Titles: ‘A Star Production’, ‘From The Cine Album’, ‘South Island Holiday - Getting ready to leave Mangere Airport in the early morning’. Luggage being loaded onto plane ‘Karoro’ from bus. Title: ‘Passing the mountains in the middle of the North Island’; aerial views of mountains of Central Plateau. ‘The rough country north of Wanganui’; aerial views of mountains and riverside settlement. ‘Flying over the city’; aerial views of Wanganui. ‘A stop is made at Wellington’s Rongotai Airport’.
Lockheed 10 Electra ZK-AFD Kuaka plane on tarmac destined for Nelson. ‘We transfer to the plane to Nelson’. POV from plane climbing into the air and aerial views. ‘Flying over the Marlborough Sounds’; aerial views of coast and Marlborough Sounds. ‘Approaching Nelson’; aerial views of Nelson. ‘Scenes in Nelson. It’s gardens etc.’. Panning view of main [Trafalgar] street. View of lake and gardens. Classical style fountain.
‘Hops growing at Riwaka’; hop vines in field. ‘On the other side of the road is a field of tobacco plants’; tobacco crop. ‘On the way to the Hermitage we pass lake Tekapo’. Traveling view of Lake Tekapo. ‘View from inside a church by the lake’. View from Church of the Good Shepherd. ‘Lake Pukaki’. Scenic views of lake. People crossing old bridge. Man walking along lake shore. ‘Inspecting an ice cave of the Tasman Glacier’. Man looking into mouth of ice cave. ‘The kea comes close when food is offered’; Kea being hand fed. ‘The Ball Hut at Tasman Glacier’; people walking down path beside Ball Hut.
‘From Queenstown a trip is made to the head of Lake Wakatipu’. Man drinking beer from glass on board boat. Views from boat. ‘The Dart Valley’; scenic views of valley. ‘View of the lake from Queenstown’. Views of lake; ship SS Earnslaw passing. ‘Aboard S.S. Earnslaw we leave the wharf at Queenstown’; POV shots leaving wharf and scenic views. ‘At Kinloch a bus takes us up the Routburn Valley for a picnic’; views of group in Routeburn Valley. ‘Sunset on The Remarkables’. (Black spacer)
‘The big fire at Heards Factory Parnell 15.3.48’. Views of factory fire. Flames leaping through roof and out windows. Corner section of building completely enveloped in flames. ‘Finish’.