PICTORIAL PARADE No. 71

From Film

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Year

1958

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

"PP71"

Length

B&W, 8 minutes, 35mm 721 ft.

Film Censor's Certificate No. G7110 (28 January 1958)

Release Date: 31.1.58

Cat. Refs. 1958 p.45; 1962 p.47.

Viewing copies

VHS Video- R.V. 271

16mm film- W3589/16PP71

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MASTERTON - STUD RAM FAIR. 142 ft. Wairarapa sheepbreeders hold their fortieth ram fair, and a Southdown ram fetches a world record price of 2,200 guineas.

N.Z. GETS A VISCOUNT. 107 ft. The first of three turbo-prop airliners, a Viscount named City of Wellington, arrives at Whenuapai Airport.

ARMY - MALAYA FORCE. 204 ft. The New Zealand 1st Battalion trains at Waiouru Military Camp as New Zealand's contribution to the Commonwealth Reserve in South-East Asia. From Wellington the Battalion sails to Singapore, and is seen taking up quarters at Nee Soon village.

AUCKLAND - NEW X-RAY MACHINE. 229 ft. A new machine for treating cancer is installed at Auckland Hospital.

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