Alexander Turnbull's Library (1972)

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Alexander Turnbull's Library (1972)

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Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

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Archives New Zealand YouTube

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A film is being made of the Library, and takes us through an ordinary day, showing us glimpses of the treasures - rare books, New Zealand and Pacific collection, manuscripts, and paintings - housed in the old brick building on Wellington's Bowen Street. We join the staff in their cataloguing, researching, and micro-filming, meet some of the people who use the Library, and discover something of its history. Finally we learn that the building is no longer safe, and is about to be moved from the...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuvhLDhizm0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Alexander Turnbull / Wellington / New Zealand / Library / Archives / Cultural Heritage

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