Group of children waving to camera outside building marked ‘Fitzherbert East School’. Group of children in the playground. Man talking to woman with children gathered around them. Long shots of Mt Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro. Yacht in harbour. Men and women in pool. Travelling shot of man steering motorised dinghy. Shoreline views taken from boat. Men playing golf; club rooms in bgd.
Family group standing in front yard of rural house. Man shovelling dirt off back of truck. Cows walking through gate on farm. Woman working in garden. Man and boy leaning over fence. Man cutting hay in field with ‘Farmall tractor. Men and boys loading hay into hay baler; men and women taking a lunch break [Aokautere near Palmerston North].
Group of people outside timber church. Group looking at geyser. Family in thermal pool. Views of lake; boats in lake. Men and women fishing from dinghy, boy capsized in lake. Views of waterfall [Huka Falls]. Family group having picnic. Family group outside house. Children hold up fish they have caught. Family members standing at edge of steam in front of Mount Ruapehu. Men diving into lake, rewind film of men jumping back onto diving boards.
Oriental Bay, Wellington boat sheds panning across to show yachts behind breakwater. Ship in Wellington Harbour. Views of 1940 New Zealand Centennial Exhibition; panning up Exhibition Tower, views of pavilions and plaza, roller coaster. Family including man in army uniform standing in plaza; panning view around plaza. Family group sitting in front of fountain. Vertical shot panning down statue of Kupe. Views [taken from Centennial Tower] of Lyall Bay.
Men practising golf in backyard, talking to third man. Marine Parade gardens, Napier, Napier beach.
T & G Building. Women working in garden. Train passing though gorge, passing through town , crowds gathered to watch [1944, meeting Polish refugee children]. Farm scenes. People grouped around, and on top of [war memorial]. Two women standing alongside car. Group of school children sitting on grass. Primary school children sitting in front of school buildings, doing exercises, group photo with teacher [Fitzherbert East School].