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Auckland Opens New Bridge 1959
Description
Title reads: "Auckland Opens New Bridge".
New Zealand.
L/S people walking across new bridge. G/V crowds. C/U Governor-General Viscount Cobham performing the opening ceremony; he unveils a plaque. C/U plaque commemorating opening of the bridge. G/V cars going across the bridge. L/S...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 51082
- Sort Number:
- 59/049
- Time in/Out:
- 01:01:50:00 / 01:02:28:00
- Canister:
- 59/49
- Film ID:
- 1587.02
- Issue Date:
- 18/06/1959
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