PERSONAL RECORD. TOWNSEND, CYRIL. [WELLINGTON CABLE CAR]

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Year
1965
Reference
F241347
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1965
Reference
F241347
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur

A jouney on Wellington’s cable car (funicular railway).

Neon sign over entrance to lane: “Cable Car. Panoramic View Of City”. Tickets purchased from (not visible) seller in enclosed booth. A cable car ascends to a semicircle of light. Out of the tunnel, a passenger seat on the the exterior of the car is visible. The car going over bridge above street shot from that street (Salamanca Road.) A couple take in the city and harbour view from the summit. Operating machinery in wheelhouse. A descending car. Some passenger alight at the Salamanca stop for (destination shown:) Victoria University. Car descends into tunnel.