Highlights from a 1983 recording of the telemovie ‘Inside the Third Reich’, with a special appearance by the ABC Test Card. Presented by David M. Green. Tape courtesy Dan Ilic.

Featuring:
– Nazi warning
– VHS Revue Mail Sack
– Early ’80s highlights from ABC TV, including weather report, Test Card, bunny graphic and clock
– End credits to a 1981 ABC stock footage program called ‘Changes’
– Transition into the 1982 telemovie ‘Inside the Third Reich’
– Channel 9 ident (1983)
– The Don Lane Show promo with John Denver and Christopher Cross
– ‘Zapped’ and ‘Creepshow’ at Hoyts cinemas TVC
– Black & Decker Dustbuster TVC
– Go Lotto Mother’s Day TVC
– Tooheys Beer TVC with Mike Whitney & Joel Garner
– STC satellite technology TVC
– Coon Cheese TVC with jaunty jingle
– Comet Transport TVC (TCN-9 Sydney 1983 & SAS-10 Adelaide 1984 comparison)
– What The Hell Was That? Segment
– Maxwell House Instant Coffee TVC with Maggie Tabberer
– A.R.C. Garden Fence TVC
– ‘They Call Me Bruce’ movie trailer Village TVC
– Sydney Tower at Centrepoint TVC
– Bonus cheese outtakes

Footage recorded from ABC TV in Sydney circa early ’80s and Sydney’s Channel Nine, 4 May 1983. Footage used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Gerard Kotlowy, Adam Navarro, Tim Wray, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Bridie Connell, Dan Ilic and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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