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[OPEN DAY AND OPENING OF AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE]

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Year
1959
Reference
F27453
Media type
Moving image

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Rights Information
Year
1959
Reference
F27453
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:10:51
Production company
A. H. REYNOLDS

Shots of crowds walking over the newly-constructed Auckland Harbour bridge on the public open day. Shots of the official opening of the bridge by the Governor General Viscount Cobham on 30th of May 1959. Shots of the official party driving over the bridge. Shots of general traffic on it and boats passing under. Shots of the bridges construction in progress.

The scenes in this print appear to be be spliced together in reverse chronological order.