The Brewery Behind To-Day's Great Drink - DB Breweries

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The Brewery Behind To-Day's Great Drink - DB Breweries

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This silent film from 1945 showcases the making of “to-day’s great drink” (beer!), at Dominion Breweries’ Waitemata Brewery in the Auckland suburb of Otahuhu. Post-war, beer consumption was about to boom, with DB set to meet the demand. The film extols automation throughout the production process (though humans are seen contributing to the craft). Beer was still being brewed on the Otahuhu site 70 years later. Made by pioneering commercial filmmaker Robert Steele, the 16mm silent film was lik...

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Video

Date created

1945

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/db-brewery-behind-todays-great-drink-1945

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beer / brewery / waitemata / otahuhu / production / factory / dominion breweries / db / mass production / mass-production / monochrome / black and whie / black and white / silent film / silent movie

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