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PERSONAL RECORD. STORY, ALFRED LAWTON. [AVATIU PORT WESTERN WHARF CONSTRUCTION AND SHIPPING MOVEMENTS]

Description:
This amateur home movie was originally captured on colour Super 8mm film and depicts a variety of activity in and around Avatiu Harbour, Rarotonga from 1969 to 1971. Footage includes; Western wharf under construction, October 1969. Launching fishing boat ‘Ravakai’. Ships at dock including ‘Ai Sokula’ (Suva) and [‘Boomer’] . Earthworks (reclaimed land). Launching Aitutaki barge by crane. Launch...
Display date:
1969
Location:
Tonga
Format:
MovingImage
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
Photography: Alfred Lawton Story
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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