PICTORIAL PARADE No. 81

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Year

1958

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

"PP81"

Length

B&W, 10 minutes, 35mm, 887 ft.

Film Censor's Certificate No. G8576 (6 November 1958)

Release Date: 7.11.58

Cat. Refs. 1962 p.50.

Viewing copies

VHS Video- R.V. 281

16mm film- W3589/16PP81B

35mm film- W4361/61

VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 167

Full Description

ASHBURTON - OLD GIRLS' RALLY. 138 ft. The largest traction engine rally in the southern hemisphere attracts a crowd of 20,000 to Ashburton.

THE LONG, LONG GIRDER. 111 ft. A steel bridge-girder 139 feet long, takes a 70-mile road journey over the mountains.

THE SILVER SPIKE. 598 ft. Opening with scenes shot in 1908, this film gives the story of the pioneers who built the North Island main trunk railway and the people who keep it running today.

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