Great to hear all about what took place. My Mother was 2 months from giving birth to me and living in Parnell Place. She later told me of her thoughts at that time and was fearfull of what sort of world her child would have to live in. So glad I have had a good life so far thanks to many people in service for our country. 😊
In an issue of Walkabout magazine , under the heading of " Japanese incursions in Australia during WW2 " ... an air-dropped pallet containing a Japanese jeep , small arms , uniforms , banknotes ; discovered on a cattle property in 1945 , by a returned Digger . The second part of the article concerns a Japanese soldier on a bicycle at night in Rockhampton , recording street names , when reported to Authorities and action taken , a departing submarine was observed ! ... so much for the lie " the Japanese never intended to invade Australia " ...
Sorry but you must be out with the faries with your comment. Had a bit of a search and could find no such article. Maybe if you provided a link I might be more convinced that the world is flat and alien lizard people run the planet.
I've heard that it wasn't a Japanese sub, but a U.S. frigate that the day before had been tied up at the BHP sinter plant wharf and was sent to ginger up the Australian war effort. Interestingly none of the "Japanese" shells exploded . They were made in Melbourne in 1915 and "sold" as surplus after WW1.
Well, the captain of the Japanese submarine that shelled Newcastle actually visited in the 1980's or 1990's. And at least one of the shells exploded, causing damage to the road at Parnell Place and also a home in the vicinity.
@@tonyscott7184 sorry to hear... But it must be good to hear his voice after so long. My Grandfather passed away in 1989 and my Grandmother in 1997... I have a single video of my Grandfather that runs for about five minutes and it is amongst my most precious pieces of video and audio. It also has my Grandmother on it too.
@@tonyscott7184 I met Ted many years ago at Fort Scratchley. I hope he did not tell you as many "stories" as he did back then. He told us about about some stuff about the fort which we investigated and then presented to him as being, to put it politely, "wrong." He did not argue but responded with a new "story" that we again already knew was "wrong". It's possible he may started the rumour of the underground submarine facility under Nobbys.
@@newcastlethehuntervalley Then maybe you should've sought images from the Newcastle Region Public Library in Laman Street, got the necessary permissions and used those images as your resource.
As I said, this channel.is for moving images (only on very rare occasions will I use photos), so I used footage of Newcastle from as close to 1942 as I could find.
@@clemsteinbeck7931 And that, in itself is bad, as it shows a *total lack of courtesy* to the creators of the material he has used. Proper acknowledgements are *CRUCIAL* to producing material like this.
It shows you how disorganised we were in Australia. And too much political bureaucracy bulsht. If Japan really wanted to invade Australia there could have walked all over us. Too slow to react too much red tape.
The whole point of this video is the radio documentary. The footage is only to serve the purpose of presenting the radio documentary to anyone who wants to listen. I have used footage from 1945 because it is the only footage I could find of what Newcastle was like at the time of World War 2. The other footage shows a CGI of the Japanese attack on Newcastle in 1942 that was produced by NBN.
The whole point of this channel is to show Newcastle in moving images. 1945 is as close to 1942 as I could find in moving images. Not much would've changed in three years and I wanted to show Newcastle as close to as it was in 1942. If you don't like it, that's fine. But considering the footage is from around that time then I can't see the problem of the footage presented with the radio documentary placed over the top of that footage.
@@neilforbes416 War of the Worlds was a radio adaption of H. G. Wells story and history shows that the radio production did not need pictures to be successful. To quote - "The footage (VISUAL) is only to serve the purpose of presenting" ... "to anyone who wants to LISTEN." This defies logic as there is no medical evidence that you need to see before you have the ability to listen. I can only assume the creator of the posted "video" is implying blind people are deaf?
Great to hear all about what took place. My Mother was 2 months from giving birth to me and living in Parnell Place. She later told me of her thoughts at that time and was fearfull of what sort of world her child would have to live in. So glad I have had a good life so far thanks to many people in service for our country. 😊
In an issue of Walkabout magazine : two
In an issue of Walkabout magazine , under the heading of " Japanese incursions in Australia during WW2 " ... an air-dropped pallet containing a Japanese jeep , small arms , uniforms , banknotes ; discovered on a cattle property in 1945 , by a returned Digger . The second part of the article concerns a Japanese soldier on a bicycle at night in Rockhampton , recording street names , when reported to Authorities and action taken , a departing submarine was observed ! ... so much for the lie " the Japanese never intended to invade Australia " ...
