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RNZAF personnel on board naval ship in heavy seas. School children marching. RNZAF personnel fooling about by a pond. Two men roller skating. The Kelburn cable car heading up hill. Army [cadets] marching through bush. Heading off down Cutty Grass Track in the Waitakere Ranges. Sleeping in bivouacs. Building a fire. Cooking and eating food.
The following is footage covering the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s time in the Solomon Islands during WWII.
People gathered on a tropical beach. Palm trees. Walking through forest. Locals [Melanesian] outside a [school house]. Children at attention. Village. Two local army personnel sing and play guitar. Sign for St Michael’s Mission. European men running into the sea to swim. Building a sand castle. Locals in their huts going about their days. Buildings at the mission. Man cutting coconuts, pouring juice into glass and hands it to a nurse. [Military camp] Rata. Domestic scenes at the camp. Man showering. Many people swimming. Twenty odd soldiers climb aboard a jeep. Church in the jungle. A Blenheim light bomber at airfield. The aircraft taking off. Squadron of RNZAF Chance Vought Corsairs on the ground. Military personnel gathered in front of stage seated on barrels for troop entertainment.
Speeches are delivered from a podium draped in an NZ flag.
Japanese Prisoners of War at work, POWs marching down road. Military vehicles leaving beach for boats. On board naval vessels. A launch comes alongside the boat. Arrival back in [Auckland].