Films produced by N.Z. National Film Unit OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND "WEEKLY REVIEW" ITEMS 1943-1950 Reference 1943 W.R.70 Life Saving... SURF GIRLS Dunedin R.V.432 1944 W.R.154 FOOTBALL... OTAGO-SOUTHLAND GAME AT INVERCARGILL R.V.486 W.R.160 INDUSTRY... LINSEED OIL DUNEDIN R.V.489 W.R.163 EXPERIMENT IN INVERCARGILL R.V.745 W.R.171 DUNEDIN... INDUSTRIES FAIR R.V.493 1945 W.R.175 ROXBURGH... CHILDREN'S HEALTH CAMP R.V.495 1946 W.R.234 CENTRAL OTAGO... FRUIT GROWING R.V.613 W.R.237 CENTRAL OTAGO... GOLD R.V.615 W.R.251 DUNEDIN... TOWN AND GOWN R.V.735 W.R.256 NEWS CLIPS - 256TH WEEK - DUNEDIN MOBILE PLUNKET CLINIC R.V.620 W.R.256 DUNEDIN... GREENSTONE WORKER R.V.620 W.R.256 SOUTHLAND... RABBITERS' RICH HARVEST R.V.620 W.R.264 OAMARU... THE LIMESTONE INDUSTRY R.V.625 1947 W.R.300 SOUTHLAND... OYSTERS FROM BLUFF R.V.648 W.R.317 DUNEDIN... UNDERWATER ELECTRIC SUPPLY R.V.598 1948 W.R.341 DUNEDIN... OTAGO CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL R.V.684 W.R.376 BALCLUTHA... FLOOD FIGHTING R.V.652 1949 W.R.389 NORTH OTAGO... MAORI CAVE PAINTINGS R.V.695 W.R.433 DUNEDIN... MODEL STEAM ENGINES R.V.704 1950 W.R.440 N.Z.R... LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING R.V.702 W.R.441 DUNEDIN... ROPE R.V.708 W.R.444 QUEENSTOWN... BOTTLE HOUSE R.V.705 Keeper of the Public Record - the Memory of Government
WEEKLY REVIEW No. 70 (1943) B&W 4½ mins. 35mm 402 ft. Life Saving... SURF GIRLS Dunedin Munitions CASTING PINEAPPLES Christchurch Fashion... STYLES FOR 1943 Wellington Film Censor's Certificate No. U8410 (15 December 1942) Release Date: 1.1.43 Viewing copies: 35mm film- W3471/W24 VHS Video- R.V. 432 62 ft. 124 ft. 178 ft. WEEKLY REVIEW No. 154 (1944) B&W 9½ mins. 35mm 855 ft. FOOTBALL... OTAGO-SOUTHLAND GAME AT INVERCARGILL THE AMERICANS DEPART MAJOR-GENERAL LEONARD F. WING SAYS GOOD-BYE ITALY... NEW ZEALANDERS ADVANCE ON ROME Film Censor's Certificate No. U566 (9 August 1944) Release Date: 11.8.44 Viewing copies: 35mm film- W3471/W53 VHS Video- R.V. 486 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 160 (1944) B&W 7½ mins. 35mm 700 ft. SERVICES AND HOSPITALS... MAKING SURE THE SHOE FITS INDUSTRY... LINSEED OIL DUNEDIN N.Z.E.F. LEAVE IN ROME Film Censor's Certificate No. U750 (12 September 1944) Release Date: 22.9.44 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 489 35mm film- 200,038 209 ft. 316 ft. 274 ft. 206 ft. 235 ft. 203 ft. WEEKLY REVIEW No. 163 (1944) B&W 10 mins. 35mm 890 ft. EXPERIMENT IN INVERCARGILL At the 1943 elections citizens of Invercargill voted the return of licensed hotels to the city. But they did not go back to the hotel system as it exists elsewhere in New Zealand. Instead, the Government established a trust to administer the sale of liquor in the city. Our film shows the first steps in this experiment. Film Censor's Certificate No. U864 (9 October 1944) Release Date: 13.10.44 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,450 (ex Negs.)(incomplete - lacks series title) 35mm film- 200,385 (ex Print) 35mm film- 200,462 (restored version) VHS Video- R.V. 745 (restored version) 2
