Pictorial Parade No. 90 (1959)
Channel: Archives New Zealand
Date: 14/09/2012

BIG GREY BRIDGE. 106 ft. On the West Coast, the Minister of Works opens a new bridge over the Grey River, replacing a fifty year old wooden bridge.

THE LAST GOLD ASSAYER. 206 ft. In the vaults of a Dunedin bank Mr Ted Ashby, New Zealand's last gold assayer, follows his exacting trade - testing the value of gold.

RIVERS OF POWER. 353 ft. An aerial trip up the Waikato River shows established dams and new ones under construction. In the South Island the massive Benmore scheme is under way, the first of a series of dams to be built in the Waitaki Valley.

DV file of Beta SP Telecine of 35mm film- W3606/h/9