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THE AUSTIN CHAMP IN NEW ZEALAND

Rights Information
Year
1954
Reference
F53856
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1954
Reference
F53856
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Promotional
Duration
0:13:59
Production company
Austin Motors (Otago) Ltd., Dunedin
Credits
Photography: Alex J Black
Script: Alex J Black
Commentary: Frank Phillips

Title: "Austin of England Presents - The Austin Champ in New Zealand.”
Austin Champ farm utility vehicle being put through its paces at Waitiri Station in the Kawarau George by the Cook brothers: Farmer reveals the engine. Driving across paddocks. Dog in the back. Gates open, labelled ‘Waitiri Station’. Commentary lauds the vehicles ability off and on the road. Taking the Champ up a mountainous road in the central Otago high country where the farmers are able to loose their dogs and muster the sheep. The return journey over tussock hills.