FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Viewpoint on Adelaide

The city of Adelaide, South Australia, as seen through the eyes of European migrants.
Year : 1975 | Total Duration : 17.5 Minutes | Producer : Don Murray
Director : Lilias Castle |
Adelaide CBD skyline in morning golden sunlight. WS tram towards camera in early light. VS man in shorts and long socks carrying briefcase arriving at factory workplace. Early morning light on general markets activity. VS carts loaded with boxes of vegetables, trucks and man pulling barrow.
Access No. 7984 | 2 mins 10 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
FS sunlight shining through leaves of tree. Zoom out from rippling water to Adelaide skyline across the Torrens River. MS woman in sunglasses walking down street with other pedestrians.
Access No. 7993 | 36 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS down city street in Adelaide with traffic passing intersection. VS of busy city traffic and rows of flags on flagpoles lining street. WS city with Adelaide Hills in background. CUs of building facades and architectural features such as street lamps and sandstone church spires. WS people walking over footbridge.
Access No. 7995 | 31 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS barista in coffee shop and zoom to woman serving behind counter with beehive hairstyle. VS both sides of counter in sandwich and cake shop. GS owner in front of shop with cake display in window. Man walking past jewellery shop to a fruit stall in Adelaide markets.
Access No. 8001 | 1 min 2 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior chicken shop with rotisserie and red cash register. Zoom to chickens on rotisserie. CU hot chips being lifted out of oil and being wrapped in butchers paper. Good tilt up 1970s Pizza Hut sign. GS Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and sign. K Mart car park with mass of cars. VS shopping mall and pan along row of olive varieties with prices in delicatessen window (note weight in lb.). Pans displaying continental foods demonstrating migrant influence.
Access No. 8014 | 58 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS jet plane coming in for landing with Adelaide skyline in background. MS row of suburban houses with leafy gardens and ornate timber verandahs. MS man in overalls painting timber verandah post of stone house. WS long verandah of colonial building. GS mother gardening and child on tricycle in front garden with VS passers by.
Access No. 8020 | 19 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU train signals and lights and freight train coming toward camera. CU flashing red lights and stop sign of railway signals and gate barrier dropping. WS car at railway crossing as goods trains passes and leaves view of foggy road.
Access No. 8025 | 19 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS of high density industrial buildings and telegraph wires. VS architectural details of rows of workers cottages including chimney rows, red corrugated iron curved roofs, timber detailing and brickwork, all slightly run down.
Access No. 8029 | 10 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
High shot over factory floor with women operating large machinery in a car manufacturing factory. Zoom to man working on electrical control panel. CU of migrant man in profile. VS women on assembly work and CU man assembling parts in door of car.
Access No. 8030 | 52 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Ms woman teaching English to adult immigrants. She is sitting at a desk with the control panels for ear phone head sets used by pupils. Gs migrants in individual glass booths repeating English phrases. Zoom to dark featured man. CUs migrants wearing headphones repeating phrases individually.
Access No. 8036 | 38 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down facades of Adelaide University buildings to modern sculpture in park foreground. High shot over students walking around university grounds carrying books. GS group of school boys. Various school scenes. MS group of migrant girls and classroom of girls in science laboratory. CU girls with microscope. Tilt down to fountain and young boy playing with water.
Access No. 8041 | 1 min 9 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS three older children in thongs looking at dinosaur display in museum window. VS children of various ages looking at books in library. VS preschool children playing on grass and with playground equipment. GS small boy crying and two small girls comforting him.
Access No. 8059 | 52 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Teenager jumping on trampolines at beach. Zoom to general beach activity and couple on promenade (note man in white sunglasses). Lifesaver in tower. Tilt from striped sun awnings on beach to sailing boats on sand. WS busy beach scenes and parked cars seen through heat haze. MS couple lying on sand and kissing and MS young girl and toddler.
Access No. 8069 | 56 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS picnic scenes under shady eucalypt trees. VS adult cricket match with players in cricket whites. WS match in front of university building. CU of men watching cricket game open-mouthed. VS football match, lawn bowls, golf, rowing, horse racing.
Access No. 8075 | 1 min 16 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA. Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS of rural views over flat countryside. VS wine growing area and people picking grapes in Barossa Valley vineyard. GS stone buildings in vineyards. CUs and WS man hammering bungs into wine barrels in cellar. GS women packing wine bottles and pan to rows of wine bottles in racks.
Access No. 8086 | 53 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA. Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
VS religious icons and objects inside Greek Orthodox church. Zoom to priest conducting service. VS congregation and CU wrinkled face of old woman in black making sign of cross in prayer. MS priest waving incense from burner.
Access No. 8095 | 1 min 3 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Travelling shot past suburban Adelaide houses. Track of Holden Kingswood station wagon along street. MS of man driving and arriving home, pulling into driveway and garage. Gs wife sweeping in front yard and child with skipping rope. MS young boy on sand and two young woman in bikinis standing in water and talking in profile. MS couple promenading along beachfront.
Access No. 8109 | 1 min 11 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Time-lapse WS over sea to orange sunset on horizon. Good WS silhouetted church spire with huge white sun setting in B/G. MS man giving ballet lesson. High shot of ballet class dancing in unison. WS silhouette of Adelaide's Festival Centre in dusk light and interiors with VS theatre patrons, paintings, decoration and illuminated fountains. Zoom to audiences in formal dress on balcony and in foyers. VS end of dance routine.
Access No. 8117 | 1 min 23 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
GS looking down Adelaide street at night. VS people socialising and dining. Woman serving soup and CUs of people's faces (note woman's cat's-eye glasses). Exterior Greek restaurant. Interior with musicians and tables of patrons. Good CUs faces. WS city street with neon signs, lights and pink sunset sky.
Access No. 8128 | 1 min 24 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Travelling aerials over Adelaide CBD in twilight.
Access No. 8141 | 43 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |