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ISLAND OF HISTORY

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Year
1957
Reference
F12757
Media type
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Year
1957
Reference
F12757
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:09:46
Production company
Pacific Films
Credits
Director: Don Montgomerie
Writer: Don Montgomerie
Producer: Roger Mirams
Producer: John O'Shea
Narrator: Denis Hurley
Sound: Lindsay Anderson

“This film comes to you from Air New Zealand”.
A travelogue promoting Norfolk Island as a tourist destination. A DC8 wings its way to the island where the passengers are greeted at the airport by locals.
Re-enactment of convicts working at Kingston. Grim history of the island and the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders to settle the areas left empty by the convicts in 1856.
Contemporary life on the islands and the farming lifestyle of its inhabitants, schools and administration of the island’s affairs. Relaxation on the island, such as swimming, horse riding and hiking.