Pictorial Parade No. 14 (1953)
Channel: Archives New Zealand
Date: 2012-11-05

VIA HIMATANGI YOU CAN - DIAL 'O' FOR LONDON 232 ft The opening of New Zealand's first direct radio-telephone service to the United Kingdom.

YEAR AFTER YEAR - CANTERBURY PLOUGHMAN 130 ft On low-lying farms near Kaiapoi, teams of plough-horses more than hold their own against tractors.

CHARTING THE SEA H.M.N.Z.S. LACHLAN 552 ft Three hundred years after Abel Tasman first mapped part of New Zealand's coastline, a modern survey ship re-charts the coast with the latest scientific instruments.

DV file of Beta SP telecine (tape 136) of 35mm film- W4361/11