PERSONAL RECORD. LAMBOURNE, AD. BEAUTIFUL WAIHEKE

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Year
1935
Reference
F26548
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1935
Reference
F26548
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:09:26

TILE: “BEAUTIFUL WAIHEKE”
Man manoeuvring rowboat on ocean by rocky coastline.
INTERTITLE: “Perhaps this is getting a bit slow so - - - - -”
2 Men rowing rowboats in large swell alongside rocky coastline - being washed toward rocks.
INTERTITLE: “Let’s see exactly how he does it -”
Slow motion footage of man manoeuvring rowboat to avoid rocky coastline.
High Shot overlooking small boats moored in bay with wide beaches surrounded by large hills.
INTERTITLE: “Next day we find another launch trip arranged - - - this time to Shag Rock.”
Family in swimming costumes, dresses and sun hats walking along jetty to motor launch.
Motor launch moving away from jetty with family aboard.
Tracking shots from motor launch looking back at jetty, looking across bay to distant headlands and coastline.
Elderly woman and young girl seated aboard motor launch.
INTERTITLE: “Fifteen minutes later we reach it’s shores.”
Motor launch sailing along coastline of Shag Rock loaded with family.
INTERTITLE: “Weird rock formation makes a picturesque background.”
Motor launch flaoting near rocky outcrop and natural rock arch with family aboard posing for camera.
INTERTITLE: “Among the rocky ledges, the Shag once found an ideal home, thus giving the island it’s name.”
High shot overlooking motor launch travelling past large rocky outcrops on shoreline.
INTERTITLE: “Shag Rock can also give us some excitement in the form of a natural waterfall.”
Man rowing rowboat in large swell alongside rocky coastline and over natural weir in between rocks - People watch from nearby rocks.
Man in rowboat being washed through rocky gap by waves and tides.
INTERTITLE: “The ocean swell in rising and falling, causes this waterfall, first one way and then the other.”
Man rowing rowboat in large swell alongside rocky coastline and over natural weir in between rocks - People watch from nearby rocks.
Man in rowboat being washed through rocky gap by waves and tides.
INTERTITLE: “Bulls Bay also boasts a grand swimming pool.”
People in swimming costumes diving into large rock pool (some footage run backwards).
INTERTITLE: Nine feet at its deepest part, this natural pool among the rocks is very popular.”
People in swimming costumes and bathing caps diving into rock pool and paddling about.
INTERTITLE: “Some neat headers.”
Man diving into ocean from rocky outcrop (footage is run backwards at times).
2 Young men posing for camera and laughing.
TITLE: “End of Part One.”