'The Silver Spike' (starts 3 mins into video), a documentary about the history of the North Island main trunk line shown on the New Zealand Film Unit's Pictorial parade, No. 81, 7 November 1958.
Credit
Film courtesy of Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference number: AAPG W3589/16PP81B
Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.
See also a higher quality extract from this documentary on the TVNZ website.