PERSONAL RECORD. EDGECOMBE, COURTNEY. ARARATA KIDS & PEOPLE; SCOUTS & CUBS, CALF DAY & LAMBS, HORSE JUMPING

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F49725
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Amateur
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Photography: Courtney J Edgecombe

Originally recorded on black & white 8mm film, this amateur home movie captured footage of:

Scout leaders walking with their troop. Scouts honour. Scouts walking with long sticks. Cub Scouts receiving caps and a handshake from Scout leader. Playing games on lawn.
Calf Club day. Woman carrying handbag and umbrella ties award ribbons around calves. Several of the judges and children are wearing raincoats. Children with lambs. Lambs being weighed. Judges assessing lambs. Amused [parents] watch from a bench seat. Lambs receive ribbons and are led away by the children.
Tea is poured at a picnic. A man in suspenders walks across a park, children play in the parks playground. Picnickers enjoy their tea and food while the children continue to play.
Shots of children at public baths; swimming, diving (slow motion), water slide.
Children and adults playing on seesaws.
Shots of equestrian event (cross-country?). Men’s potato sack race and sprint race. Horse race. Women’s running race. Children showing calves and receiving ribbons, children showing lambs and receiving ribbons.
[Probably all taken in the Ararata area.]