PERSONAL RECORD. BURNETT, DONALD MOUNT COOK. BAY.

Donald Burnett, owner of the Mount Cook sheep station and keen amateur filmmaker, shot the films in this collection between 1950 and 1969.

This film depicts a public event officiated by the Timaru mayor at the Caroline Bay soundshell. An unidentified VIP is chauffeured in a car bearing the Union Jack. A large throng, dressed in their finest are seated in front of the soundshell. Crowd scenes followed by a wider view of Caroline Bay and people swimming. A boy in a small inflatable dingy is propelled along by a couple of swimmers.