AUSTRALIAN MOVIETONE NEWS 1962

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1962
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F99849
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Rights Information
Year
1962
Reference
F99849
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Categories
Newsreel
Production company
Fox Movietone Australia

Title: NEWS OF THE WEEK. [MAORI CONCERT PARTY VISITS MELBOURNE]
Alternative Title: [MAORIS MAKE MERRY IN MELBOURNE]
Production Date: 1962
Release Date: 16 August 1962
Summary: Newsreel item from 1962 about a visit by members of a Maori concert party to the Melbourne Town Hall. Traditional greetings are exchanged between the leader of the party and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sir Maurice Nathan. The group performs a traditional haka for the Lord Mayor, who later participates in the dancing.

Second title on this reel: “Big Guns Will Now Never Fire in Anger” from Age Antiques; on the NFSA database as film # 136600