PAMELA COMES TO PLAY, 1946
A story within a story. Pamela comes over, and all the children play ‘hospital’ together, with each child acting out a different part in the role play.
PICNIC, 1949
The Whanganui Cine Club picnic at Okenui, the day’s activities include cooking sausages, eeling and games for the children, including apple bobbing.
KAWHIA - THE GRAND TOUR JANUARY 1950
A colour film of a family holiday, from Whanganui to Kawhia and back home.
ROYAL VISIT, WANGANUI, SWIMMING, WANGANUI’S LAST TRAM ca1950-1954 excerpt
The “Royal Visit”, and the streets are decorated with flower-covered arches. Crowds of people, including school children and marching girls turn out to greet the Royals.
Children compete in swimming races in a local pool; a large crowd gathers as an old steam train (‘Puffing Billy’) leads a parade of bands and floats down the street. These are followed by the city’s new fleet of buses.
HOME AND GARDEN, 1951
A hand flicks through the pages of a garden magazine, intercut with footage of a group of people touring private gardens.
BILL MEETS BERTIE, 1953
Film of a little boy’s visit to the dental nurse.
MOTHERS RUIN, 1953
A drama on the subject of motherhood.
SUMMER IDLE, 1953
A film of an old man telling his grand daughter the story of their summer holidays.
THE WASTED DAY, 1955
While on holiday in Kawhia, the family decide to compare a day in Auckland to a day in Kawhia. They decide that Kawhia has everything, so going to Auckland was a waste of a day.
BALLET SHOES, 1955
A film about a little girl who is supposed to be tidying her dress up box. Instead, she daydreams, picking up each ballet costume and remembering the dance it was worn for.
[Dancers featured include Patricia Rianne and Jill Sunderland.]
THE WEDDING, 1967
The wedding of Nancy’s daughter Ruth. The reception was held in the Cameron’s garden in Wickstead Street.