RAINBOW RIVER: THE MIGHTY WAIKATO

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Year
1931
Reference
F2148
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1931
Reference
F2148
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:07:52
Production company
Filmcraft Ltd

Activities on the Waikato River, including bathing in warm springs, trout fishing and power stations.

Office presents 'Rainbow River : the mighty Waikato'.
'New Zealand's longest river, the Waikato, rising in the snows of Mount Ruapehu, flows as a mountain torrent to Lake Taupo'.
'From this great lake, the river winds its varied course, plunging down rugged chasms, then gliding through fertile farmlands to the sea'.
L.S. man at side of river.
River framed by tall trees.
W.S. Taupo spa - warm springs for bathing.
M.L.S. boiling springs.
M.C.U. boiling mud.
C.U. same.
L.S. Geyser - Crows Nest.
M.L.S. man trout fishing from bank of river. Description of rainbow trout.
M.L.S. Angler.
M.S. Fish on line in water.
M.S. Angler getting gaff ready, reeling in line.
Same shot rear angle, gaffs fish.
M.S. Angler removes fly, holds up fish.
M.C.U. Angler prepares fish, split open, into wire rack.
Angler takes fish to boiling stream to cook.
Takes out, salt & pepper.
M.S. Fisherman shares out trout to tourists.
L.S. Huka rapids.
C .U. Falls.
E.C.U. Huka Falls.
Aratiatia Rapids. C.U. Same. E.C.U. Same.
W.S. Arapuni Gorge Power House.
W.S. Dam - various shots.
W.S. Waterfall.
W.S. submerged forest.
Various scenes river & Hamilton - rose garden. Government Publicity Badge (earliest).
End.