PERSONAL RECORD. 1950 NAPIER BECOMES A CITY & [HASTINGS THE FRUITBOWL OF NEW ZEALAND]

Intertitle: “Napier 1875-1950”. Stills of Napier form the 1920s. “Before 1931 Earthquake”. “From these ruins arose - Napier the New City 1950”. Elevated view of city. Sign on a building: ‘City Celebrations Welcome to Napier. Hawkes Bay Capital’. Floats and their attendees are readied for a parade. The many floats parade down [Tennyson Street]. “The End”.

0:08:40 - Banner across a road reads ‘Hastings the Fruitbowl of New Zealand’. Women sit atop floats waiting for Blossom Festival Parade to begin. Marching Band begins the proceedings and is followed by floats, pipe bands, marching girls and young girls with dogs on leads. Hawkes Bay Amateur Movie Club members filming the event. Parade continues.

0:16:15 - End