Recording of press conference for handover of Seagrave ladder truck fire engine from Los Angeles Fire Department to MOTAT
Production date
22 Mar 1990
Object detail
Accession number
08-659
Description
Side 1 of 1
00.07” Unknown man [Don Anthony, Los Angeles Fire Department?] talking about paperwork which accompanies the fire engine. Mentions engine was assigned to Fire Station 17 in Los Angeles. Assigned to Fire Station 74 in 1977. Mentions paperwork contains information about how to operate fire engine.
01.15” Preparations for press conference and handover. Man mentions visit to New Zealand and visit to MOTAT. Reason fire chief is not present at handover. Another man talks about state of fire engines in San Francisco.
03.00” Cost of fire engine when new, $US 57,000. Cost of new engine nowadays $US 380,000.
03.20” Testing microphone
03.50” Presentation [by John Ferraro, Los Angeles city councillor] of 1960 Seagrave fire engine to [MOTAT]. Mentions sister city relationship between Auckland and Los Angeles. Ferraro mentions visits to Auckland. Mentions mayor of Auckland [Cath Tizard]. Signs papers
05.30 Gives keys to Kate Lackie [sp?]. Introduces people at ceremony – representative of Los Angeles Fire Department, New Zealand consul general, representative of sister city, representative of city attorney, representative of Trans-Pacific Container Service [shipping fire engine to New Zealand].
06.38” Don Anthony, Los Angeles Fire Department, describes fire engine. Mentions is already a similar fire engine at [MOTAT]. Talks about log book which accompanies engine. Gives cost of engine when purchased, and cost of replacement engine. Explains what log book contains.
08.05” Kate Lackie [sp?] accepts fire engine. Mentions generosity of city and vitality of sister city relationship between two cities. Mentions Auckland’s 150th anniversary is in 1990. Thanks to people.
09.20” [John Ferraro] thanks staff member. Introduces representative of Columbus [shipping] Line.
10.00” Judy Gordon, representative of sister city organisation, explains how was asked for fire engine. Explains sister city relationship. Thanks to Ferraro and others.
11.50” [Ferraro] explains fire engine will be housed in Auckland at Museum of Transport & Technology. Explains how Los Angeles was given kiwi by Auckland in 1984.
12.45” Organising a photograph.
13.11” RECORDING ENDS
00.07” Unknown man [Don Anthony, Los Angeles Fire Department?] talking about paperwork which accompanies the fire engine. Mentions engine was assigned to Fire Station 17 in Los Angeles. Assigned to Fire Station 74 in 1977. Mentions paperwork contains information about how to operate fire engine.
01.15” Preparations for press conference and handover. Man mentions visit to New Zealand and visit to MOTAT. Reason fire chief is not present at handover. Another man talks about state of fire engines in San Francisco.
03.00” Cost of fire engine when new, $US 57,000. Cost of new engine nowadays $US 380,000.
03.20” Testing microphone
03.50” Presentation [by John Ferraro, Los Angeles city councillor] of 1960 Seagrave fire engine to [MOTAT]. Mentions sister city relationship between Auckland and Los Angeles. Ferraro mentions visits to Auckland. Mentions mayor of Auckland [Cath Tizard]. Signs papers
05.30 Gives keys to Kate Lackie [sp?]. Introduces people at ceremony – representative of Los Angeles Fire Department, New Zealand consul general, representative of sister city, representative of city attorney, representative of Trans-Pacific Container Service [shipping fire engine to New Zealand].
06.38” Don Anthony, Los Angeles Fire Department, describes fire engine. Mentions is already a similar fire engine at [MOTAT]. Talks about log book which accompanies engine. Gives cost of engine when purchased, and cost of replacement engine. Explains what log book contains.
08.05” Kate Lackie [sp?] accepts fire engine. Mentions generosity of city and vitality of sister city relationship between two cities. Mentions Auckland’s 150th anniversary is in 1990. Thanks to people.
09.20” [John Ferraro] thanks staff member. Introduces representative of Columbus [shipping] Line.
10.00” Judy Gordon, representative of sister city organisation, explains how was asked for fire engine. Explains sister city relationship. Thanks to Ferraro and others.
11.50” [Ferraro] explains fire engine will be housed in Auckland at Museum of Transport & Technology. Explains how Los Angeles was given kiwi by Auckland in 1984.
12.45” Organising a photograph.
13.11” RECORDING ENDS
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 sound cassette (ca. 14 minutes) : analog.
Credit line
22 Mar 1990. Recording of press conference for handover of Seagrave ladder truck fire engine from Los Angeles Fire Department to MOTAT, 08-659. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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