![[Colour 8mm film of motor-caravan trip around South Island, New Zealand]](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/xlarge/53581/3950cc1184fbf07533e49148ecfb105dcb906ea4.jpg "[Colour 8mm film of motor-caravan trip around South Island, New Zealand]")
[Colour 8mm film of motor-caravan trip around South Island, New Zealand]
Maker and role
Unknown, Creator
Production date
1965-1974
Circa 1966
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Object detail
Accession number
WAV-2022-5
Maker
Production period
Description
Colour 8mm silent film of motor-caravan trip around South Island, arriving and departing from Lyttleton Union Steam Ship Company ship on steamer express drive-on service.
00:00 - 01:00: Footage of Union Steam Ship Company ship on steamer express drive-on service arriving in Lyttleton Harbour and Port, includes: deck of Union Steam Ship Company ship with passengers; moored ships; seagulls flying over harbour; view of ship post-departure from carpark with cars; Lyttleton Post Office
01:00 - 06:28: footage of a couples motor-caravan trip around the South Island in a blue and white caravan, licence plate EZ9845. Includes: caravan parked on side of road; landscape scenery; people drinking in back of caravan; Lake Tekapo town and overlooking lake; from road looking across a lake towards Aoraki/Mount Cook with smoke cloud viewed from State Highway 80; snow on mountains; caravan parked in field; the Hermitage Hotel; Aoraki peak; caravan parked in front of a Mobil fuel station sign; 'Mount Cook National Park' sign on exterior of chalet; The Hermitage Hotel sign and exterior; caravan's and campervan's parked outside the Hermitage Hotel; car driving along State Highway 6 bridge over Kawarau River; Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge; landscape views from a town overlooking lake and mountains; overlooking Queenstown; Queenstown streets and St Peter's Anglican Church; caravan back open with person inside; exterior and sign of Mountain View Lodge: motels, camping and cabins accommodation; beach scene with ship in distance; overlooking town with cars and suburban streets with caravan parked in foreground
06:28 - 07:33: footage of boarding Union Steam Ship Company's ship 'Maori Wellington' on steamer express drive-on service from Wellington to Lyttleton, at Lyttleton Port. Includes: 'Maori' steam ship docked at port; Steamer Express Terminal sign and exterior of terminal; car's boarding ship; interior of terminal; on board "Maori" departing from dock, train come into Lyttleton port
00:00 - 01:00: Footage of Union Steam Ship Company ship on steamer express drive-on service arriving in Lyttleton Harbour and Port, includes: deck of Union Steam Ship Company ship with passengers; moored ships; seagulls flying over harbour; view of ship post-departure from carpark with cars; Lyttleton Post Office
01:00 - 06:28: footage of a couples motor-caravan trip around the South Island in a blue and white caravan, licence plate EZ9845. Includes: caravan parked on side of road; landscape scenery; people drinking in back of caravan; Lake Tekapo town and overlooking lake; from road looking across a lake towards Aoraki/Mount Cook with smoke cloud viewed from State Highway 80; snow on mountains; caravan parked in field; the Hermitage Hotel; Aoraki peak; caravan parked in front of a Mobil fuel station sign; 'Mount Cook National Park' sign on exterior of chalet; The Hermitage Hotel sign and exterior; caravan's and campervan's parked outside the Hermitage Hotel; car driving along State Highway 6 bridge over Kawarau River; Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge; landscape views from a town overlooking lake and mountains; overlooking Queenstown; Queenstown streets and St Peter's Anglican Church; caravan back open with person inside; exterior and sign of Mountain View Lodge: motels, camping and cabins accommodation; beach scene with ship in distance; overlooking town with cars and suburban streets with caravan parked in foreground
06:28 - 07:33: footage of boarding Union Steam Ship Company's ship 'Maori Wellington' on steamer express drive-on service from Wellington to Lyttleton, at Lyttleton Port. Includes: 'Maori' steam ship docked at port; Steamer Express Terminal sign and exterior of terminal; car's boarding ship; interior of terminal; on board "Maori" departing from dock, train come into Lyttleton port
Signature/Marks and Type
Ms Ray cart Hand-written
Trains Hand-written
Tape 3 Hand-written
Benefit Jefro Tull Hand-written
Norfolk Island Hand-written
Trains Hand-written
Tape 3 Hand-written
Benefit Jefro Tull Hand-written
Norfolk Island Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 film (7 min. 36 sec.) : colour ; 8mm
Record level
Item
Credit line
Unknown. 1965-1974
Circa 1966. [Colour 8mm film of motor-caravan trip around South Island, New Zealand], WAV-2022-5. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Circa 1966. [Colour 8mm film of motor-caravan trip around South Island, New Zealand], WAV-2022-5. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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Union Steam Ship Company Limited
Caravans
New Zealand
Roll-on/roll-off ships
<C> Passenger ships
Ships
New Zealand Motor Caravan Association
New Zealand
Motor homes
New Zealand
Recreational vehicle camping
New Zealand
Camping
History
New Zealand
Holidays
Travel
Travel photography
Voyages and travels
Description and travel
Queenstown-Lakes District (New Zealand)
Description and travel
Christchurch (New Zealand)
Description and travel
Canterbury (New Zealand)
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