
Now known as Westfield Eastgardens...
really? eastgardens was built on an old bus depot though
edit - it was the Urban Transit Authority Pagewood bus depot - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_Eastgardens
edit 2 - ah i see it was sold to holden which was also part of the eastgardens site - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagewood_Studios
the more you know!
Before the bus depot, and before General Motors-Holden, it was a film studio!
www.voommaps.com/maps/gregorys_1939/024.html
So was a GMH production plant
I worked there in 1956, directing some of the first TV commercials. Great studio and complex.
Hah the above ground cemetery 30 miles north of Sydney on our very non multicultural and beautiful Central Coast that's the way we like it ahah. The swimming togs are circa 1920'and 30's
The narration is so forced and badly scripted. I remember going by train to Woy Way for holidays with my grandparents. The English accent was so bad. The English b grade movie's of the time ha this same stilted approach,.
Agree.
Dead right there! Pompous British "aristocratic" accent instead of a good, honest egalitarian Australian accent. By the way, your name rings a bell. Are you the Max Rowley who a) was voice-over man for Tony Barber's Temptation and Great Temptation out of Station ATN-Sydney, and b) head of your own school of radio announcing?
The reason narrators, singers and radio presenters spoke in this manner was because of the microphones and sound recording technology of the day was primitive and had nothing to do with trying to sound up themselves or trying to put on an English accent.
So the technology couldn’t handle an Australian accent? Only British?
After that dismal narration I'd want to puke!
A different era but better than Hoge's when he opens his mouth.
You could of turned the volume off