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Hands Across the Ocean: Filming the 1953 London to Christchurch Air Race

February 29, 2016April 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 5 Comments 1950s, Airforce Museum, amateur film, aviation, Christchurch, Christchurch City Council Archives, Cine Society, Colin McCahon, Flight Aeronautical Weekly, Virginia Callanan

By Virginia Callanan (Information Management Advisor, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) “Amateurs everywhere will be heartened by the vigour with which

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78 years ago today… Jean Batten Lands in Auckland

October 16, 2014February 1, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1930s, aviation, Ellen Pullar, Jean Batten, Newsreels

At 5.50pm on the 16th of October 1936, Rotorua-born aviator Jean Batten landed in Auckland – she’d successfully completed the first

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Scenes and Views Around New Zealand c. 1913

November 11, 2013March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1913 Great Strike, Auckland, aviation, Dunedin, Fisher Monoplane, James Taylor, politics, shipping, Wellington

By James Taylor, NZFA Cataloguer / Researcher The 100th anniversary of the 1913 Great Strike, “one of New Zealand’s most