Armidale Provincial City 

It's because most of the films are curated/propaganda. Speak to older people from the working class who lived through these eras, I've shown a few to older family members. They say this was idyllic but detached from reality.

And what are they?

Ideals are honourable and inspire the viewer to emulate high standards. To have portrayed urban decay, dysfunctional families, privation, or degradation might have been perceived as counterproductive, wouldn't you say?

Thank you 👍

Be sincere

As this is old footage... Yep unlikely to still exist

When did you graduate from UNE ?

Thanks John. Interesting information. Yes as you have noted release date of films can be some time after most of the footage was shot. Sometimes a good few years.

Similar the road where the shops are is now a mall.

@@logical_evidence okay 👍

A lot more trees in Armidale now.

the buildings in the town centre are untouched, however the life of the streetscape is dead due to the construction of a shopping center which has basically cannabalised the scene, and the country looks the exact same.

Hello, and thanks for the comment. The NFSA publishes films such as these to make them available for people to view based on the historical context in which they were produced. We have a lot of material in the Film Australia and the National Collections which involve First Nations people, culture and political content and we continue to actively seek and publish more First Nations content whenever we can. You might be interested in this playlist of films featuring Indigenous history and subjects: ru-vid.com/group/PLYjU0Xph-Gj6Bi72VTI-dP59jQqF4wCSy

@@NFSAFilms Thanks!

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