Perth Western Australia-1966: Two Men Shade Their Eyes on an Airport Apron by a Control Tower

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationPerth, Western Australia, Australia
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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What is in this clip

air travel
aviation history
business travel
quarantine and biosecurity
waiting and watching
1960s Australia
airport architecture

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Airport apron with tarmac, mown grass, a concrete path, a control tower and a low terminal building, hills on the horizon
Time and weather: low sun with long shadows, early morning or late afternoon · clear with thin high cloud
Lighting: Low, hard directional sunlight with long shadows
People: 2 · Two adult men seen from the side and behind: one grey-haired in a tweed jacket and dark trousers with a briefcase and a rolled paper, the other in a light shirt and dark trousers.
Vehicles: red airport vehicles, probably fire tenders · parked aircraft, tail only
Landmarks: airport control tower
Objects: briefcase · rolled paper · freestanding quarantine sign · control tower · terminal building · aircraft tail
Readable signs: PLANT QUARANTINE · ALL FRUIT & PLANTS · INSPECTION · at the GATE · DEPT. of AGRICULTURE
Colors: blue · green · grey · tan · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Two men cross a concrete path on the apron with hands raised to their eyes, the control tower behind them.
The camera pans right with them and the plant quarantine sign comes into frame.
Both stop and look out across the tarmac while an aircraft tail shows at the left edge.
A tighter framing shows the two men, the readable sign, the terminal and red vehicles.
The man in the tweed jacket lowers his hands and turns his head.

Two Men Shade Their Eyes on an Airport Apron by a... — Clip Details

Perth, Western Australia, circa 1966 home movie footage of two men on an airport apron. One, in a tweed jacket with a briefcase and a rolled paper under his arm, crosses a concrete path with a companion in shirtsleeves, both raising their hands to their eyes against the low sun. The handheld camera pans right with them until they stop beside a Department of Agriculture plant quarantine sign, with a brick control tower, a low terminal building and red vehicles behind. A range of hills lines the horizon under a clear blue sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000486

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1966 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits requests for mid-1960s Australian airport scenes, especially documentaries on regional aviation, business travel or quarantine controls in Western Australia.
Period detail: A brick control tower, a low flat-roofed terminal, a hand-lettered Department of Agriculture plant quarantine sign and the men's tweed jacket and high-waisted trousers place the scene in the mid-1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A travelling companion films two members of his party as they wander onto the apron and squint into the sun, unposed and unaware of the camera for most of the shot.
What appears in frame: Two men on a concrete path, a briefcase and rolled paper, a plant quarantine sign on a metal stand, a brick control tower, a low terminal, red vehicles, an aircraft tail and distant hills.
Film character: Colour 8mm with a saturated blue sky, strong greens, visible grain, soft corners and a slightly unsteady handheld pan, with a few dust marks and a hair in the gate.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot for an airport sequence or as a cutaway of passengers waiting before a flight.
Historical context: The sign shows that fruit and plants were subject to inspection at this airport, and the men's dress reflects how travellers on a light-aircraft trip dressed in the 1960s.
Research note: The airport is not named on screen and the two men are unidentified private individuals; copyright in the film is separate from any likeness or property considerations, which the licensee should assess.
Research search match: 1960s Australian airport apron, control tower home movie, plant quarantine sign Western Australia, men with briefcases on tarmac, 8mm colour film circa 1966.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the boarding of the light twin and the country airstrip refuelling from the same reel, then the Geraldton Civic Centre and Perth clips, then other 1960s air-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two men cross an airport apron shading their eyes, with a brick control tower and terminal behind, Western Australia, circa 1966. — Two men walk onto the apron, hands raised against the low sun, with the control tower and terminal beyond.
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Men stand beside a plant quarantine sign on an airport apron in Western Australia, circa 1966, with an aircraft tail at the frame edge. — The men stop to look across the tarmac; a quarantine sign and the tail of a parked aircraft frame the scene.
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A man in a tweed jacket shades his eyes beside a companion in shirtsleeves on a 1960s Western Australian airport apron near the tower. — One man keeps his hands to his eyes while his companion waits with hands in pockets.
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Closer view of two men by a Department of Agriculture plant quarantine sign and brick control tower, Western Australia, circa 1966. — The clearest view of the sign: 'Plant Quarantine, all fruit & plants, inspection at the gate', with the tower and terminal behind.
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