RACE FOR THE YANKEE ZEPHYR

While flying over the Southern Alps deer hunters Barney and Gibbie discover the wreck of a DC3, the Yankee Zephyr. Missing since 1944, the wreck contains war medals, mail, and the entire payroll for the American South Pacific fleet - worth an estimated fifty million dollars. Followed by thug Brown and his henchmen, Barney and Gibbie race to claim the treasure, and outwit their competitors.

“The helicopter sequences are particularly well shot. The most successful ‘character’ is the landscape and the beauties of Queenstown and Fiordland are exploited to the full. In this respect Race for the Yankee Zephyr helped establish New Zealand’s reputation as an excellent filmmaking location” - (Helen Martin & Sam Edwards, N.Z Film 1912 - 1996, Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1997)