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[Colour 8mm film of suburban and industrial scenes]
Maker and role
Unknown, Creator
Production date
Circa 1950s-1960s
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Object detail
Accession number
WAV-2022-12
Maker
Description
Regular 8mm colour film of suburban and industrial scenes, and flood in Huntly and outlying areas.
00:00 - 00:45: workers in a brick/timber yard unloading stock from railway carriages; police station exterior
00:45 - 03:00: footage of holiday and recreational scenes in central North Island, includes: adults and children near boot of car parked in snow; people sledding and skiing on a mountain; cars parked and covered in snow; skiers on chair lift on mountain; snow ball fight and snow man; Chateau Tongariro Hotel exterior and car park; Automobile Association (AA) sign outside the Chateau
03:00 - 11:12: footage of suburban scenes, primarily in Huntly and the Waikato, includes: couple getting into a car; outdoor scenes of adult and children in a field, people outside houses, dog in grass; group of people including shirtless man smoking, man in overalls outside a garage standing beside a car, power lines in the background; exterior of Huntly Post Office; parade down Huntly main street; woman working at a telephone exchange switch board; Huntly Hotel exterior and carpark; parade in Huntly with marching band and floats; agriculture fair with woodcutting competition, crowds, horse jumping, horse riding; children and adults parked on road side in front of the coast
11:12 - 18:19: footage of flood in Huntly and surrounding areas, includes: flood on suburban streets; vehicles in flood water, including cars, fire truck, New Zealand Rail (N.Z.R) road transport bus, bicycles, tractor, harvester, trucks; crowds and people wading through water; mother with children and pram outside flooded houses; flooded landscape, fields and warehouse/sheds, buildings; people kayaking and boats on flood water; flooded miners huts; people pushing by hand cans/barrels on a tracked flatbed cart on railway tracks; flooded 4 Square Guy King Grocery Requirements with people in boats receiving supplies; flooded shops; flooded road under Huntly railway bridge
00:00 - 00:45: workers in a brick/timber yard unloading stock from railway carriages; police station exterior
00:45 - 03:00: footage of holiday and recreational scenes in central North Island, includes: adults and children near boot of car parked in snow; people sledding and skiing on a mountain; cars parked and covered in snow; skiers on chair lift on mountain; snow ball fight and snow man; Chateau Tongariro Hotel exterior and car park; Automobile Association (AA) sign outside the Chateau
03:00 - 11:12: footage of suburban scenes, primarily in Huntly and the Waikato, includes: couple getting into a car; outdoor scenes of adult and children in a field, people outside houses, dog in grass; group of people including shirtless man smoking, man in overalls outside a garage standing beside a car, power lines in the background; exterior of Huntly Post Office; parade down Huntly main street; woman working at a telephone exchange switch board; Huntly Hotel exterior and carpark; parade in Huntly with marching band and floats; agriculture fair with woodcutting competition, crowds, horse jumping, horse riding; children and adults parked on road side in front of the coast
11:12 - 18:19: footage of flood in Huntly and surrounding areas, includes: flood on suburban streets; vehicles in flood water, including cars, fire truck, New Zealand Rail (N.Z.R) road transport bus, bicycles, tractor, harvester, trucks; crowds and people wading through water; mother with children and pram outside flooded houses; flooded landscape, fields and warehouse/sheds, buildings; people kayaking and boats on flood water; flooded miners huts; people pushing by hand cans/barrels on a tracked flatbed cart on railway tracks; flooded 4 Square Guy King Grocery Requirements with people in boats receiving supplies; flooded shops; flooded road under Huntly railway bridge
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 film reel (18 min. 19 sec.) : colour ; 8 mm
Record level
Item
Credit line
Unknown. Circa 1950s-1960s. [Colour 8mm film of suburban and industrial scenes], WAV-2022-12. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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