Originally captured on colour 16mm film, this home movie is from the George Gilltrap collection. George Edward Gilltrap (born Giltrap, 1911-1966) was a vintage car enthusiast who established Gilltrap’s Motor Museum in Rotorua before relocating with his family from New Zealand to Australia in 1959 where he established Gilltrap’s Gold Coast Auto Museum.
Views of group of men collecting top dressing plane ZK-DFD De Havilland Beaver. Plane is emptied of fertiliser then towed by landrover onto road. Landrover drives down road with plane precariously sitting on the back. Landrover takes it easy around a tight bend onto a bridge. Top dressing plane in shed. Man backs landrover. Landscape.