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LAURIE INKSTER PROGRAMME
August 18 2005 @ 7pm
The Film Archive Mediaplex
Piano accompaniment by Sue Alexander
Running time 63 minutes
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GREYMOUTH TO WESTPORT, 1926, 5.26
An Inkster travelogue; views of the journey up the West Coast - Coal Creek Falls, Point Elizabeth, Nine-mile Bluff, The Ten Mile Creek, Punakaiki Rocks, Bullock Creek, Gentle Annie Bluff, and a herd of cattle along the road. Mrs Inkster and Squire the family dog are seen in several shots.
INKSTER FAMILY (EXCERPTS)1925 - 1926
personal record, inkster laurie. OFFICIAL OPENING McTAGGART ESPLANADE 1927, 2.44
The opening of the McTaggart Esplanade, known as Rapahoe Beach, or Seven Mile Beach, seven miles north of Runanga on the West Coast. Mayor McTaggart addresses the crowd which includes the voluntary workers and their wives. Workers with picks and shovels add the finishing touches and the first cars go over the new road.
GREYMOUTH TOPICAL (EXTRACT) 1928, 2.40 *
TRAMPING, 1928, 2.00
The staff of Inksters Limited and friends enjoy a tramp in the Paparea Ranges. Shots of two men wrestling on Mount Davie.
“GREY DISTRICT CELEBRATES ITS DIAMOND JUBILEE 1868-1928, 8.25
The 1928 Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Greymouth features a parade down the main street with firemen, a brass band and soldiers marching; a carnival with side shows and children riding a merry-go-round; wood chopping competitions and poi and haka displays.
A steam engine goes through the crowds down the main street , a group of women push their prams on the footpath. The local newspaper staff are introduced.
BULLER GORGE, 1928
In and around the Buller Gorge with Laurie and Hilda Inkster including brief shots of the deserted settlement of Lyall .
A SPORTING TOPICAL (EXTRACT) 1928, 3.00 *
Magazine items include the Black Diamond Miners at the Dobson mine, and an advertisement for 'Snow Flake Ice Cream - See How Babies Thrive On It' , croquet and bowls.
FAMILY PICNIC & PORTRAITS 1928,
Mrs Inkster relaxes in the sun with pets. Laurie Inkster experiments with running the film backwards - he jumps up onto the roof of the shed, slides up the ladder, and 'un-digs' his garden.
FAMILY COMPILATION (EXTRACT) 1929, 3.00
INKSTER, LAURIE. [MOTHER AND CHILD ] EXTRACT 1930
PERSONAL RECORD. INKSTER, LAURIE. [GREY FLOODS, WRECK OF THE SS KAPONGA ] 1932, 7.30 *
THELMA & MOTHER AT THE BEACH (EXTRACTS)CA 1932, 7.00
Thelma running towards the car; family shots beside the river; time for lunch; children having fun at beachside
playground; Thelma is taken to watch the boats come in.
PERSONAL RECORD. INKSTER, LAURIE. [TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN PADDOCK] 1935, 2.00 *