Postcard From Perth

[fuzzjunky]

check my channel for what that power station looks like today. you'll be surprised

[FILMAUSTRALIA]

@fuzzjunky Wow looks different today - but quite beautiful in it's own way. Nice video you should post it as a video response.

[wyrechris]

hey johnnymanhands, you are a dumb ass.

[runnerseries]

1:53 Freo powerstation Amazing how different it is left now :(

[lpoleschtschuk]

the funny thing is... nothing has really changed!

[speedmotorsport]

@lpoleschtschuk - HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA ... was thinking the same

[BarryDennen12]

Can't believe all of the great buildings that've been knocked over.  Never mind the amount of water we had back then. Cut the population in half and get the water flowing again, I reckon.

It's too bad that if someone made this video today, it'd be A) filled with bogans, and B) probably shot by some dickhead who doesn't know how to focus his DSLR.

[itsmetif]

*sigh* men in hats and three piece suits!

[andyrawn]

From a singer in West L.A. ~ I see your Perth of WA from almost 60 years ago is FILLED with charming buildings and beautiful countryside ~ Bravo ~ hope to see it in person one fine day! ANDY

[johnnymanhands]

I always knew Perth was a bit backward but didn't realise HOW backward it is. The place looks like something out of the 50's!

[Mumsyblossom]

@johnnymanhands This video was made in 1954. Of course it looks like something out of the 50's!

[lawlers69]

Fantastic that all I can say

Pity it has turned into a crime ridden shithole

[strawbz50]

@lawlers69 know any major city in australia or the western world for that matter that wouldn't fit into that catagory

[H3rBz92]

Everybody in WA needs to watch this.

[mgollow]

so may beautiful knocked down for skyscrapers

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg is considering visiting Perth on his World Tour, and is looking for new fans in the area.

[ozzyaararon]

Great rip! Best handycam job in a while! A : 7/ V : 9.

[slyme1711]

I remember when the bus driver would get out of the bus to help mum get the pram of the hooks at the rear end. I think you where only allowed to smoke in the rear seats of the bus. Can't even have a fag at the beach now let alone a cafe or beer garden.

[acolytegnat]

Music at 5:29 during UWA is Gaudeamus Igitur - a 1700s latin based drinking song about the joys of student life.

[pandahunter]

pretty sure a few things haven't changed. i used to live in that house next door to 7:26. The house in this video is still there

great vid. this was before the cashed up bogans came and destroyed trading prices and cost of living

[puddingforhitler]

I wish we still had all these beautiful old facades in Perth city... it looks so ugly and bland now. There's not much left of our old heritage.

[neilo86]

I visited Perth in 2006. One of my favourite places in the world.

I like that last shot of the city skyline. I took a picture fromwhat might be around the same spot. Makes a nice comparison of then and now.

[thatgrumguy]

I would love to re-do this film shot-for-shot. Oh I wish I had the time. And money...

[FILMAUSTRALIA]

@thatgrumguy that would be an interesting project for sure - good luck!

[Deshevelled]

@thatgrumguy Unfortunately you wouldn't be allowed to film at the train station or the airport, and quite possibly half of the industrial locations.

[kosmonaut5]

wow..imagine coming back in time to this

[ezbeard]

nice music....NOT

[charade97]

Very nice indeed and thank you to the photographer who took the footage and showed how important it is to record events as they happened thus preserving it for future generations. If you are a photographer you might consider recording today's scenes for those who come after us.

[Veesc1]

This is great! I only have a few black and white photos of the 50's but the vision in this video is embedded in my memory. So good to see it all again just like we lived it! Thanks for the memory!

[tjcesq]

Brought back so many memories of a happy childhood !!!!

[0BatGirl0]

This is like a time machine, it's one thing to see photos and videos from that era. But to see it coming from your home town, showing streets my grandparents much have travelled down is fascinating.

[aussietv2]

Perth still looked like that right up till the late 70s. Then all the developers and idiots moved in and wanted it to be like New York. Perth is Perth. Keep it unique.

[golligosh]

Did you spot Tarzan pushing the plough??!

[eldon360]

I moved here 7 years ago and I'm delighted to see Perth hasn't changed a bit! Apart from the extra million or so people and taller (uglier) buildings :-) You are a lucky people.

Give Keith a break, he was doing his best - wot ho!

[robaveley]

Music by Keith Holt......... Keith needs to be strung up by his balls and SHOT!

[sharonhammill]

I enjoyed this, though it would have been better if someone who could pronounce the place names had narrated it... "Mundahring" FFS!

[charade97]

@sharonhammill Well, I heard Fran Kelly on the ABC pronounce Trangie ,Trangee, Narromine as Narromeen and Canowindra as it is spelt instead of Canowndra.

[duskymorwong]

How exciting! - Our state of excitement!

Isn't it spelt 'Fremantle'?

And how do you pronounce Mandurah?

[sassiepants7]

What girls' school is that? Is it Mercedes College?

[3905Morgan]

@sassiepants7 . That is Perth Girls School which is now Police Traffic Office on the corner of Wellington and Plain Streets.

[2jarrilplace]

How wonderful Perth was. No ghastly Narrows bridge, a humanscale low rise skyline, steamtrains and trollybusses, the tone is optimistic and proud rather than cynical and exploitative. The barefoot school girls, the wicker pram, is that west perth footy team? The old ferry which I caught hundreds of times. Hang on, that guy doing the ploughing with no shirt, well... that is a bit dodgy. Still a window on what was for many a wonderful time. it's the detail that one forgets, thanks for the posting.

[dogandcatwatcher]

They were the good old days before the highway from eastern Australia was sealed.

[TheWandera]

WOW! Thanks IC. What an entertaining time capsule. I lived next door to the house in Floreat featured, not realising I was almost famous.

[enterjokehere]

haha terrific. i go to uwa and its pretty weird to see winthrop hall identical to how it is today. i knew it was built long before 54, but it's still strange to see that nothing at all has changed. as opposed to the shot of perth from the top of king's park. awesome video.

[courtneywaller]

loved it!! Cheers Inside Cover that is some great vision of Perth.

[ClemCadiddlehopper60]

what's that pig doing behind the trough????? Nothing in the presentation that would want you to visit, even then! AND the music, how depressing!

[sassiepants7]

@ClemCadiddlehopper60 scratching himself on the trough! :)

[xXkaitlynZEROhara530]

i can't believe you just made me watch that inside cover! i suppose it was somewhat entertaining...

[PimpGravy]

The fact that Kwinana is advertised on an Australia wide film is hilarious.

[drinkyourtea]

@PimpGravy why is that?

[PimpGravy]

@drinkyourtea

Because usually we're pushing the belltower or some other crap attraction. Bring the tourists to Kwinana I say so they can view the amazing industrial sights of Perth.

[tnbljp]

@PimpGravy ,Maybe it should be industrial "sites" not sights lol

[indulis1]

Wish we hadn't destroyed so many great (human scale) buildings Still, when it comes to sterile foyers in unremarkable glass skyscrapers we're probably up there with the best!

[antijerrem]

Wish we didn't cut so many trees down

[ziramy]

@antijerrem Wish we didn't destroy so many old buildings...