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“Land Cruising”. View of Dunedin from Brown House, on the hills above Normanby. Shots of Otago Harbour, possibly from Mt Cargill. AA sign reading ‘Doctors Point’. A passenger steam train passing by. A stone beach. An older couple having a cup of tea by the car. A war monument. Looking down on Port Chalmers from a hill. The ship ‘Athenic’ in port and people on the wharf. The ship ‘Sheaf Mount’ in dry dock. Shots of machinery and boats. Sign ‘Notice. For Natives Only’.
The beach and pier at Aramoana. Various shots of Otago Harbour, Peninsula and distant Dunedin suburbs from Highcliff. Shots of new buildings and power pylons. Distant view of Sandymount and Sandfly Bay. Mosgiel Post Office. Mosgiel street scenes. Close up of war memorial. Women bicycling in street. A Taieri river bridge, family group walking across bridge. Large digging buckets and machinery being used to move earth. A small group of people strolling in the country.
“Vacation Reflections”. Shots of the Waitaki river, filmed from on and beside the bridge. A man watering tomatoes in greenhouse, shots of tomatoes on vine. A young boy on a rocking horse, riding a tricycle in the backyard. A group of adults and the boy walking in the country, picking fruit. Sign reading ‘Tahuna Park Motor Camp’. Pan over cabins, tents and caravans. Various shots of campground life. Shots of Dunedin’s southern suburbs from Kew. A car driving into a driveway. Feeding swans.
“A stiff blow. Macandrew’s Bay Regatta 1947”. Cars lining the road to watch small pleasure boats being tossed on choppy waves. “The End”.