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Steel Mill Steel Mill
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 217 seconds

Before safety became an issue in steelworks, real men smoked a fag, wore jeans and t-shirts and wrangled molten steel with a pair of pincers and agile feet

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Ruapehu Chairlift Ruapehu Chairlift
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 223 seconds

back in the 1950's or early 60's Mt Ruapehu in New Zealand got it's first chairlift, opened by famous conqueror of Mt Everest, Ed Hillary.

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The Silver Spike The Silver Spike
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 373 seconds

New Zealand steam train through the central Nth island,

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Outward Bound Anakiwa Marlborough Sounds Outward Bound Anakiwa Marlborough Sounds
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 228 seconds

New Zealands Outward Bound course for young New Zealand men started years ago. This clip is a look at the 1950's and 60's where blokes kicked off their winkle pickers, threw away that cigarette and sweated it with the PE instructor.

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Auckland\ Auckland's motorway
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 185 seconds

In the1950's & 60's, traffic in Auckland city New Zealand became busy enough to warrant the building of a motorway.

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Wharf Police Wharf Police
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 280 seconds

Some tme in the 1950's, New Zealand police on the Waitemata Watch, make a dash to Waiheke Island aboard the Lady Shirley to pick up a woman stricken ill. They then bust a smuggling operation, nab a stowaway and apprehend him in a gleaming Humber Super Snipe.

Related: 1950s, 1960s, archive, film, harbour, island, new, police, waiheke, waitemata, wharf, zealand

Auckland harbour bridge opening 1959 Auckland harbour bridge opening 1959
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 139 seconds

Auckland gets it's harbour bridge to unite the North Shore with the rest of the city.

Related: archive, auckland, bridge, footage, harbour, history, new, opening, zealand

Bike Race old school New Zealand Bike Race old school New Zealand
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 74 seconds

before the lycra and 21 speed mountain bikes made this sort of carry-on respectable, real men barrelled down hillsides on big wheeled one-speeds, with no suspension.

Related: archive, bike, downhill, footage, history, mountain, new, race, zealand

State Houses in Mt Roskill State Houses in Mt Roskill
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 217 seconds

For mother, a well set out kitchen with electric kettle and refigerator, while for father, a handy lift-off panel for easy access to the hot water cylinder.

Related: affordable, father, house, housing, mother, new, state, suburbia, zealand

Dougal Stevenson reads the news Dougal Stevenson reads the news
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 125 seconds

Dougal informs New Zealand television viewers that troops may be withdrawing from Vietnam, Oil is big business off the coast of Taranaki, & Auckland is to get a new hovercraft. In supporting role, a field journalist with a typewwriter.

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Training Cruise - HMS Belona Training Cruise - HMS Belona
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 313 seconds

New Zealand Navy cruise the world as prt of training ship HMS Belona. Lots of blokes in uniforms, with the captains, admirals etc et al having funny names.

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Auckland harbour bridge extensions Auckland harbour bridge extensions
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 97 seconds

Japanese men show up in Auckland to put extensions on the 4 lane Auckland Harbour Bridge, giving it a total of 8 lanes

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New Zealand lucky Kiwi lottery New Zealand lucky Kiwi lottery
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 110 seconds

In the days before lotto and pokie machines, kiwi's could gamble on the horses or take a ticket in the monthly Golden Kiwi draw.

Related: 1950s, archive, gambling, kiwi, lucky, new, zealand

State Houses in Mt Roskill - 2 State Houses in Mt Roskill - 2
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 81 seconds

More State Houses in Mt Roskill, and people are streaming in to see what wonders the state can create.

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dog show dog show
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 29 seconds

dogs on parade olden days New Zealand

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Cat show Cat show
Posted by: cedrickrusty

Video duration: 110 seconds

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