@FrozenDoberman wasn't that always the case up until the early 80s? Shows like Countdown would use film for interviews and stories done outside the studio. I love the sharpness and colour schemes of colour television in Australia during the first years. In the 80s studio lighting was quite dull and picture quality not as sharp..maybe it was all that beige and brown! Thanks for posting this.
@katrus Both Aussie and New Zealand were behind the times, and somewhat still are. Our countries didn't get color till 1974. the earliest known color broadcast in new zealand is from 1973.
maybe it doesn't apply to NZ , but Aust' has a huge landmass & a relatively small population ( unlike continents like Europe or Asia ) . this makes building & paying for any public infrastructure ( roads , hospitals etc ) difficult .
you obviously know your stuff ; ) * do they still use this system , of not why ? ** why is some old videotaped stuff on TV of such poor quality ? has it deteriorated over time / was it always poor quality ? *** is this an example of the superior quality of quad video ? TY
It was ridiculous everyone around the world had colour and australia still had b+w, even NZ went colour two years before us... The states had it for over 10 yrs!
The delay was something to do with using the PAL system over large broadcast areas, I think. Countries larger than Oz who had already adopted colour tv used different systems, I.e. NTSC and SECAM.
in years gone by much of society deferred & grovelled to , fawned upon, & copied the upper class , by the 70's this was starting to change . it was VERY prevalent in previous decades / centuries . it has now completely flipped with the wealthy ( mick jagger , the royals etc ) desperately trying to sound " common " to appear as " genuine " . this is known as speaking " mockney "
@@venderstrat Until the 1970s, newsreaders and other announcers (e.g. pre-television newsreels), especially on the ABC were expected to use Cultivated Australian English (think Bob Menzies) and Broad or even Standard Australian accents were strongly discouraged. Of course *all* Australians said things like "charnce" and "darnce" until the advent of TV.
As an 11 year old in 1975 I would have watched this with some boredom, now I see it as an invaluable glimpse of a time now long gone.
Fond memories of a great newsreader .... RIP James
WOOOOWWW!!! What a real gem. A real piece of Australian TV History. Great stuff FD
Saturday, March 1, 1975.
@FrozenDoberman wasn't that always the case up until the early 80s? Shows like Countdown would use film for interviews and stories done outside the studio. I love the sharpness and colour schemes of colour television in Australia during the first years. In the 80s studio lighting was quite dull and picture quality not as sharp..maybe it was all that beige and brown!
Thanks for posting this.
Stunningly well preserved. 1975 was really modern.
A very young Jeff McMullen... Ah, when news reporting was more fact than hype! Great 'historic' Colour clip...
Wait, Australia didn't get colour TV until 1975? :o
Yup.
It was worth the wait 🤭
@katrus Both Aussie and New Zealand were behind the times, and somewhat still are.
Our countries didn't get color till 1974. the earliest known color broadcast in new zealand is from 1973.
maybe it doesn't apply to NZ , but Aust' has a huge landmass & a relatively small population ( unlike continents like Europe or Asia ) . this makes building & paying for any public infrastructure ( roads , hospitals etc ) difficult .
Wonderful news reader.
Amazing stuff. These quad video tapes hold up brilliantly.
you obviously know your stuff ; )
* do they still use this system , of not why ?
** why is some old videotaped stuff on TV of such poor quality ? has it deteriorated over time / was it always poor quality ? *** is this an example of the superior quality of quad video ? TY
RIP James Dibble, how we loved you so. ( Especially What's Rangoon to you is Grafton to me. )
Italy got TV 2 years before us, yet they didn't get colour TV until 1977?
It's interesting how long that took.
I'd love to see the ABC TV midday and/or evening news from 14th April 1977 and/or 15th April 1977.
Bring back James Dibble! That's what I say!!
James Dibble, All class
1975 News - emphasis on international news. 2010 News - emphasis on dumb U.S. celebrities and pets stuck in trees!
Consummate professionalism throughout. In some ways, ABC still manages to retain quality today in terms of international news reports.
James Dibble was the Australian equivalent to Walter Cronkite.
Not quite. While Dibble had the same credibility Cronkite had, he wasn't a commentator IMO.
We still beat Hungary (1976), Italy (1977), Greece (1979), and Portugal (1980)!
That's quite fascinating, really.
And of course beat out South Africa for having TV at all by years!
Vale James Dibble
Still missing the 'Papuan Separatist Front'
@fred234w This is the ABC after all it would be different if it was a 7 or 9 bulletin
Best ever.
1932. AND.
IN. COLOUR. AND.
(1932). AND.
wtf dude
What happened on those dates?
these countries got colour TV in those years !
I've always liked my deserters after dinner.
It was ridiculous everyone around the world had colour and australia still had b+w, even NZ went colour two years before us... The states had it for over 10 yrs!
The delay was something to do with using the PAL system over large broadcast areas, I think. Countries larger than Oz who had already adopted colour tv used different systems, I.e. NTSC and SECAM.
New Zealand actually had started full colour broadcasts after us I think (Colour tests being in 1973 but full at the end of '75). It's true though.
@GodsChin Funny you say that cause Roger was born in England
Why do the newsreaders back then have more of a "BBC accent" than today's????
in years gone by much of society deferred & grovelled to , fawned upon, & copied the upper class , by the 70's this was starting to change . it was VERY prevalent in previous decades / centuries . it has now completely flipped with the wealthy ( mick jagger , the royals etc ) desperately trying to sound " common " to appear as " genuine " . this is known as speaking " mockney "
He didn't have a BBC accent in my opinion. Nowhere near it. He just enunciated well.
@@venderstrat Until the 1970s, newsreaders and other announcers (e.g. pre-television newsreels), especially on the ABC were expected to use Cultivated Australian English (think Bob Menzies) and Broad or even Standard Australian accents were strongly discouraged. Of course *all* Australians said things like "charnce" and "darnce" until the advent of TV.
@fred234w so true...ABC is still the best
@tubeie07 Yeah look at that hairdo.