The unfinished Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point, circa 1967, filmed from the Harbour Bridge with tower cranes still on site.
1967 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Roof shells up and no glass walls yet: the Opera House site seen from the Harbour Bridge, circa 1967 — Sydney, New South Wales, 1967
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- 1967
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- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Still 2 · 2.37s into the source clip
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Circa 1967 home movie view of the Sydney Opera House roof shells and cranes over Sydney Harbour, before the glass walls.
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Red tower cranes frame the concrete shells of the Opera House above the harbour, circa 1967.
1967 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Closing view of the Opera House construction site from the Harbour Bridge, with the blue cast of 1960s home movie film.
1967 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
Sydney New South Wales-1967: Unfinished Opera House Roof Shells and Red Tower Cranes on the Harbour
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1967 Sydney Australia.
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Period detail
The roof shells are up but tower cranes still stand on the site and the building has no glass walls, matching the late Stage II period around 1967.
Film character
A cool blue colour cast, soft distant detail, fine grain, dust specks and a passing hair give the shot the texture of projected small-gauge reversal film.
Historical context
The outer shells were built between 1963 and 1967 using tower cranes, and the glass walls and interiors followed before the 1973 opening, so the shot shows the building between those stages.
Research note
No identifiable people appear; the film copyright sits with the archive's chain of title, while commercial use featuring the Opera House building or name may raise separate landmark and trademark considerations.
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