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Pictorial Parade No. 183 - A Hundred Years From Gold

Short Film (Full Length) – 1966

Gold was found here in the 1860s and for half a century the sound of winches and stampers echoed through stony outcrops where now only the wind stirs the tussock and manuka.
– Narrator
Spectators are in rather short supply as practically the whole population of the town is in the parade.
– Narrator
For every miner who found an El Dorado, many more found oblivion.
– Narrator