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Yep he was good at finding the eye candy[bigwhistle]Quote:
Originally Posted by Saitch
Met him many years ago when he was taking his films and showing them in bush town halls (went to one of his screenings) buggered if I can remember where though[bigsad]
Cheers Paul
He was a legend when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s (albeit I grew up in the country and was for a long time limited to only watching ABC tv so not a lot of choice!).
I work for Chevron and had a couple of years on Barrow Island which was Harry’s main focus in life.
Amazingly Harry was still advising Chevron and taking employees on Barrow out on tours and educating us all about how special the place is until just before his death a few years back.
Legend bloke and his legacy lives on at Barrow.
Probably so he could get to it while standing on the floor of the cab, maybe as a filming platform?Quote:
Originally Posted by Redtail
I reckon its a giant sunvisor
Correct, it was a multi use platform, from holding his dingy, sunshade, cargo and filming, one stop platform of its day.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickm
Harry or as we called him Uncle H was a long time family friend of my fathers, he was at teachers collage with both Harry and Rolf, my dad was real upset when he was told Uncle H had passed away.
watched him ,from NZ, just the opposite to that loudmouth, er um, ferget the name
I believe that some museums adopt the policy of preserving the item in the condition in which they receive it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Hence Francis Birtles' Bean looks like this in the National Museum.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...px-Bean_14.jpg
And the "Spirit of St Louis" looks like this.
https://www.maxpixel.net/static/phot...Dc-2501720.jpg
Most people will remember that the cowling was silver. However in 1928, varnish was applied in an attempt to preserve the flags painted on the side. Over time the varnish has yellowed.
I read in one source that the decision of the Smithsonian was to preserve the plane as it was when it was put on display. However, I have also read that the varnish will be removed next time the plane is conserved.
There is a theory that the history of the vehicle should be shown in the way it is preserved.
I saw Harry Butler with his film crew on location Lake Argyle , I think it was 1976.
There were a number of Land Rovers there.
I hope he kept his LR in better condition than his campsite.
(3 years later...) The roof rack configuration served 2 purposes: Firstly, provided some shade over the windscreen. Secondly provided a platform for a camera tripod to enable filming from about 3m above ground.(with the vehicle stationary, of course!) Do it myself with my 110 Defender.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redtail
Rob S