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NBN Television News - 1979
This footage was created by NBN Television during 1979 and features
00:03- 02:19 - Book "The Godfather in Australia" by Bob Bottom.
02:25- 04:06 - Comm Steel - interview with John Swan (Operations Manager). Computerised machinery.
04:10 - 05:45 - Belmont 16ft Sailing Club - construction.
05:50 - 06:50 Interview with "Steve" about Rugby Grand Final.
08:25-09:21 -Machinery (Comm Steel)
09:20 - 10:35 - Rezoning of housing at Platt Street, Waratah. Mater Hospital, Waratah proposed expansion.
10:40-12:02 Fire damaged school, library vandalised.
12:03 - 15:04 Band playing at The Star Hotel, Newcastle. Scenes showing patron’s drinking beer and dancing in hotel (possibly night of Star Hotel riot). Vision shows woman dancing on the bar (footage ends). Creator unknown.
15:04 - 18:20 Band the ‘Heroes’ performing ‘Star and the Slaughter’ (likely night of the riot 19 September 1979). Shows band members Pete de Jong, Mark Tinsen and Jim Porteous, girls dancing on bar, behind the bar scenes,
18:20 - 18:52 Day after riot showing damage to Star Hotel, outside Hunter Water Board building in King Street, Newcastle.
18:52 - 20:07 Scenes of riot, people through beer cans, arrests and police trying the control crowds. Fire brigade hosing crowd (Creator: Barry Nan arrow).
20:07 - 21:25 Robyn Wade interviewing Inspector complaints that patrons were throwing stones and beer cans at passing vehicles, “did you have enough for the job?”
21:25 - 21:50 Interview with Star Hotel licensee Don Graham “questions the musicians involved in this incident”.
21:50 – 23:05 Interview with Pete de Jong about the incident at The Star Hotel on the night of the riot.
23:05 - 33:50 Footage of night of riot, outside scenes, people being arrested, police and ambulance attending. ABC media broadcast van, patrons being put in police paddy wagons and trucks, crowd chanting ”police are pigs” (26:50), footage of man sitting on rook of Star Hotel (28:30), fire fighters extinguishing flames from vehicles, turn hoses on crowd, audio of footage ceases due to water damage (31:08), continued scenes of crowd control (Creator: Barry Nancarrow).
34:30 - 36:30 Neville Wran (politician) talking about smelters (Presenter: Jim Sullivan).
36:35 - 37:22 Aerial footage of Lake Macquarie power Station.
37:22 - 39:50 Aerial footage of local Highway, pedestrian crossing hazard. Parents keeping children away from school rather than expose children to danger of crossing road (highway). (Presenter: Ray Dineen)
39:50 - 41:40 Traffic warden at Hamilton South, NSW. Police officer talks about the importance of training and employing traffic wardens. (Presenter: Ray Dineen)
41:44 - 42: 48 Offenders set fire to warehouse at Islington (Presenter: Ray Dineen).
42:47 - 45: 00 Professor Morgan talking about research into hypertension. More research needs to be done, problems with perceptions. $10 000 granted to see how salt intake impacts on blood pressure.
45:02 - 47: 00 ‘Real Life Math’ publication launched. Immense need for numerical skills and knowledge in day-to-day life.
45:17 - 49: 00 Pin Ball parlour. Interviewee talks about pin ball machine, Australian themed machines (FJs) audio also been made to sound ‘Australian’
49:16 - 49: 46 ‘Real Life Math’ publication.
50:00 - 55: 04 29 males and 3 Females arrested in relations to the Star Hotel riot, ‘tow more appearances today, one at Newcastle Court House, the other Belmont Court”, $250 bail. A man said to have stolen a police cap and badge also presented at court. Interview with Sergeant Peter Anforth (50:50) call for special training for police. Supply of tear gas ? “In retrospect did police carry out the right action ?” “Could it happen again?” Scene of Ambassador Nightclub shown Interviewee (licensee of Ambassador Nightclub) talks about social life and ‘club’ security in Newcastle.
55:06 - 56:12 Union Rally at Pacific Park Newcastle East, members employed at Royal Newcastle Hospital, ‘cuts in staff”
56:14 - 57:30 Tomago centre, facilities available for wider community, including lecture rooms,
57:33 - 58:48 Funds raised for CMLA through generosity of NBN Telethon and other organisation, and art unions. Total cost for new facility is $500 000 part subsidised by Dept. of Social security. Employ 50 more ‘handicapped’ people.
58:48:1:00:00 Fundraiser for police boys club, taken 3 years to raise funds to build the club. Building designed for handicapped children as well, community support, $50 000 short.
1:00:00- 1:02:00 Festival committee representative talking about ‘Quest’ at winery
1:02:00- 1:03:42 Naval vessel on Newcastle harbour “Bombard” interview with captain, reminiscing.
One: 03:42- 1:05:56 Naval officer talking about Patrol boats (Newcastle harbour). Naval vessel “Bombard”
1:05:56 - 1:06:19- Dance troupe
1:07:07 - 1:07:40 Official opening of building (Newcastle Police boys Club)
1:08:09 - 1:09:04 On board naval vessel “Bombard”
1:09:08 - 1:10:37 Women reading to children. Funds raised ($500) by children for Leukaemia “sold lemons to the people”.
1:10:43 - 1:13:26 Still images of man, footage of large institution (Morisset Hospital), incident that involved a patient absconded. Mr John Keating (convicted murderer) admitted Ward 21 in 1977, and 1978. Responded well to treatment.
1:14:18 - 1:15:35 Aerial footage of institution (Morisset Hospital – Wards 21 & 22)
1:15:50 - 1:26:26: Edgeworth Motors shows bullet hole in glass.
1:16:26 - 1:17:15 – Luncheon in church hall – no audio
1:17:13 - 1:18:04 – Newcastle showground? showing scout groups, children doing activities, “National Parks & Wildlife show”
1:18:20 - 1:18:54 Fire brigade attending fire in building (location unidentified)
1:18:57 - 1:19:27 Car accident
1:18:31 - 1:21:00 Beauty expo “Life was meant to he be beautiful” Educate the public about beauty therapy.
1:20:58 - 1:22:06 Outdoors event, beauty quest “Wine Festival”.
1:22:15 - 1:23:03 “Kleeberg Park” official opening of amenity “Zwiazek Polski N.P.W Australia” – A project of Polish Association in NSW Maitland Branch.
1:23:09 - 1:23:44 - Newcastle Youth Centre; Australian Wildflower’ exhibition
1:23:50 - 1:24:30 “Keep Lake Macquarie beautiful CLEAN-A-THON” showing people collecting rubbish in park.
1:24:32 - 1:25:20 Events at showground.
1:25:20 - 1:26:04 Rugby league game being played, possibly at ‘Internarial Sports Ground’, 1:26:09- 1:27:09 Games of Australian Rules football
1:27:09 Newcastle Horsed Races
Produced by NBN CHANNEL 3 NEWCASTLE, Australia
Courtesy - NBN Television Archive, University of Newcastle (Australia)
Digitised at the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab, UON Library.
Reference - AF506
Date Created1979KeywordStar Hotel RiotNBNTopicStar Hotel RiotLocationNewcastle, NSW