- Exhibitions
- Sellebration
- 1980s
- Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
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A scene plays out in black and white, "Behind the lines near Passchendaele. 1917," during World War I.
A group of Commonwealth soldiers place bets to see who the fastest runner is. As they run, the background music repeats the lyrics "We’re going to join together – we’re the best."
At end of the race, the men joke "we should do this again someday." The image dissolves to colour footage showing a group of contemporary athletes.
"January 1990, Auckland, New Zealand: join them."
This advertisement was directed by Lee Tamahori, who would go on to direct Once Were Warriors (1994).
Catalogue Reference C2569
Year 1989
Production Company: Flying Fish
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Judy McIntosh, Tony Barry, Joel Tobeck, Peter Elliot, Philip Gordon, Wiki Oman, Gary Stalker, Rob Jayne, Ian Mune
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