Brief scenes of railway workers in New Zealand at work in the many essential jobs of the system, with impressions of life in isolated railway communities.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008931
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Occupations
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work environment
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation
Documentary → Documentary films - New Zealand
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → New Zealand - Rural conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → New Zealand - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)