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Canterbury roundabout. 1956-12-08. No. 269, part 1, part 3.

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1956
Reference
1293
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Year
1956
Reference
1293
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Duration
00:20:00
Broadcast Date
18 Dec 1956
Credits
RNZ Collection
Gurnsey, Robin, Announcer
Macfarlane, Robert Mafeking, 1901-, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Holland, S. G. (Sidney George), 1893-1961, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Warren, Alwyn Keith, 1900-1988, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Speed, George, Announcer
Mander, Peter Garth (b.1928, d.1998), Interviewee
3YA (Radio station : Christchurch, N.Z.), Broadcaster

Ceremony at the Captain Scott Memorial in Christchurch before the departure of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Edmund Hillary. Speeches by R.M. Macfarlane, Mayor of Christchurch and Sidney Holland, Prime Minister.
Description of Sir Edmund Hillary laying wreath at the base of the Captain Scott Memorial and prayer by Anglican Bishop Alwyn Warren, followed by 'God Save the Queen.'

Interview with Lieutenant Commander Smith. He describes the preparations for the departure of the expedition. Description of departure of expedition ship HMNZS Endeavour from Lyttelton by broadcasters George Speed and Robin Gurnsey. Ship's horn and fog horns are heard.

Interview with Peter Mander by George Speed, after his return from the Olympic Games in Melbourne.