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THINK ABOUT TOMORROW

Rights Information
Year
1961
Reference
F1577
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1961
Reference
F1577
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:20:25
Production company
Pacific Films
Credits
Cast: Richard Campion
Cast: Vanya Wallis
Cast: Marilyn Butcher
Cast: Jock Hamilton
Cast: Wattie Thomson
Commentator: Bernard Kearns
Writer: John O'Shea
Producer: John O'Shea
Photography: Don Montgomerie
Traditional Ballad Sung: Mary O'Hara
Played On The Bush Harp: Mary O'Hara
Recording: Lindsay Anderson
Recording: Tony Williams

Made for the Hokitika Centennial Celebrations in 1960. The film includes historical recreations of gold mining days on the West Coast. Explains Richard Seddon’s links to the coast, and his political influence on creating the Welfare State.

Footage of floats in the Centennial parade and of 1960s life - inside homes, dental clinic, school, Plunket and restaurants.