Melbourne 1940 

thank you so much for posting this, i grew up in melbourne in the 40s and this brought back so many wonderful memories of a time when things were alot calmer and beautiful, so many of these places have now changed so much but oh gosh it was great to go back in time, thank you so so much

Melbourne my home city. This was amazing to watch. Beautiful then and now 😍

Fantastic. Definitely then and still now one of the best cities in the world.

How amazing is this? My parents would often tell me about the "City" and how big it was. This is brilliant

It would have to be very early 1940; there's a cable tram in the footage and the last cable tram in Melbourne stopped running in October 1940.

The Foys Store at the corner of Bourke and Swanson Street. In the old days this store an Myers of Melbourne both had a lot of decoration for christmas in the shop windows. As a little boy ist was amazing to come in the city to see this😃

Theses definately awesome. Thank you for sharing such brilliant footage of Melbourne in the 1940's.

ank you so much for posting this, i grew up in melbourne in the 40s and this brought back so many wonderful memories of a time when things were alot calmer and beautiful, so many of these places have now changed so much but oh gosh it was great to go back in time, thank you so so muc

Good video with some nice clear footage. And I like the assortment of background music. Thank you for sharing.

Melbourne was a very different place during WW2. Despite the horrors happening in other parts of the world Melbourne was relatively unscathed. It never suffered any attacks and remained fairly prosperous and calm throughout. Melbourne was/is a well-ordered city. Designed on a grid system it's virtually impossible to get lost in the central city district and it is graced with many beautiful botanical gardens. The American soldiers stationed in Melbourne for R&R loved the place and many marriages took place with Aussie war brides returning with their GI husbands. Now the city has changed markedly due to many waves of migrants coming to the country post WW2. Most of the change has been good, with many new forms of eateries and shops opening up but some has been very bad. Melbourne has suffered recently due to rampant crimes committed by Somali and Sudanese refugees who, rather than thank Australia for giving them a new chance at life, have turned to crimes of types never before seen in this country.

OMG the Yarra River was blue 75 years ago!!

Thank you for posting this.

So many scenes are still recognizable. The Royal Botanical Gardens are a highlight!

Amazing this was found in some garage in California

Everything looks so much cleaner than today! No rubbish at all! :D

Brilliant, thanks for posting, luv it.

This is great. In the booming 1880s Melbourne was ranked in the world's top five cities: London, Paris, Rome, New York, Melbourne.

Must watch it again but a couple of quick observations: Seems to be a cable tram but in a different scene there's also an electric tram with overhead cable. Suspect the wildlife footage is at Healesville rather than Parkville. I look forward to getting a few older friends together and seeing what we can see - Port Melbourne, the CBD, and so on. But it's fantastic to note that some things haven;t changed that much - the Botanical Gardens?

The Yarra BLUE???? It's the only river in Australia that flows upside down!!

I remember this day very well I can remember the cameras in Bourke Street. I had just retired from a long career as one of Melbourne’s best known mattress testers. You can clearly see me in the scene I’m the one wearing a suit with a hat on!.

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Maybe it was filmed by Charlie Chaplin as he was known to have visited Melba's house or some other Hollywood person as the composition looks to be that of a professional. Never the less great job and thank you for sharing.

love this. love old footage like this. people live back in 1940 and i live there in 2020. amazing

I love reading the comments of those who were there at the time

Thanks.for posting. Fascinating film. But had to mute the audio at 3.15. A dirge about cutting cane in Queensland doesn't seem to have a lot to do with the Melbourne Botanical Gardens and the Dandenong Ranges.

Amazing video guys

OMG the Yarra is blue back in 1940!!

Cook didn't discover Australia. He wasn't even the first European here!

Brilliant, fantastic to watch. Where is the CBD buildings lol

Damn I should of brought land back then!

Awesome video!!

Omg. Such a beautiful place. Luv it.

Watching this on the 2nd of November 2020 Melbourne 🇦🇺

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Hard to believe that Australia was at war at the time.

does anyone know the artists and name of the song about cutting cane. So many memeories in this film

Does any one know who is performing the song cane cutters lament in this video?

At 0:23 the guy to left was holding a bag at first glance i thought it was a body bag 😫

I feel like melbourne when i was kid in the early 90's closer resembled melbourne in the video than it does now. Unfortunate, i used to like going to the city.

wow, so cool!

What is the name of the last song?

superb

@1.44 thank god, Richard Wynne, 'Minister For Demolitions' has not flattened The Exhibition buildings. Before Southbank AND Crown Casino was built to wreck Melbourne.

Very pleasant...ty

This great footage during the war is beautiful Super8 footage. The yarra wouldn't have been drinkable then,a maybe in the time of Collins and Bourke. No footage of Elizabeth st Flooding. Some shops are long gone,but Myers would have been getting bigger around then in Bourke st. Beautiful color. Great to see Melbourne in the 1940s.🇦🇺🚲

I hope the first soundtrack wasn't meant to reflect on the National Anthem because it didn't become the Anthem for decades to come. I loved the clip and the soundtracks, Great Stuff.

I had to turn the volume down - I was about to sick up.

FUCKEN BEAUTIFUL

My Nanna's era. So gorgeous ❤

was that Labassa Mansion?

Wonder if Luna Park has been given a face lift. Looks somewhat similar to how it is today.

Magnífico!!!!!

Loved this! But yes, the choice of soundtrack is a bit odd.

Our forefathers we're visionaries they done a damn well job. What happened really you look around at the telly different country and most parts Apple file as of today line their pockets and gave up on the people, But us a people we keep strive ahead to make a difference A Better Lives for ourselves Offspring the have a roof over our head and a good job to help pay for it, Our governments today have lettuce down not the people the major works that needs to be done Willoughby building cars ships planes etc are all done overseas where have becoming a nation sales assistant person, checkout operator and it goes on yes that jobs but they're not jobs at build a country like our forefathers had envisioned , in the video documentary that has been provided I thank you for sharing it look how nice the roads and everything was maintained answered as well we really have to look and think where we are going as a people I'm not trying to make it sound doom and gloom just a person that is seen our country decay and corporate greed and for the jobs of people that haven't really got the opportunity to go for and you can't to say University is the key to everything yes education is great but what is greater as people having a meaningful job electricians Shipyard builders car manufacturing so I'm as I said before it is a beautiful country the beautiful people ever but and I mean a big bud politicians and letting us down more than we realise and that's not good for any of us we all look what it was to live and the Forties in the fifties in the sixties but now the turn of the century one must really ask our politicians where are we going and what are we going to do to get there cos everything can't get made overseas then we will become a nation of checkout operators sales Clerks, enclosure I just like to say I only want the best for our country which is our people and the way we live it's . Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi we can do better we've done it before so let's do it again stop shortcutting ourselves.

Luna park looks like flinders street station on acid

So much cleaner then. 😡

The Australian Anthem sounds like it's from a Zelda game.

Its looks like a utopia,

Before the Minogue sisters came here into the world.

I didn't realise Captain Cook was an Australian

Eats, roots and leaves...

5:08 "For that fucker"?

Oh dear! How wonderful to have the images but that bloody AWFUL soundtrack ruins the enjoyment! Thank you for a mute button! Thank you for the posting but ...

Advance Australia fair only became the natonal anthem in 84

Meanwhile downunder the brits bathed at Dunkirk...

Very nice indeed. But I miss the skyscrapers too. 🤗

Tedious music. Something more subdued and atmospheric might work.

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Racist ppl be like, it was a lot better back then.