life in Australia 50 years ago

A 1950s Vauxhall, a Commer van, and of course a Chrysler Valiant taxi.  The director also deliberately framed the two metal rubbish bins - standard in A/NZ at the time - in this shot...

The movie They're a Weird Mob, based on a best selling book by an author with an Italian name, was made in 1965 and provides a good time capsule of life in Sydney in those days, the character of which has since changed a lot; the most notable thing when watching it now is that faces then were almost totally European, and 'wogs' were a reference primarily to Greeks and Italians (not heard in this movie; Italians are referred to as 'dagos' and 'eyeteyes').

From an historic transport viewpoint, you get to see quite a few street scenes, as you would expect, where British vehicles were plentiful though not quite as dominant as they were in NZ, as well as a trip on a harbour ferry and a brief scene of a red single deck electric train at Punchbowl station.