FLYING THROUGH THE CALENDAR

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Year
1959
Reference
F41461
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1959
Reference
F41461
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:15:00
Production company
Robert Steele Productions
Credits
Director: Robert Steele
Photography: Robert Clough
Photography: Robert Steele
Script: John Grundy
Narration: Selwyn Toogood

Promotion for New Zealand tourism. Looks at the different aspects of New Zealand’s seasons. NAC aircraft at Wellington Airport. ‘Summer’: Pohutukawa and rata. Mission Bay beach, yachts, Kaitaia, Cape Reinga, Palmerston North. ‘Autumn’: Waikato River, Tongariro River, various waterfalls, Trout fishing about Lake Taupo and salmon angling Waiau River. ‘Winter’: Old Canterbury University, promotes Christchurch and Governors Bay, alpine scenery, the Hermitage at Mount Cook. Painter Duncan Darrick. Snowman making. Southern Alps by aircraft. Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. ‘Spring’: Mt Egmont, flowers and bird-life. Hastings blossom festival.