SAINT ANDREWS COLLEGE HISTORICAL FILM FOR 75TH JUBILEE

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Year
1932
Reference
F18747
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1932
Reference
F18747
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Categories
Amateur
Duration
3:03:14

St Andrew’s College Christchurch. Shots of athletes training and cricketers practising. There are then shots of a school fund raising fete in 1932, the opening ceremony with official guests including the then Prime Minister Forbes, pipe band displays and fun fair attractions.
Scenes of a school garden party in 1938. Arrival of a pipe band. Shots of the official party, highland dancing, gymnastic and marching displays.
Swimming sports in 1941.
An intertitle: “Leveling the back ground” . This was done with pick and shovel and with a team of draught horses.
“General Scenes”. Shots of the college’s pipe band marching , the former vegetable garden, some football matches and an athletic competition.
“Pipe Band Display 1941”
“St Andrew’s College 1949”. Group shot of staff in front of school’s main building. Shots of individuals socialising. Interior shots of classrooms showing pupils wearing cadet uniforms. art class on bank of a river. Wood working classes. Playing in a sandpit, out door games, swimming, gardening, dinner and bed times, and close up of senior pupils.
“Impressive ceremony marks handing over of new uniforms to the pipe band”.
“Drum- head service and speeches”.
“Final march past of band and cadets”.
“Governor General’s visit 27 Nov 1950” (Freyberg)
“Laying foundation stone 30 Nov 1952”
“March 10th Mr L W Stewart, Rector turns the first sod on the site of the college chapel”
“Dedication of College chapel 27 Mar 1955”
“1954 Fete”; “ Mr R M McFarlane MP meets board and staff members”, “Mock court presided over by Mr Justice!! Thompson”; “ Dashing Damsels in mannequin parade”; “All the fun of the fair”; “1958 fete”; “Farewell to Mr Stewart 1962”;
“Gymnastic team 1962”; “Governor General (Fergusson’s) visit 1964”; “Mountain lodge opening 1 May 1965”; “Fifty Years on” Jubilee celebrations 1966; “Opening of the band room 1969”; and the “Diamond Jubilee 1976” (celebrating 60years).
“Recently discovered film. The Governor General’s visit 1941”
What looks like a promotional video for the school at the end (badly worn).