More Info →Observations of Traffic Flow - Fitzherbert & Rangitikei Street

Description

Film created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office on 16mm Cine-Kodak Super-X filmstock.
Created to demonstrate inner city traffic flow problems in the mid 1950s, this film shows a unique slice of Palmerston North daily life with a variety of makes and models of cars, streetscapes, bicycles and pedestrians.

Text found with film:
"Fitzherbert & Rangitikei Street ... shots of Rangitikei bit over-exposed but useful/Train buildings - commercial crossing"

M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-1988.

Identification

Object type

Video

Archive

PNCC

Date

1956

Digitisation ID

2024V_PNCC7-8-3-Box5_Evans_042291

Held In

PNCC Archives