1946 Auckland 'City of Sunlight' Old Film Footage - Early NZ 1940s

Great promo video for Auckland in the 1940s - highlighting the sights and sounds of the region. Promoting travel to the area.
THE NEW ZEALAND GOVT. DEPT. OF TOURIST & HEALTH RESORTS presents N.Z. NATIONAL FILM UNIT PRODUCTION, AUCKLAND CITY OF SUNLIGHT (1946)
CC Source: • Auckland City of Sunli...
New Zealand vintage retro heritage old original video footage history 1940s early Auckland NZ film tourist travel

[@nical396]

People were so well dressed and skinnier back then. A lot more pride in themselves in comparison to todays standard

[@tctc8578]

And the streets were so clean and tidy too

[@idktbh1777]

2:11 damn I think I sat over there to eat ice cream 💀💀💀

[@kennyx8482]

wow such a long time ago

[@josephgardiner1987]

75 years ago.

[@leoasiaworks1485]

It is still the best city in my mind.

[@saintgeorge6456]

Probably the last time Auckland was cool.

[@anagonyaowusu3119]

Not before the Europeans came in and killed all the natives? Um…ok

[@MsChitterchat]

@@anagonyaowusu3119They did no such thing. Yes there were wrong things that happened in colonial times but Māori tribes could also be barbaric (cannibalism, killing babies..). Would you prefer we went back to pre European times? How would that look to you?

[@paulvanbeurden8293]

6 o'clock drinking time in those days

[@flamencoprof]

05:14 ff Hardly Auckland, looks like Mansion House, Kawau.

[@alvinaliathos6137]

City of sunlight my ass, City of nightmares

[@themadmgtow5196]

great to see nz woman from yesteryear - no tattoos, no phones and no social media to crave validation/attention from.

[@numbereightyseven]

Generally, the Asians and Indians weren't here, and Maori were kept out of sight in south Auckland and smaller towns. Sad but true.

[@foreignparticle1320]

Not so much a 'city of sunlight' these days, either literally or figuratively.

[@royalbrecht7043]

Wow, thin, industrious Whites, clean streets and beaches, safe parks for single women, where are the Asian, Maori, and Indians?

[@edwardcatt2399]

Asians (East + Southeast), are fine - at least they attempt to integrate and don’t behave violently or recreate the grim social conditions from which they departed.

[@edwardcatt2399]

Asians (East + Southeast), are fine - at least they attempt to integrate and don’t behave violently or recreate the grim social conditions from which they departed.

[@tigercee8314]

Wheres all the brown folk? All white auckland

[@bonturner4942]

We all out at South Auckland bruh

[@TheNemesis0112]

They driving miss daisy around Auckland

[@debzdavis]

you didn't look closely enough, like i did. Slow the speed down in the player settings and you might see all of the people

[@latexbuster]

I grew up in that time and there definitely were Maori around, one of them was my best mate. But life was simple and we just accepted each other as we were. We had a lot of fun without all the over tones now of being different cultures. It was a very happy time.

[@flamencoprof]

Yes. the Māori population in Auckland was only about 2%. Maori didn't move to Auckland until after 1945. I grew up in the 1950s in Point Chevalier, a suburb of Auckland. In each class of my school, there were only one or two Polynesians and more Islanders than Maori.