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PICTORIAL PARADE 43: THE PASSING OF THE FELLS - NEW WAIRARAPA RAILWAY

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Year
1955
Reference
F21992
Media type
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Year
1955
Reference
F21992
Media type
Moving image
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Series
PICTORIAL PARADE
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:10:51
Production company
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM UNIT

The new Wairarapa Railway is opened by the Prime Minister, Mr Holland. Railway workmen at the Woburn Workshops, Wellington weld and prepare tracks ready for the track layers. The laying of tracks through the Rimutaka tunnel and the extensive work project, finally concludes after six years, linking Wellington to the Wairarapa .