Christchurch Earthquake February 22 nd 2011
Central City Footage
00 11” The Basilica; The Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Buillt in 1905 and considered to be one of New Zealand’s finest buildings.
00. 41”: The Anglican Community of the Sacred Name at 181 Barbadoes St.
00 51” This is the area around the intersection of Manchester, Lichfield and High Streets.
00 57” The building on the left housed Ruben Blades Hairdressing Academy.
01’ 06” The Excelsior Hotel
01’ 40” The Old ANZ Bank building.
01’ 41” 84 Lichfield Street. Bain’s Building, housing the Fazazz-the Motorist’s Shop.
01’ 47” A corner of Sol Square and across the road, Poplar Lane.
01’ 57” McKenzie and Willis’s Furniture Store
02 05” High Street at the intersection of Lichfield St, looking towards Cathedral Square.
02’ 21” C1 Cafe
02’ 42” Colombo Street south of Balantynes Store-walking south towards the Cashmere Hills.
03’ 33” Turning back on Colombo Street now looking North towards the Cathedral Square.
03’ 50” Cashel Mall –from Colombo /Cashel intersection. The Bridge of Remembrance is in the background.
04’ 32” The Hotel Grand Chancellor
04’ 38” This modern building, -or the corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets, whilst still standing, has been raised from the footpath.
04’ 45” Hereford Street, looking East.
05 02”’ Hanafins Corner-on the intersection of Colombo, High and Hereford Streets .
05’ 21” St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church on the corner of Madras and Cashel Streets. Restoration work had started after the September 4 th Darfield earthquake. 05’ 35” Diagonally across the road is the Canterbury Television building site.
06’ 21” St John’s Anglican Church in Latimer Square, most of the damage here was sustained in the Darfield earthquake.
06’ 33” Gloucester Street, looking west, towards Manchester Street.
07’ 01” Driving along Manchester, from the corner of Gloucester towards Worcester Street.
07 05” Iconic Bar .
07 16” The Old Council Chambers.
07 ‘ 35” And swinging around, past the Trinity Church- and driving back along Manchester Street.
07’ 45” Loef’s Bakery stood here.
08’ 07” Tulsi Contemporary Indian Cuisine on the corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets.
08’ 28” New Regent Street, apparently mostly intact.
08’ 36” The Edmunds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace……,
08’ 44” across from the PGC site.
08’ 52” Oxford Terrace Baptist church –on the intersection of Madras/ Kilmore Streets and Oxford Terrace.
09’ 14” Back onto Colombo Street –this time North of the Square.
09’ 43” Johnson’s Grocery.
09’ 59” The Knox Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.
10’ 02” Victoria Street closer to the city centre.
10’ 19” The Methodist Church on Durham Street, thought to be a first stone building on the Plains.
10’ 24” Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (1858 to 1865) designed by Benjamin Mountfort, Canterbury's leading Gothic Revival architect.
10’ 39” Cramner Courts- site of the former Normal School and Girl’s High School.
10’ 58”” The Old Teachers Training College.
11’ 02” Scotts statue on Worcester Boulevard.
11’ 08” Across the road -Our City Otautahi. 11’ 14” The old Library in Hereford Street-across the road from the current Police Station.
11. 22” The Arts Centre complex Until the 1970’s,the site of Canterbury University.
12’ 21” And finally Cathedral Square .This statue of John Robert Godley- Canterbury’s founder- has stood here since 1867.
12’ 48” The Press Building in the Western corner of the Square.
13’ 29” The old Regent cinema dome.
13’ 59” Fades to black.
Footage and Text by Frank Film for the Ministry of Civil Defence.