PERSONAL RECORD. MCRAE, JOHN. [MCRAE FAMILY FARM, TAUHEI WAIKATO 1942]

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Year
1942
Reference
F294966
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1942
Reference
F294966
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur

Silent home movie footage, in black and white.

Two pairs of legs (Jennifer at approximately 3 years old and Peter at approximately 7 years old) paddle in shallow water at Waihi beach. Pan across water to shore. Jennifer in swimsuit and sunhat. Motorcar driving across paddock at Tauhei farm, woman (Una), child and dog at car. Young girl (Jennifer) picking flowers in paddock. Child’s legs climbing on paddock gate. Boy (Peter) riding tricycle. Herd of cows. Jennifer on hammock. Two children (Jennifer and Peter) wearing sunhats play with go-cart on lawn. Children and dog on lawn. Mother and Jennifer and the family Morris 8 motorcar. Young Jennifer on haystack with pitchfork. Young neighbour (Crosby family) girl riding tricycle in paddock. Young Jennifer feeding out hay to cows from horse drawn [sled], she accidentally pokes the horse with a pitchfork handle, family house in background. Peter riding horse. Jennifer making mud pies.

Children playing in paddock in front of barn; Jennifer riding tricycle. Peter and neighbour Neville Greentree riding bikes. Neville giving Peter wheelbarrow rides. Neville and Peter riding a horse. Jennifer and Peter patting dog.

Old [adapted] motorcar sweeps up piles of hay. A team of men pitch hay in to bale making machine. Children climb on hay bales. Jennifer holds up a cat for the camera then pats a dog. Mother Una with baby Euan, Jennifer rocks baby Euan in [wicker] pram. Jennifer with kittens. Jennifer patting dog. Jennifer bouncing on tree branch. Jennifer playing with ducklings. Peter pouring out skim milk for piglets while Jennifer kicks them away from trough. Peter with baby Euan on the lawn.