WIN News - Cars heading south on the new Wollongong bypass - 1968

[Vincent]

Hi everyone,

It looks like the University of Wollongong is progressively digitising and uploading the WIN News archives. I've struck some early gold - footage of the F6 from early 1968. Link here: https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/14763

Gird your loins for some very alluring pre-metric and black signage. The piece looks like it was straight newsreader to camera without sound, and I think the digitised script is also available online.

I'm going to continue to look through the archive to see what else I can dig up. I continue to be amazed by the quantity and diversity of what's available online - this really is a world away from what was available when I first joined this group back in the day.

Cheers,

Vincent.

[Sam L]

Love this, great footage. 

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[Musa Hodzic]

Oh mate, that's an awesome find!!

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[Adrian Biankin]

Looks like every car is nearly missing the Princes Hwy exit ;)

[Vincent Muller]

I think the story was that the signage was confusing and was soon going to be replaced :)

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[#130km/hforthehume]

Very interesting footage. It really feels like a place in the United States but with cars driving on the left instead of the right, especially with the old imperial speed sign.

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[Paul Rands]

Nice find. I'd say looking at the footage, it was used in a news report about the extension opening and people not used to the changed conditions

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