FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: NEW ZEALAND DAM NEARS COMPLETION

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Year
1934
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F4321
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1934
Reference
F4321
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Series
Fox Movietone News
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:01:18
Production company
Fox Movietone

Construction of the hydroelectric dam on Waitaki River, North Otago.
0 ft. “New Zealand Dam Nears Completion: Huge concrete wall will soon stem Waitaki River whose waters are to provide power for hydro-electric system”.
17 ft.Workingmen's cabins at the site. Shows the dam construction with workers hauling bins and loading concrete with a crane. Men walk along girders (like T&G building).
89 ft. Floodgates and powerhouse: “steel pylons and circuit breakers”.
119 ft. Finish.