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Weekly Review No. 355 - Railway Worker

Short Film (Full Length) – 1948

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Weekly Review

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Labour Day Collection

Curated to mark Labour Day, this collection features...

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National Film Unit Collection

This collection celebrates government filmmaking body the...

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Off the Rails - Good as Gold (Episode 10)

More railways

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Weekly Review No. 374 - The Coaster

Another classic NFU film involving travel

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A Train for Christmas

Train Kingston Flyer journeys through Southland

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Weekly Review No. 346 - Rhythm and Movement

Another Weekly Review film

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It's in the Bag - Dunedin (1974)

A game show hosted by Selwyn Toogood

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Great Crunchie Train Robbery - Cadbury Crunchie

Celebrated rail based advertisement

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By the Light of the Mune

Wellington Railway Station features in this documentary

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Dustie

More working class men

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Weekly Review No. 232 - Māori Battalion Returns

Another Weekly Review film

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Sportsmen's Playground New Zealand

Also shot by Roger Mirams

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Weekly Review No. 97 - Coal from Westland

Another Weekly Review film

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Weekly Review No. 401

Another Weekly Review film

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In a Land of Plenty

Documentary on the “story of unemployment in New Zealand”

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Country Lads

Another film in the Weekly Review series

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The First Two Years at School

A 1950 NFU doco directed by Thomson

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Assignment - Back to the Future

More on workers

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Pictorial Parade No. 200 - Kb Country

Later film featuring trains on the Midland Line

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Toogood Tales

Selwyn Toogood discusses this film

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Rimutaka Incline

A famous New Zealand rail line

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Making New Zealand - Railways

A documentary on New Zealand's railway history