1920s

Film NZ History 

91 Years Ago: Athletic Antics

March 6, 2017March 8, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, athletics, bicycle, cycling, Ellen Pullar, high jump, hurdles, javelin, Joseph Sylvanus Vinsen, Randolph Rose, running, silent film, Sports, Wellington

91 years ago today, a fun time was had by all at a sporting event at Athletic Park, Wellington. This

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Film NZ History Uncategorized 

Around the World in an Austin 7 (1928-1931)

November 4, 2016December 7, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 12 Comments 1920s, 1930s, Austin 7, Australia, car, Cook Islands, film, Hector McQuarrie, Jane Paul, lost film, maritime, New Guinea, newsreel, Richard B. Mathews, Rudall Hayward, Torres Strait

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Richard B. Mathews (from Kaitaia) and Hector McQuarrie

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NZ History Sound 

Happy Birthday Katherine Mansfield

October 14, 2016October 16, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1920s, book, Days Bay, Katherine Mansfield, literature, NZBC, Wellington

Today marks the birthday of Katherine Mansfield, who was born on 14 October 1888. In celebration of the influential and

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Film 

Hawke’s Bay on Film 1913 – 1985

July 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 1920s, 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, advertising, Alec Douglas Lambourne, amateur film, earthquake, film, Hastings, Jane Paul, Napier, Sir James Wattie, television, Travelling Film Show

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recently Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Historic

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NZ History Sound 

“We Must Rely on Dramatic Speech and Sounds Entirely”

May 11, 2016May 18, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2YA, acting, Audio Curios, Broadcasting House, Danger, Davina Whitehouse, drama, Elsie Lloyd, Gareth Watkins, Peter Harcourt, radio, radio drama, Radio New Zealand, Richard Hughes, Wellington

By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision recently acquired a wonderful set

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Film 

The Majestic Theatre Bronze Plaque

October 23, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1920s, 2010s, documentation, documentation collection, film, film archiving, Majestic Theatre, Mishelle Muagututi'a, movie theatres, Wellington

This week Documentation Archivist Mishelle Muagututi’a had the opportunity to appreciate the detail on a bronze plaque that once decorated

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Film NZ History Sound Television 

Ice Cream and the Great Kiwi Summer

January 20, 2015February 1, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, advertising, Anchor, animals, Aunt Daisy, Ellen Pullar, farming, Gaytime, Greymouth, Hilda Inkster, icecream, Lawrie Inkster, pets, Roger Donaldson, Tip Top, Waikato

 – By Ellen Pullar, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Communications Advisor It has been a cracker of a summer so

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Film NZ History 

Beachside 1925

September 19, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, beauty pageants, Rudall Hayward, silent film

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision staff have been admiring beachside fashion circa 1925, in anticipation of summer. This footage depicts

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Film 

Showing Show People

August 7, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1920s, Diane Pivac, film screenings, Hollywood, NZIFF, silent film

– By Diane Pivac (Head of Audience, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Working at the Film Archive, and now Ngā Taonga

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Competitions Film 

“Ticket to Hollywood” Screen Test Competition

May 21, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, acting, Bush Cinderella, Dale Austen, Francois Delsarte, photo competition, silent film, Ticket to Hollywood, Venus of the South Seas, WELTEC

Are you ready for your close-up? Film a silent movie screen test of yourself enacting one to four of the

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