I look at the people in this film and I hope they had good, fulfilled lives. I hope they had loving families or relationships that did them well. Thank you for sharing this. Great film.
I was 6 years old when this film was produced. It gives you a feeling of confidence that there were some pretty smart people taking care of things back then.
Those 3x 'Adams' class DDGs (Perth, Brisbane, and Hobart?) were purchased for AUD$40 MILLION each! Now, a shiny new DDG will set us back about AUD$5 BILLION.
DDGs were a great investment. I served on Hobart for a while in the 70s. A veteran ship of the Vietnam war. The RAN actually bought another used DDG which was simply used as spares. Not common knowledge but true.
Ah, Seacat - bringing the Australian Navy into the 'missile age'. Steered by a QMG using remote control. Never a time did a sailor feel more safe (cough, cough).
And definitely wasn't a quick missile that's for sure but I suppose there wasn't very many smart anti ship missiles or bombs back then either most ship attacks from air would of used dumb bombs and rockets means getting closer then that drone was.
Yeah, a quick trip through the Seacat dome at Cerberus for trainee QMG's was a joke! Those gold badges must have cost a lot! Spent more time trying to stay awake in old Gunnery school movies. 😄 I remember WO "Butch" Berry. 😳 Circa 1975, long gone to the bosom of Saint Barbara by now, I reckon. 😉
It certainly sounds like Roger and he did narrate several government film unit films from that era. No credit on the film and no information in the database unfortunately.
@@NFSAFilms More generally it's just a bit strange that narrators never seemed to recieve credit on any of these films and there were some great voices on them.
@@NFSAFilms Back in the days when you never heard the voice of the average Australian on film. They're almost like silent movies, but with music... And when you do hear voices on the bridge of the destroyer preparing to fire the missile ... they're yank accents. What's with all that that?
@@alexdalrymple Yes - a lot of people weren't credited - especially on these government films. James Dibble was another well known narrator who did many government films at this time.
@@maxbodymass6288 The Charles F Adams depicted is USS Towers, (going off the number on th bow), and the submarine isn't even an Oberon, it's Porpoise class HMS Grampus, (again going off the number on the conning tower).
I look at the people in this film and I hope they had good, fulfilled lives. I hope they had loving families or relationships that did them well. Thank you for sharing this. Great film.
I was 6 years old when this film was produced. It gives you a feeling of confidence that there were some pretty smart people taking care of things back then.
The missile hitting that drone was awesome! Cheers from Perth WA...
Thanks for the upload. This is absolute gold.
No problem!
@@danrobinson572 good idea
..i love these aged videos...
Us too!
Excellent. Pretty good for 1963!
Those 3x 'Adams' class DDGs (Perth, Brisbane, and Hobart?) were purchased for AUD$40 MILLION each!
Now, a shiny new DDG will set us back about AUD$5 BILLION.
Not just that, but our economy was a lot more complex then - with a more diverse industrial base, manufacturing a wider variety of things.
$40 million at that point was a lot more than now
Used to visit them at Station Pier as a little boy, so exciting.
DDGs were a great investment. I served on Hobart for a while in the 70s. A veteran ship of the Vietnam war.
The RAN actually bought another used DDG which was simply used as spares. Not common knowledge but true.
Good stuff 👍 I see they flew the White Ensign in those days
A golden oldies
Ah, Seacat - bringing the Australian Navy into the 'missile age'. Steered by a QMG using remote control. Never a time did a sailor feel more safe (cough, cough).
lol Ive seen RC take out another RC faster.
I always felt comforted by the fact that my ship HMAS Swan still had limbo motors and could destroy a sub out to 900 meters
And definitely wasn't a quick missile that's for sure but I suppose there wasn't very many smart anti ship missiles or bombs back then either most ship attacks from air would of used dumb bombs and rockets means getting closer then that drone was.
Yeah, a quick trip through the Seacat dome at Cerberus for trainee QMG's was a joke! Those gold badges must have cost a lot! Spent more time trying to stay awake in old Gunnery school movies. 😄 I remember WO "Butch" Berry. 😳 Circa 1975, long gone to the bosom of Saint Barbara by now, I reckon. 😉
worked with both during my time in the RAN. Old but very efficient.
I love our history
Reminds me of ' The Thunderbirds ' , same sounds.😅
Anyone know what that short range guided missile that hit the drone was called??
A seacat
12:40
The subs. used to live at HMAS Penguin in Sydney.
HMAS Platypus was the sub base after 1968.
The skipper looks like a school boy- I must be long in the tooth!
Ah yes Tartar missile strikes , the source of countless battered fish 🤔🍻
Oh, how things have changed. The Chinese better not see this, it could really scare them.
Too late I have seen this. - 😂
Narrated by Roger Climpson? Why didn't the narrators recieve credit?
It certainly sounds like Roger and he did narrate several government film unit films from that era. No credit on the film and no information in the database unfortunately.
@@NFSAFilms More generally it's just a bit strange that narrators never seemed to recieve credit on any of these films and there were some great voices on them.
@@NFSAFilms Back in the days when you never heard the voice of the average Australian on film. They're almost like silent movies, but with music... And when you do hear voices on the bridge of the destroyer preparing to fire the missile ... they're yank accents. What's with all that that?
@@alexdalrymple Yes - a lot of people weren't credited - especially on these government films. James Dibble was another well known narrator who did many government films at this time.
Narrated by Rodger Climpson
The narrator sounds very much like Roger Climson.
Yes it does and he did narrate many government films from this era.
Ah yes, it's all for our protection.
TAA flight to Hobart has been … delayed.
What a joke. It shows a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier with Scimitar & Sea Vixen aircraft (and RN helicopters).
HMS Hermes R12, HAMS Melbourne R21, they hoped you would not notice.....
@@maxbodymass6288 The Charles F Adams depicted is USS Towers, (going off the number on th bow), and the submarine isn't even an Oberon, it's Porpoise class HMS Grampus, (again going off the number on the conning tower).
@@bushwhacked1835 I think the submarine was HMS Narwhal.
@@bushwhacked1835 You can also tell by the radar they show AN/SPS-39
@@timwatson1013 Actually the HMS Grampus (S04) a Porpoise-class submarine