Sunderland coming up Meola Creek to MOTAT

Object detail

Accession number

WAV-2021-9

Maker

Reynolds Television

Production period

1960s

Description

Colour 16mm film of Sunderland arriving at MOTAT up Meola Creek length of 5 minutes 24 seconds.

Film shows Short S25 Sunderland MR Mk 5 NZ4115 being towed up Meola Creek by small boat. Shot from above rubbish dump and on mud flats. Scenes of crowd watching Sunderland being towed. Process of attaching ropes to Sunderland to truck to pull aircraft from water. Scenes of removing floats from aircraft, truck pulling Sunderland with removed wing tips. Scene of Sunderland behind Solent.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic/Acetate

Physical description

1 film reel : colour ; 16mm

Record level

Item

Credit line

Reynolds Television. Feb 1967-Mar 1967. Sunderland coming up Meola Creek to MOTAT, WAV-2021-9. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

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Classification

Reel, Film Tools & Equipment for Communication Visual Communication T&E Visual Communication Accessories

Production place

Western Springs Auckland City Auckland District Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Short Sunderland Museum of Transport and Technology Anecdotes Motions Road Site Seaplanes New Zealand Auckland Pictorial works

Collection type

Audio Visual Walsh Memorial Library Institutional Archives

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