@@terenceecampbell6497 Quick .... there goes another pig flying bacwards.
Sorry but you must be out with the faries with your comment. Had a bit of a search and could find no such article. Maybe if you provided a link I might be more convinced that the world is flat and alien lizard people run the planet.
I've heard that it wasn't a Japanese sub, but a U.S. frigate that the day before had been tied up at the BHP sinter plant wharf and was sent to ginger up the Australian war effort. Interestingly none of the "Japanese" shells exploded . They were made in Melbourne in 1915 and "sold" as surplus after WW1.
Well, the captain of the Japanese submarine that shelled Newcastle actually visited in the 1980's or 1990's. And at least one of the shells exploded, causing damage to the road at Parnell Place and also a home in the vicinity.
If the captain of sub visited and the shells were made in England then you would have some research to back this up!
If the captain of sub visited and the shells were made in England then you would have some research to back this up!
My grandfather talking at 12.32
Is he still with you or has he passed away?
He passed in 1992-
@@tonyscott7184 sorry to hear... But it must be good to hear his voice after so long. My Grandfather passed away in 1989 and my Grandmother in 1997... I have a single video of my Grandfather that runs for about five minutes and it is amongst my most precious pieces of video and audio. It also has my Grandmother on it too.
@@tonyscott7184 I met Ted many years ago at Fort Scratchley. I hope he did not tell you as many "stories" as he did back then. He told us about about some stuff about the fort which we investigated and then presented to him as being, to put it politely, "wrong."
He did not argue but responded with a new "story" that we again already knew was "wrong".
It's possible he may started the rumour of the underground submarine facility under Nobbys.
The opening commentary was about Sydney. Had nothing to do with Newcastle
True, however the majority of the radio program is about Newcastle, so I used footage of Newcastle.
@@newcastlethehuntervalley Then maybe you should've sought images from the Newcastle Region Public Library in Laman Street, got the necessary permissions and used those images as your resource.
As I said, this channel.is for moving images (only on very rare occasions will I use photos), so I used footage of Newcastle from as close to 1942 as I could find.
The creator does as little as possible whicb inckudes not recognising the source of his video footage used.
@@clemsteinbeck7931 And that, in itself is bad, as it shows a *total lack of courtesy* to the creators of the material he has used. Proper acknowledgements are *CRUCIAL* to producing material like this.
It shows you how disorganised we were in Australia. And too much political bureaucracy bulsht. If Japan really wanted to invade Australia there could have walked all over us. Too slow to react too much red tape.
Really, really weird footage for this narration.
It was the closest footage that I could get to of Newcastle at around the time the radio documentary deals with.
The film images are totally out of context with the audio commentary. This gets a thumbs-down from me!
The whole point of this video is the radio documentary. The footage is only to serve the purpose of presenting the radio documentary to anyone who wants to listen. I have used footage from 1945 because it is the only footage I could find of what Newcastle was like at the time of World War 2. The other footage shows a CGI of the Japanese attack on Newcastle in 1942 that was produced by NBN.
@@newcastlethehuntervalley Then it would've been better to just use a still-frame and lay the audio onto the sound track.
The whole point of this channel is to show Newcastle in moving images. 1945 is as close to 1942 as I could find in moving images. Not much would've changed in three years and I wanted to show Newcastle as close to as it was in 1942. If you don't like it, that's fine. But considering the footage is from around that time then I can't see the problem of the footage presented with the radio documentary placed over the top of that footage.
@@neilforbes416 War of the Worlds was a radio adaption of H. G. Wells story and history shows that the radio production did not need pictures to be successful. To quote - "The footage (VISUAL) is only to serve the purpose of presenting" ... "to anyone who wants to LISTEN."
This defies logic as there is no medical evidence that you need to see before you have the ability to listen.
I can only assume the creator of the posted "video" is implying blind people are deaf?
@@neilforbes416 I thought you live in port stephens so Newcastle still has an interest to you