Western Australia-1966: Men Refuelling a Red Twin-Engine Light Aircraft at a Country Airstrip

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationWestern Australia, Australia
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · Western Australia, Australia

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What is in this clip

general aviation
regional air travel
refuelling stop
business travel
rural Australia
1960s transport
airfield work

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · eye level
Setting: outdoor · country airstrip with a fuel point, corrugated shed, hangar, bare ground and a line of trees
Time and weather: daytime · partly cloudy
Lighting: natural daylight, bright sky with deep shadow on the ground
People: 6 · Three men standing with their backs or sides to the camera, two in white shirts and dark trousers and one in a dark suit; an attendant in dark clothing bending at the bowser; a boy in a hat and shorts; a further figure partly hidden behind the group.
Vehicles: red-and-white twin-engine light aircraft · pale 1950s-60s sedan
Objects: fuel bowser · fuel hose · corrugated shed · hangar · propellers · aircraft wing · utility poles · fence
Colors: blue · red · white · dark green · grey-brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Three men stand by a fuel bowser and corrugated shed while an attendant and a boy work at the pump.
The camera begins panning right along the hose and the aircraft's white wing.
The red nose and left engine of the twin come into frame.
The red-and-white twin-engine aircraft is seen head-on with both propellers stopped.
The pan settles on the right engine and the hangar behind it.

Men Refuelling a Red Twin-Engine Light Aircraft at a... — Clip Details

Western Australia, circa 1966 home movie footage of a refuelling stop on a light-aircraft trip. Three men in white shirts and dark suits stand with their backs to the camera beside a fuel bowser and a corrugated shed, while an attendant bends over the pump and a boy in a hat watches; a black hose lies across the ground. The camera then pans right along a white wing to the red-and-white twin-engine aircraft, seen head-on in front of a hangar. One handheld 8mm colour shot under a blue, partly cloudy 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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000488

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 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.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for mid-1960s Australian general aviation, showing a light twin being refuelled at a rural airstrip for documentaries on regional travel and transport history.
Period detail: A globe-topped fuel bowser, a pale sedan of 1950s-60s shape, a red-and-white light twin and men in white shirts, ties and dark suits point to the mid-1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A passenger films his travelling companions waiting through the fuel stop, then swings round to admire the aircraft itself, the way a traveller records the trip rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Three men by a fuel bowser, an attendant and a boy at the pump, a black hose on the ground, a corrugated shed and parked sedan, then a red twin-engine aircraft head-on before a hangar.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour with a saturated blue sky and strong reds, dense shadows on the ground, a slightly unsteady handheld pan and a gate hair curling across the sky in the last second.
Edit role: Works as a transition or cutaway between flight and arrival sequences, or as a short establishing shot for a country airstrip.
Historical context: The scene shows light aircraft serving as working transport in Western Australia, with passengers in office dress and fuel pumped from a single bowser on open ground.
Research note: Airstrip and individuals are unnamed; the men are seen mostly from behind, a boy is present, and a fuel-brand bowser and aircraft markings appear, so likeness and trademark questions are separate from film copyright.
Research search match: 1960s light aircraft refuelling, country airstrip Western Australia, 8mm home movie aviation, twin-engine private plane on the ground, vintage fuel bowser airfield.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's boarding of the light twin and the men on the apron by the control tower, then the Geraldton Civic Centre clip, then other 1960s general aviation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Men in white shirts and a dark suit wait at a fuel bowser on a country airstrip in Western Australia, circa 1966, with a hose across the ground and an aircraft wing at right. — Passengers wait at the fuel point of a country airstrip while the light twin is refuelled, Western Australia, circa 1966.
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Refuelling stop at a Western Australian country airstrip, circa 1966: the hose leads from the bowser past waiting men to the wing of a light aircraft. — The fuel hose leads from the bowser toward the aircraft's wing as the pan to the right begins.
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Red-and-white twin-engine light aircraft parked head-on at a country airstrip in Western Australia, circa 1966, with a hangar and trees behind. — The red-and-white light twin head-on in front of the hangar during the refuelling stop, Western Australia, circa 1966.
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End of the pan at a Western Australian airstrip, circa 1966: the light twin's right engine and wing before a hangar, with a gate hair visible on the 8mm film. — The pan ends on the aircraft's right engine and the hangar; a hair in the film gate shows against the sky.
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