A visitor looks down at the painted orientation table, with the city spread out below the parapet, Sydney, circa 1967.
1967 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The numbered steps tell visitors to find a place on the map, turn the arrow and sight along it, Sydney, 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 3 · 2.80s into the source clip
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Hand-painted lookout instructions on a Sydney rooftop orientation table, circa 1967, man's hands on top.
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Sydney New South Wales-1967: Man in a Suit at a Painted Rooftop Orientation Table
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1967 Sydney Australia.
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Period detail
The man's dark suit, white shirt and narrow tie and the hand-painted lettering on the drum point to the mid-to-late 1960s, and the skyline may show the low-rise flats of that period.
Film character
Saturated period colour with strong painted reds and blues, cool blue-grey shadows, visible grain and a slightly wavering handheld camera give it an authentic amateur-film texture.
Historical context
The conversational, hand-painted instructions show how a city lookout of the period explained its view to visitors, filmed during the same visit as the Opera House construction footage.
Research note
An identifiable unnamed man appears, so likeness permissions are a separate question from the film's copyright, and the painted signage and building rooftop may involve their owners' interests.
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