PICTORIAL PARADE No. 3

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Year

1953

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

"PP3"

Length

B&W, 11 minutes

Viewing copies

VHS Video- R.V. 203 16mm film- W3589/16PP3A 35mm film- W4361/3 VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 138

Full Description

B&W 11 mins. 35mm 989 ft. K-FORCE CHRISTMAS226 ft WORLD SHEARING RECORD - A NEW CHAMPION198 ft DAMS AND DYNAMITE - BIG BLASTS AT WHAKAMARU FOR FOURTH WAIKATO POWER-STATION522 ft Film Censor's Certificate No. U28000 (26 January 1953) Release Date: 30.1.53 NFU Film Information Sheet No. PP3 Cat. Refs. 1953-S p.4; 1956 p.24, 25; 1957 p.28, 29; 1958 p.23; 1962 p.25. B&W 11 mins. 35mm 989 ft. K-FORCE CHRISTMAS. 226 ft. Christmas supplies go up to the battery area in Korea, where Maori soldiers cook the turkeys on the heated stones of a 'hangi.' WORLD SHEARING RECORD. 198 ft. Godfrey Bowen gains the world shearing record by shearing456 sheep in a nine-hour working day. DAMS AND DYNAMITE. 522 ft. At the site of the Whakamaru power station, on the Waikato River, an 800-ft. concrete diversion cut is prepared to carry the waters of the river while the massive dam is built. Diverting the river through the cut is effected by two spectacular explosions. Viewing copies : VHS Video- R.V. 203 16mm film- W3589/16PP3A 35mm film- W4361/3 VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 138 PICTORIAL PARADE No. 4

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