Christchurch New Zealand-1978: Wooden Park Entrance Sign Under Old Trees With a Worker on a Ladder

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

public parks
civic signage
New Zealand travel
1970s tourism
botanic gardens
urban green space

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Public park lawn beneath large mature trees with a brick building behind
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 2 · One person in an orange top and light trousers on a ladder behind the sign, face hidden; one small distant figure walking on the lawn.
Landmarks: Hagley Park · Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Objects: wooden sign · sign posts · advertising panel · wooden ladder · trees · lawn · brick building
Readable signs: Christchurch City Council · Hagley Park & · Botanic Gardens · The Gardens
Colors: deep green · brown · white · yellow-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The council board for Hagley Park & Botanic Gardens is framed under large trees, with a person on a ladder at the right post.
A distant figure walks across the lawn at the right edge of frame.
The camera stays on the sign and tearooms panel to the end of the shot.

Wooden Park Entrance Sign Under Old Trees With a Worker... — Clip Details

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, circa 1978 home movie footage. A wooden council board reading 'Hagley Park & Botanic Gardens' stands on a lawn beneath large old trees, with a green and yellow panel for the gardens' tearooms mounted below it. A person in an orange top stands on a wooden ladder behind the right post, partly hidden, while a distant figure crosses the grass and a brick building shows through the leaves. It is filmed as a single steady handheld shot on Super 8 colour film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shot
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002382

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps with a request for a named, period establishing shot of Christchurch's Hagley Park and Botanic Gardens around the late 1970s, for history, travel or education productions.
Period detail: The routed timber lettering, the tearooms advertising panel and the warm Super 8 colour may show late-1970s civic and commercial design.
Home-movie behavior: A visiting tourist stops to film the park sign as a title card for this part of the trip, a common habit in amateur travel reels.
What appears in frame: A dark wooden council board with white lettering, a green and yellow tearooms panel, large leafy trees, a mown lawn, a brick building with dormers, and a person on a ladder by the right post.
Film character: Soft grain, saturated greens and slight handheld drift give the shot the texture of amateur Super 8 reversal film projected and rescanned.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing shot or location title insert before footage of the gardens, the Avon River or central Christchurch.
Historical context: The sign shows the Christchurch City Council presenting Hagley Park and the Botanic Gardens to visitors, with a tearooms advertisement fixed to the same frame.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the people shown; the figures are unidentifiable, but the council wording and tearooms branding may need a trademark check for commercial use.
Research search match: Hagley Park sign Super 8, Christchurch Botanic Gardens 1970s home movie, vintage New Zealand park footage, Christchurch establishing shot circa 1978.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with the Dunedin Railway Station and other South Island clips from this reel, then with Christchurch footage of the same period, then with other botanic garden and park signage shots.

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Christchurch City Council sign for Hagley Park & Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1978, Super 8 frame — The council sign for Hagley Park & Botanic Gardens in Christchurch, circa 1978.
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Hagley Park & Botanic Gardens board with a green tearooms panel in Christchurch, New Zealand, filmed circa 1978 — A tearooms panel hangs below the main park lettering.
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Visitor crossing the lawn behind the Hagley Park sign in Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1978 home movie — A distant figure crosses the lawn behind the sign.
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Brick building seen through the trees behind the Hagley Park & Botanic Gardens sign, Christchurch, circa 1978 — A brick building shows through the canopy behind the park sign.
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