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SURFACE SHELTERS

Rights Information
Year
1942
Reference
F3433
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1942
Reference
F3433
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:03:21
Production company
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM UNIT

“SURFACE SHELTERS”
Newsreel about the construction of air raid shelters in Wellington during the 2nd World War.
“COAL GAS FOR CARS”
A look at the way cars are getting around the petrol shortages. One driver taps into a gas tap bowser, filling a balloon on his roof. Another has a gas tank strapped to the back of his car.
“TANKS ARE TOUGH”.
Members of the NZ Tank Units prove themselves on manoeuvres and parade grounds. Training of the units [at Waiouru].