Recorded without sound. Footage shot around Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu in 1951 or 1952. The film shows the steamers Ben Lomond and Earnslaw, Queenstown Gardens, streets and buildings, bowling, views from a motorboat, Eichardt’s Hotel, and the Kawarau Falls dam.

Digitised from 8mm film in the George Thorn collection, ref: Hocken Photographs P94-006/007. Our thanks to Maurice Hayward and the Film Heritage Trust for digitising this film.