THE MV 'ALERT' CRUISE TO THE CHATHAM ISLANDS

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Year
1954
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F53233
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Year
1954
Reference
F53233
Media type
Moving image
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Production company
An ‘Alert’ Film
Credits
Photography: Alex J Black
Photography: D Marshall
Edited: Alex J Black

Titles: “The M.V. Alert cruise to the Chatham Islands”.
“The first New Zealand oceanographic expeditions over the ‘Chatham Rise’ to the Chatham Island group some 560 miles east of Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand - Sponsored by the New Zealand Oceanographic Committee”.
“The scientific party - G.A. Knox: Leader. R.R. Forster. R.K. Dell. J. Moreland. Dr. E.J. Batham. D.M. Garner. E.W. Dawson. J.R. MacIntyre.”
“The ‘Alerts’ crew - A.J. Black. D. Marshall. J. Yaldwyn.”
“An ‘Alert’ Film. Photographed by A.J. Black - D. Marshall. Edited by A.J. Black. Processed by Reed’s Colour Film Printing.”

Shots of activities on board the Alert with maps showing the progress from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands.

“The End”