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Film NZ History

Plas-Gwyn, the Mystery House

November 3, 2020November 5, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Architecture, Cine Society, gardens, Historic Places Trust, home movie, Jane Paul, Plas-Gwyn, Rahiwi, Wairarapa, Wairarapa Archive

The following blog was written by Jane Paul for a screening that she hosted in 2014, but for some reason it

Film NZ History

Hilda Brodie Smith

December 19, 2016May 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, amateur film, Cine Society, film, Hilda Brodie Smith, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Richard Falkner, Wellington

Hilda Brodie Smith, of Porirua, wrote, directed and starred in a number of rather incredible documentaries during the 1960s. Her work

Film NZ History

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