PICTORIAL PARADE No. 22

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Year

1954

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

"PP22"

Length

B&W, 10.5 minutes

Viewing copies

VHS Video- R.V. 222 16mm film- W3589/16PP22A 35mm film- W3606/h/4 VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 235

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B&W 10 mins. 35mm 946 ft. RESEARCH SUBJECT - 'POSSUM IN THE BUSH322 ft RIMUTAKA TUNNEL - MAKING ENDS MEET583 ft Film Censor's Certificate No. U3994 (28 April 1954) Release Date: 30.4.54 NFU Film Information Sheet No. PP22 Cat. Refs. 1956 p.30; 1957 p.34; 1958 p.29; 1962 p.30. B&W 10 mins. 35mm 946 ft. POSSUM IN THE BUSH. 322 ft. In the bush of the Orongorongo ranges men and women of the Internal Affairs Department's Wildlife Branch study the habits and life cycle of the opossum, and observe forest changes resulting from opossum damage, discovering facts which may help control a pest about which surprisingly little has been known. RIMUTAKA TUNNEL ENDS MEET. 583 ft. The old Fell engines still labour over the Rimutaka incline, while below them the new tunnel nears completion. Trucks take materials far into the tunnel for mixing and forcing into the great arched steel 'profile' to line the walls with concrete, while at the face the heavy 'mucker-out' scoops back spoil from the last firing. Drillers prepare new shot-holes, and charges are fired, opening a jagged hole between the halves of the great tunnel, which will give a new route from Wellington City to the Wairarapa and East Coast districts. Viewing copies : VHS Video- R.V. 222 16mm film- W3589/16PP22A 35mm film- W3606/h/4 VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 235 PICTORIAL PARADE No. 23

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