PERSONAL RECORD. FLETCHER, WILLIAM. [NGARUAWAHIA, JEAN & BERT, SAMOA]

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Year
1936
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F30704
Media type
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Year
1936
Reference
F30704
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:11:55
Credits
Photography: William Fletcher

Scenes of people diving off boards at swimming baths. Workers on site of building under construction including pouring concrete. Priest and man talking. Family in garden outside house. Family group walk towards camera. Scenes of family picnic, men in army uniform pose, tents in bgd [Hopu-Hopu camp, Ngaruawahia]. Scenes at swimming pool: men dive into swimming pool, women parade around the pool in swimming costumes, woman and child swim in pool, large crowd of spectators surround pool.

[Scenes at Hopu-Hopu camp, Ngaruawahia]. Family members and soldiers at camp, inspecting canons. Ship in harbour. Men working on construction site, pouring concrete, truck with sign on door ‘Certified Concrete Ltd, Winstone Ltd’. Scenes of wedding of Jean and Bert: bridal couple are showered with confetti as they emerge from church, bridal group walk up path followed by wedding guests, group walking in garden, various shots of bridal party posing in garden.

Scenes in Samoa. Local children outside buildings, locals mingle with European visitors, children wave to camera. Locals perform traditional dance in grounds. Traditional Samoan buildings. European woman walking, joined by local children. Man chops tree while others watch, person swimming in river, European family poses. Locals in outrigger canoes taken from high angle. Group of tourists and locals on wharf. Locals perform traditional dance in grounds.