Originally Posted by prd
1st: At the time I used to cringe at what we used to trot out as 'Aussie identity', these days I look back at it with with nostalgia. These days you'd go a long way to see a piece of advertising of the type with a gum tree in it or a bit green and gold. Sigh.
I cringe when they ham up the old school stereotype Aussie today. Nothing will ever match the 70s and 80s no matter how much they try and relive it now.
Originally Posted by prd
2nd: This was filmed before computer fudgery of photos and images. That means someone had to march down a taxiway with a lawn mower while a 747 taxied past! smile
Did you see the GTS ad? That was an early example of computer graphics. Sure, not involving background images, but related to your point.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!