(B&W) Scenes of Ted Porter making road to Mt Olympus Ski Field [1959]. Snow-covered mountainous landscape, road-making machinery, hut. Man gets on grader and pushes snow along road. Sign ‘Lake Ida’ on hut. ‘Midland’ bus drives along road followed by cars. Scenes of people ice skating on Lake Ida. Family members prepare for ice skating [Lyttle family]. Three toddlers are placed in rectangular sleigh and pushed along ice. Group of young people eating. High angle view of lake with vehicles parked in front. Various shots of people relaxing, acting up for camera. Photos of farm scenes including people on horses, men with cigarettes in mouths, landscape, in Ted Porter’s photo album.
(COL) Group of people in front of shed. Fruit trees. Flower garden [Harper] , small girl Marianne playing with monkey. Group [fishermen and duck shooters] around car, boy holds up fish [salmon]. Xmas party, people in paper hats seated around table (out of focus). Mountain and lake scenes, Mt Oakden and Lake Self. Harper Diversion at Lake Coleridge Hydro-dam in flood. Looking up the Harper Diversion to the Avoca and up the Wilberforce.
Large family group [including Americans] gathered for boat christening. Boat on river is pulled up on trailer. Group of people visiting Harper. Small girl Marianne with Ruffy the dog. Marianne on tricycle in garden. Small plane flying at Harper strip. Landscape. People water skiing at Lake Coleridge. Scenes of helicopter deer recovery: men take off in helicopter, deer are prepared, deer are transported then dropped on land from helicopter. Peacock displaying its feathers in front of house. Ferry in Marlborough Sounds 1968.
Dig and Hilary Thacker at Tory Channel. Harper house. [Harper Diversion] and river in flood. Scenes of fishing and boating, Lake Coleridge. Lake Ida. Pheasant eats bread. Helicopter flies overhead. Jeep drives through snow. Marianne in garden. Boat beside house. Caged kea. Landscape and river. Tekapo Hydro-Power Station. Scenes of men on fishing expedition, men relaxing on shore with shirts off, holding up fish, filleting fish, cooking fish on fire [Lake Coleridge with Jim East, Admiral Dufek etc]. Various shots of people holding up fish for camera. Marianne playing with dog in pram in garden, dog and cat play-fighting. Ted Porter leaving for the Antarctic, dressed in uniform.
Scenes of holiday in Fiji [with Jim and Anne Ryan and June and Ross], 1964. POV icebreaker boat ‘Glacier’ travelling through pack ice, helicopters flying over icebreaker boat [1959].