XTH BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1974. PROGRESS REPORT [INCOMPLETE]

“X th British Commonwealth Games 1974” followed by “Progress Report”; latter over a stylised pattern blending the Games logo and the Union Jack. Close up shots of hands operating computerised machine [Probably an Addressograph type machine.]. Shots of a team of typists typing letters with the X th Commonwealth Games letterhead. Woman taking papers to a man at a desk for signing. Wide shot of a group of people at a meeting with Commonwealth Games logos on boards in the background. Man getting a sheet with stylised pictographs depicting Commonwealth Games event - close up shot of pictographs on table. Close up shot of a hand holding a stopwatch and cyclists racing passed on the Denton Park circuit.

This is the first minute and a half (approx.) of an 8m 14s National Film Unit short on the preparations for the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.