DESTINATION SOUTH PACIFIC

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1955
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Year
1955
Reference
F8216
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Promotional
Duration
0:24:09
Production company
THE NEW ZEALAND TOURIST AND PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT, Dudley Pictures Corporation
Credits
Director: Otto Lang
Photography: Don L Oakley
Photography: Andrew Fraser
Photography: Wayne Williams
Edited: Ernest Flook
Sound Effects: Ed Warschilka

0:00:00 THE BUENA PARK LIBRARY DISTRICT PRESENTS
0:00:17 The New Zealand Tourist And Publicity Department Presents DESTINATION SOUTH PACIFIC.
0:00:52 Viti Levu: Largest and most important of the Fiji Islands; Nadi Airport is the gateway to one of the pleasurable
vacation lands. Fiji is the hub of the South Pacific and its Capital Suva, is the home of Government House and Parliament Buildings. Tourists shop duty free and if lucky can be honoured by the tradition Java drinking ceremony and the ancient war dance.
0:03:43 Aerial shots of Auckland New Zealand; students in and around the Auckland University; the Auckland Museum; Queen Street scenes; Auckland Town Hall; beach scenes; yachting; the Harbour Bridge spanning the Waitemata Harbour.
0:05:23 Rotorua, New Zealand’s thermal wonderland; the Bath House; women playing bowls.
0:05:55 Scenes taken around Tamatekapua wharenui Papaiouru Marae at Ohinemutu; young Māori learn the art of carving and the building of a waka.
Whakarewarewa scenes include: women performing stick game to the tune of ‘E Papa Waiari’ brief shot of the double long poi demonstration; time for a round of golf; Pohutu geyser.
0:08:13 Wellington, Capital of New Zealand; Carillon; Parliament buildings; street scenes.
0:09:20 Aerial shots as plane advances toward Christchurch Airport; Avon River; Cathedral Square; Southern Alps; Mt Cook - Aorangi; The Hermitage; Queenstown; speed boat cruise on Lake Wakatipu and the Shotover River.
0:12:44 Australia: Sydney and its sprawling suburbs; the Harbour Bridge; busy downtown streets; high rise buildings and apartments; El Alamein? Fountain; restaurants; beach scenes.
0:15:24 Dubbo: Sheep and cattle country; sale yards; man hand shearing a marino sheep.
0:16:22 Tasmania: Hobart has an old world charm of its own; completely restored Entally Historic House, 1820.
0:12:19 Green Island - to explore Great Barrier Reef; 300 varieties of coral of all shapes and sizes as well as the exotic marine life.
0:18:45 House of Parliament, Canberra; entire new city is being built; Town Plaza; Melbourne; the Yarra River; Collin St cafes and shops; Melbourne Cup Day and fashions.
0:23:38 New Zealand, Fiji and Australia are 3 countries closely tied together in the triangle of South Pacific Nations.

0:23:59 A Presentation Of The New Zealand Tourist And Publicity Department
0:24:03 Directed by OTTO LANG
Produced by DUDLEY PICTURES CORPORATION
0:24:09 Last picture frame.