It's Beacon Hill Primary School which is on the northern beaches of Sydney. This footage is actually a real time capsule for me as I went to that school at the time and in 1984 a new school library was bulit on the spot where this was filmed. That group of kids was a few years ahead of me at the time... The name of the female host was Barbara. I can't remember her last name, but I do remember always liked her...
I started in '77 and went all the way thru too. I did 5th and 6th in that building. The high school is gone now. It closed a few years ago and has been torn down.
are you talking about the video machines that weighed like 80 pounds an took what looked like reel-to-reel tapes? i have several of those old tapes but be dammned if i can find a machine to play em on...i have heard that sometimes schools in my district have sales of old equipment an if i find one WOOHOO...THEN ya will see somethin cuz i have a nasty habit of buyin up open-reel video tape no matter WTF is on it
The last three videos were recorded via U-matic direct to DVD using the 1-hour HQ setting in order to minimise compression artifacts. By comparison, most of my other 1970s Australian TV recordings are U-matic-VHS-DVD dubs. The original 1970s TV DVDs produce excellent quality when viewed on a standard colour TV. I compared the second season 1973 Aunty Jack DVD up against the 1978 ABC TV U-matic recordings. The 1978 U-matic recordings ostensibly look sharper and feature less imperfections.
i spent many days years in that building you see . the one behind was admin
450hp202turbo 2 years ago
It's Beacon Hill Primary School which is on the northern beaches of Sydney. This footage is actually a real time capsule for me as I went to that school at the time and in 1984 a new school library was bulit on the spot where this was filmed. That group of kids was a few years ahead of me at the time... The name of the female host was Barbara. I can't remember her last name, but I do remember always liked her...
rochefort 4 years ago
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450hp202turbo 2 years ago
I started in '77 and went all the way thru too. I did 5th and 6th in that building. The high school is gone now. It closed a few years ago and has been torn down.
rochefort 2 years ago
@rochefort - Barabara Stephens, did British Airways and New Idea ads for many years... She's also in this ad: /watch?v=TtMv4N9rN8c
Conniptions886 7 months ago
THATS MY SCHOOL!!!
rochefort 4 years ago
Yes. U-matic 3/4" tape VCRs were introduced to the public market in 1972. VHS didn't start to become widely used until circa 1979.
FrozenDoberman 4 years ago
are you talking about the video machines that weighed like 80 pounds an took what looked like reel-to-reel tapes? i have several of those old tapes but be dammned if i can find a machine to play em on...i have heard that sometimes schools in my district have sales of old equipment an if i find one WOOHOO...THEN ya will see somethin cuz i have a nasty habit of buyin up open-reel video tape no matter WTF is on it
robobratshq 4 years ago
It is some pretty cool music... I think its by Split Enz and called Nice To Know... not sure though
langkawi13 4 years ago 2
That is correct, it is Split Enz's Nice To Know - avaliable on their 1977 Dizrythmia album.
SenhorBundy 4 years ago
The last three videos were recorded via U-matic direct to DVD using the 1-hour HQ setting in order to minimise compression artifacts. By comparison, most of my other 1970s Australian TV recordings are U-matic-VHS-DVD dubs. The original 1970s TV DVDs produce excellent quality when viewed on a standard colour TV. I compared the second season 1973 Aunty Jack DVD up against the 1978 ABC TV U-matic recordings. The 1978 U-matic recordings ostensibly look sharper and feature less imperfections.
FrozenDoberman 4 years ago