Newcastle, Australia - 1945

An historical short documentary on the city of Newcastle, Australia.

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[faavil]

Fantastic vid, thanks for this.

[ExNihiloJimmy]

@faavil cheers :D

[Brenolds]

Wow, I've never seen Hunter Street that busy before !

[trevor69r]

Everyone looks so lean. No fast foods to get fat on!

[hbg1968]

It was very busy until the re-development of Charlestown Square in the late 80s. Then the earthquake, & the city centre has struggled to recover.

[gusruth]

Excellent documentary of my home town.

Ah! I remember it well! I was born in 1946 1 year after this was filmed but in my boyhood

Years all these images flood back . Great city, great time!!!

[fineek]

Their housing cost one day's pay a week.

Their unions were strong, and talking about nationalisation.

They made steel and ships.

They had trams and train lines to everywhere.

Good job capitalism, good job.

[TheWraithkiller]

the city doesn't look that different. i'm 15 now and my grandmother was 15 in 1945

[Stufireman]

Oh to get back to that lovely place on the east coast ....

[arpie100]

Terrific