Members of the Auckland Amateur Motion Picture Club attend their 1927 general meeting, held in the Auckland Advertisers’ clubrooms. Members also enjoy the club’s first picnic in February 1928 on Motutapu Island. They leave the boat and build a fire on the beach. Includes an extract from a local production.
0 ft. Intertitles: “Auckland Amateur Motion Picture Club holds its first General Meeting at the Auckland Advertising Club's Room on November 10th 1927”.
7 ft. Slow pan right across people seated in club rooms.
17 ft. A member addresses the meeting.
22 ft. Continue pan right across audience.
43 ft. “The Treasurer, President and Secretary”.
48 ft. Three men seated behind table.
59 f t. “Mr E.W. Wilkinson, First President of the Club”.
64 ft. Addressing meeting.
73 ft. “Station Bay, Motutapu Island, was the first picnic of the Auckland Amateur Motion Picture Club on Feb. 26th 1928”.
83 ft. Group disembarking.
85 ft. “Too Many Cooks” and “A Watched Pot”.
90 ft. (as above).
91 ft. Group fanning fire, adding sticks, billy on top.
102 ft. “Two's Company - but 47 is a good family for a club only four months old”. Iris out.
110 ft. Group at water's edge some seated waving back at camera. Iris in. Same view from different angle includes boat at shoreline.
140 ft. “Nearly - 'The End of a Perfect Day”.
146 ft. Crossing plank shore to boat, group waving from boat.
159 ft. Wilkinson (Pres) behind table addressing a meeting.
167 ft. Dramatised scene. M.S. woman seated knitting, man enters, dialogue.
183 ft. C.U. woman.
188 ft. Dialogue continues between couple.
193 ft. as above.
199 ft. Woman looking pensive.
202 ft. The old woman.
206 ft. End of drama.
210 ft. “This week the club has selected the feature film on this programme as an outstanding production for viewing”.
213 ft. “Watch for our first production. Auckland Amateur Motion Picture Club”.
218 ft. pic. of billowing smoke, cartoon face and “the end”.
225 ft. Ends.