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City of Sydney, The

A short tour around Sydney's centre, contrasting the city in 1960 with photographs from the late 19th century.
Year : 1960 |
WS traffic past city buildings with Queen's Square and St James's Church in foreground. GS of St James's with restoration work and scaffolding taking place. MS to stone plaque with name of church and Governor L. Macquarie. GS looking up to workmen on scaffolding and closer shot of them using hammers. MS to workman using scraping tool on edge of stone slab. CU to plaque in memory of Francis Greenway, architect of St James's Church and to the labourers who erected it.
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Access No. 40807 | 56 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU illustration of Sir Frances Greenway and WS of pedestrian crossing in front of St James's Church with other buildings visible. WS city street with St James's at side and centred on city building under construction. WS The Mint on Macquarie Street with cars parked off street in front of the building. GS entrance to Housing Commission of NSW showing sign and people down stairs. WS Parliament House.
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Access No. 40808 | 37 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
WS man getting out of car in front of The Mint and climbing stairs to entrance. MS government minister (?) speaking from behind his desk in office. Tilt down tall city office building (possibly now demolished CBA Market Street between George & York Streets) to street level with modern metal sculpture of three male figures (possible by Tom Bass) above entrance way. WS of cars past building and pedestrians on street outside. Zoom in to sculpture.
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Access No. 40809 | 1 min 51 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CUs various modern wall reliefs on buildings in stone and metal. WS building on and beyond Macquarie Street with statue of Queen Victoria in front and traffic passing by. Zoom to low angle shot of Queen Victoria statue with spire of St James's Church behind. WS Sydney Town Hall with traffic in foreground. WS of front steps of Town Hall. WS Sydney GPO with crowds of pedestrians in Martin Place waiting to cross road and traffic.
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Access No. 40810 | 44 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
WS of Lands Department facing Bridge Street and statue of Thomas Moore. GS of entrance Lands Department and to Sydney Hospital with stairs either side and cars parked on street. WS of Sydney Hospital. GS tram past historic cottage. CU stone sign for Susannah Place built 1844 in Gloucester Street, The Rocks. WS of the Susannah Place terraces with girl and small children walking past. WS Cadman's Cottage with archway across entrance from garden.
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Access No. 138079 | 53 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
WS of car travelling uphill away from camera past long row of terrace houses and high angle WS over row after row of terraces through suburb. WS houses on suburban streets. CU stone plaque for Moore Stairs, 1868 running from Circular Quay to Macquarie Street and tilt down to man climbing them towards camera. Pan to construction of building predating The Quays hotel.
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Access No. 138080 | 42 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
WS tram past camera with building construction in background. Slow tilt to carpark and The City Mutual Life building in distance. WS city building and tilt to taller building behind with construction on roof. WS buildings under construction with cranes on roof of one and scaffolding around another. WS of T&G Building (Temperance & General Society) looming large and white over street.
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Access No. 138081 | 38 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
WS high angle view over Woolloomooloo and WS men working on building site digging foundations and bricklaying. WS pitch roofed timber house and pan down inner city street to terraces and flats. WS large block of flats at street level and GS of Greenway sign on brickwork of Housing Commission flats. WS high angle shot looking across Kirribilli to Greenway flats with Harbour Bridge approaches behind.
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Access No. 138082 | 41 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
CU drawing of architect Sir Francis Greenway and old photograph of photographer Bernard O Holtermann in doorway holding largest gold specimen. 1870s Holtermann photographs taken from North Sydney looking across to Fort Macquarie and Government House contrasted with footage of Luna Park and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Holtermann photograph of ships moored at Campbell's Cove, Circular Quay west contrasted with footage shot from The Rocks looking towards Circular Quay.
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Access No. 138083 | 1 min 33 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
1870s Holtermann photographs taken from The Rocks looking towards Campbell's Store and the city contrasted with footage with WS tilt up from The Rocks to the city. CU pan across Holtermann photographs of city streets with Sailor's Rest pub contrasted with footage of busy city street (possibly Hunter Street) and traffic along possibly Margaret Street. Holtermann photograph of Castlereagh Street contrasted with more modern footage.
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Access No. 138084 | 1 min 12 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
1870s Holtermann photograph of Central Station with much pedestrian traffic and horse drawn carts contrasted with more recent footage of Central with a modified building design and busy traffic. Holtermann photographs of ship moored at dock and of North Shore ferry wharf at Circular Quay. Footage of Cahill Expressway and Circular Quay railway looking across to Kirribilli.
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Access No. 138085 | 38 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
1870s Holtermann photograph of ships moored around The Rocks contrasted with high angle WS from Observatory Hill over large ships moored at terminals and docks from Walsh Bay to Pyrmont and Ultimo, Sydney harbour. GS of ships at Campbell's Cove moorings shot from sea level. WS of wharf workers loading cargo onto large ship. VS cranes lifting bundles and boxes aboard. GS men on board ships using electric winches for putting cargo into ship's hold.
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Access No. 138086 | 1 min 1 sec | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
1870s Holtermann photograph of horse-drawn carts at wharf. WS cars past camera on Harbour Bridge exit and pan to cars passing through toll booths with signs attached to booths warning 'Headroom 11FT'. LS to Harbour Bridge seen through toll booths. WS Sydney Harbour Bridge seen from Milsons Point. High angle WS of Circular Quay from the Rocks. High angle WS of ferry past West Circular Quay and WS ferry pulling out of wharf with city in background.
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Access No. 138087 | 52 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
High angle WS of Sydney Harbour Bridge, Milsons Point Station and railway lines from Milsons Point. WS same scene at night lit up by lights and cars.
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Access No. 138088 | 24 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
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