Originally captured on 16mm colour film, this home movie is from the collection of Dr W.R. Lawrence (MBE 1952) who was a medical practitioner in Te Aroha.
Children ride down a wooden slide near the beach. Children wade in the shallows at the beach near the rocky shore. Children sit on the edge of a walking track overlooking the beach then carefully walk back down the hill together. The children and other onlookers inspect a returning fishermen’s catch being unloaded from a row boat. Children explore rock pools and watch the surf break on the rocks. People crowd in to see the catch in a fishing net being pulled in to shore. Girls wearing sun hats swing on swings. A little boy explores the beach before having a turn on the swings with the girls. Children drink with a straw. Children play in the sand repeatedly jumping in to a hole they have dug. Children play on a rope swing tied in a tree. A caravan is parked near the beach. Views from several angles pan across a camping ground with numerous tents and cars. Exteriors of “KENNEDYS STORE & DINING ROOM”, “Ted Brown’s GENERAL STORE”. Children on the hillside track, views of [Orokawa Bay]. Rocky section of a small river. Children play with inflatables in the shallow waves at the beach. Children recline on the inflatables on the grass in the sunshine. Waterfront buildings. Distant views of beach. Swimmers and bodyboarders play in the surf, families enjoy the beach.
Views of a rocky river.
Flower beds with mass plantings of [gladiolus], [red salvia], [marigold], [white salvia], [impatiens].