Old footage of Queenstown in the early 1950s

Digitised film

shows scenes in and around Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu in 1951/52. It includes footage of the steamers Ben Lomond and Earnslaw, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown Gardens, street scenes, bowling, views from a motorboat, Eichardt’s Hotel, the Kawarau Gorge suspension bridge, and the Kawarau Falls dam. From 8mm film in the George Thorn collection, ref: Hocken Photographs P94-006/007. — at Queenstown NZ.