More Info →Home movie - Pamerston North scenes

Description

Wallace Smith of Palmerston North was a keen home movie maker.

Movie footage includes: central Palmerston North; neon lights; Terrace End skating rink; railway line through The Square; Awapuni races; wreath laying and PNBHS Guard of Honour; Grand prix at Ohakea Air Base; troop display; Massey Agricultural College; A & P Show; 1953 floods (Albert Street and Ruahine Street); fight over The Square and surrounds; Milson Air display; music in The Square (last train); car trials in The Square; Centennial floats; clearing site and construction of PNCC new civic administration building; circus on Devines Paddock, Main Street

8mm movie. 26 minutes

Identification

Object type

Video

Relation

Coolstore

Date

circa 1950 to circa 1979

Digitisation ID

2021V_2013-45_035460

Format

DVD (video disc)