More Info →Home movie - Jubilee celebrations and Palmerston North

Description

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

Movie footage includes: New Zealand Centennial pavillion in Wellington 1940; Otago Centennial in Dunedin 1948; Palmerston North 75th jubilee 1952 - includes centennial train, parade and student sports demonstration at the Showgrounds.

Also includes footage of air display at Ohakea Air Base, Manawatū Gorge, cricket game at Fitzherbert Park, motorbike and car racing.

8mm movie. 35 minutes. Black and white and colour segments. Silent.

Identification

Object type

Video

Archive

Smith, Wallace

Date

1940 to 1960

Digitisation ID

2021V_SmithWallace-S2_035631

Format

DVD (video disc)