ENZED'S WORK FOR VICTORY. BUILDING THE NEW NADI AIR STATION - FIJI

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Year
1945
Reference
F8630
Media type
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Year
1945
Reference
F8630
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Actuality
Duration
0:16:00
Production company
Public Works Department
Credits
Commentary: Peter Whitechurch

Shows the machinery and labour, both New Zealand and Fijian, involved in building the new airstrip at Nandi.
Fijians pick pineapples and sugar cane on the land proposed for the construction.
The ship Wahine arrives with workers and equipment and the job commences.
The first plane to land on the new strip is an American jet. The New Zealand Prime Minister, Peter Fraser and Hon PC Webb also visit.