FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER NEW ZEALAND

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1926
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Year
1926
Reference
F13186
Media type
Moving image

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Series
[Glimpses of New Zealand]
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Production company
New Zealand Government Publicity Office

Title: “Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand”
Intertitle: “ The Franz Josef Glacier, nine miles long, sweeps down from New Zealand’s southern alps into luxurious forest”
Intertitle: “The Kea, New Zealand’s mountain parrot, cautiously inspects the party”
Intertitle: “Towering pinnacles and vast crevasses - - results of the glaciers rapid flow”
Intertitle: “The way leads up from the glacier, over the rocky slopes”
Intertitle: “A veil of icy water draping the rugged cliff - Unser Fritz Falls, 1,209ft high”
Intertitle: “Over the gleaming surface of the great snowfield”
Intertitle: “The snow divide forms an easy trail”
Intertitle:”The towering mass of castle rocks”
Intertitle: “Ascending the upper slopes to the mountain top”
Intertitle: “Nature covers the glacier with a mantle of fleecy cloud”
Intertitle: “Forests and lakes lie far below”