PERSONAL RECORD. BLACKIE, NORMAN W. [THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAMERON ROAD DECEMBER 1950]

This item is part of the Tauranga Libraries Norman Blackie Collection. Norman Blackie (1899-1993) was a keen amateur filmmaker who captured civic events around Tauranga using a modified Keystone Model A7 16mm camera.

This actuality documents the construction of Cameron Road, Tauranga in December 1950. Scenes include: cars travelling down the old road; men with machinery digging, moving earth and trees, and tar sealing the road; "Tauranga Borough Council" and "H.L. Duncan Ltd" signage on vehicles; school children being dropped off by the bus in amongst construction works; cars driving down the partly finished tar seal road. Further scenes show: more road works as the road progresses; a machine with signage "Don Robbins"; Twelfth Avenue street sign; cars driving on the near-finished road.