PERSONAL RECORD. FORTE, ERNIE. [DUNEDIN, DREDGE, WAITAKI BRIDGE, FUR TRADE, PORTAGE AA, QUEENSTOWN AA, BALCLUTHA, MILFORD, HOME FROM USA]

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Year
1942
Reference
F85860
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1942
Reference
F85860
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:17:00
Credits
Photography: Ernie Forte

COL. - Views of Dunedin from Mount Cargill area. Memorial to pioneers. Various elevated views of the city. Horse riders jumping hedges. Large dredge at a mining operation. Crossing Waitaki Bridge. Large group of people gathered by bridge for its opening. Highland pipe band amid the throng. Train crosses bridge, waved at by crowd. Otago Daily Times story on the opening.
Interior of a fur workshop. Pelts on table. Stitching of furs.
B&W. - Intertitle: “AAO Sunstrum Memorial Rally to Lawrence Tuapeka Balclutha”. Cars been inspected by officials. Lining up to depart. Names checked off. Driving competitions.
COL. - Milford Sound buildings. Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Co. Ltd bus. Grader on the road to Milford. Entering Homer Tunnel. An avalanche in motion.
NAC DC3 Dakota landing in Dunedin. Family welcomes homes a member from the USA.