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WEEKLY REVIEW 87

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Year
1943
Reference
F663
Media type
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Year
1943
Reference
F663
Media type
Moving image
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Series
WEEKLY REVIEW
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:04:20
Production company
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM UNIT

Standing by in New Caledonia: New Zealand soldiers in New Caledonia. Includes shots of the soldiers recreating - darning socks, writing letters home, playing cricket and romping in the sea. Also shows nickle-mining. Voice over mentions that the New Caledonians are a dying race.
Army ... Jeep! Jeep! Soldiers learn to drive army jeeps.
2nd NZEF Churchill salutes Kiwis (incomplete): After a successful desert war, Winston Churchill makes a triumphant entry in an open motor vehicle, through the streets of Tripoli.
General Freyberg, Commander of the NZ Forces, accompanies Prime Minister, Peter Fraser and General Montgomery to view the NZ troops on parade. After the inspection, the Prime Minister addresses and thanks the men.