PERSONAL RECORD. EDGECOMBE, COURTNEY. CAT, POSSUM HUNTING IN BUSH, LAKE MANGAMAHOE, MASSEY HORTICULTURAL COLLEGE

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Year
1945
Reference
F49747
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1945
Reference
F49747
Media type
Moving image
Categories
Amateur
Credits
Photography: Courtney J Edgecombe

Originally recorded on black & white 8mm film, this amateur home movie captured footage of:

A cat sits, looking and listening. Headlights approach. [A small hydro station]. A young man with pack and rifle crosses a suspension bridge. Landscape views of river and bush covered hills. A second man with two dogs crosses the bridge. The hunting party head up a track. Views of misty mountains. A [Kereru] amongst trees. The hunters cross a [river ravine] side stepping on a cable, the dogs swim across below. At another river crossing one of the dogs doesn’t manage to balance on a log and is given a helping hand. A hunter struggles to traverse thick bracken. A possum in a tree.
A woman in a garden. A man with a dog. Two border collies move a mob of sheep. Ducks and geese swim on a pond. Two young calves frolic in the sunshine. A [black orpington] rooster standing on a barrel receives pats while a flock of hens roam nearby.
Sign for Lake Mangamahoe entrance. Car parked near gate. Views of lake.
Signs for Massey Agricultural College. Views of approach and exteriors of college buildings.