Rewind Series 5 Episode 1 – Local Life Overview 1965
Proudly presented by McDonald Jones
As the first regional television station in NSW, NBN Channel 3 embraced the role of connecting communities….
By 1965, our News crews were well into the swing of capturing stories of significance, 16 millimetre film was the medium, a camera and microphone – the tools of trade
Eager News Gatherers providing perspectives, to which locals could relate
Ten Pin bowling in Gateshead, the annual Muswellbrook to Aberdeen cycling race, and competitive VJ sailing in Taree all seen on screens across our region
Ship building in Newcastle, brides on parade in Muswellbrook.. Army Cadets in Singleton and National Fitness camp in Myuna Bay
These scenes of local life, captured by NBN News in 1965
A time of change that saw the emergence of a new generation, that would one day be known as Generation X