WEEKLY REVIEW No. 171 (1944) B&W 8 mins. 35mm 720 ft. RACING... KEVIN WINS N.Z. CUP ARMY... BRIGADIER R.A. ROW D.S.O. RECEIVES AMERICAN DECORATION DUNEDIN... INDUSTRIES FAIR HORSE BREEDING... STUD-FARMS IN THE WAIKATO AUCKLAND... PAKEHA CHILDREN GIVE MAORI DISPLAY Film Censor's Certificate No. U10189 (7 December 1944) Release Date: 8.12.44 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 493 35mm film- 200,106 (ex Negs.) 35mm film- 200,107 (ex Print) WEEKLY REVIEW No. 175 (1945) B&W 8 mins. 35mm 723 ft. "DUMBO JOBS"... R.N.Z.A.F. RESCUE SERVICE ROXBURGH... CHILDREN'S HEALTH CAMP AUCKLAND... CLAY FOR THE TEA TRAY Film Censor's Certificate No. U10265 (5 January 1945) Release Date: 5.1.45 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 495 35mm film- 200,260 (ex Negs.) 35mm film- 200,132 (ex Print) WEEKLY REVIEW No. 234 (1946) B&W 9½ mins. 35mm 850 ft. SPORTS CLIPS - 234TH WEEK - PECK SHIELD HARBOUR SWIM HARRIS BREAKS ½-MILE RECORD CARDIFF... KIWIS beat WALES 11-3 CENTRAL OTAGO... FRUIT GROWING Film Censor's Certificate No. U12235 (22 February 1946) Release Date: 22.2.46 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 613 35mm film- 200,160 (ex Negs.) 35mm film- 200,161 (ex Print) WEEKLY REVIEW No. 237 (1946) B&W 7½ mins. 35mm 686 ft. AIR CONFERENCE... BRITISH DELEGATES ARRIVE WAIKATO... PEAT FIRES NELSON-PICTON... CONDUCTED TOUR CENTRAL OTAGO... GOLD Film Censor's Certificate No. U12368 (15 March 1946) Release Date: 15.3.46 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 615 35mm film- 200,090 (ex Negs.) 35mm film- 200,091 (ex Print) 114 ft. 57 ft. 100 ft. 177 ft. 200 ft. 284 ft. 190 ft. 191 ft. 80 ft. 53 ft. 222 ft. 420 ft. 54 ft. 66 ft. 153 ft. 353 ft. 3
WEEKLY REVIEW No. 251 (1946) B&W 10½ mins. 35mm 950 ft. NEWS CLIPS - 251ST WEEK - GREAT NORTHERN STEEPLES ARMY AND AIR FORCE IN JAPAN MOTORING... NUMBER PLATES DUNEDIN... TOWN AND GOWN Film Censor's Certificate No. U12778 (21 June 1946) Release Date: 21.6.46 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,438 (ex Negs.) 35mm film- 200,439 (ex Print) VHS Video- R.V. 735 (ex Print) WEEKLY REVIEW No. 256 (1946) B&W 8 mins. 35mm 730 ft. NEWS CLIPS - 256TH WEEK - AUCKLAND DOG SHOW DUNEDIN MOBILE PLUNKET CLINIC COMMANDER JACKSON... UNRRA DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL DUNEDIN... GREENSTONE WORKER SOUTHLAND... RABBITERS' RICH HARVEST Film Censor's Certificate No. U13026 (26 July 1946) Release Date: 26.7.46 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 620 35mm film- 200,137 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 264 (1946) B&W 8 mins. 35mm 719 ft. NEWS CLIPS - 264TH WEEK - WANGANUI RIVER MOUTH FLAME THROWER ARTS... MAORI CARVING OAMARU... THE LIMESTONE INDUSTRY Film Censor's Certificate No. U13306 (20 September 1946) Release Date: 20.9.46 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 625 35mm film- 200,035 (ex Negs.) 35mm film- 200,036 (ex Print) WEEKLY REVIEW No. 300 (1947) B&W 7½ mins. 35mm 693 ft. MUSIC... CHERNIAVSKY The world-artist's perfect bowing and fingering are displayed in his rendering of Dinicu's "Hora Staccato" TAUMARUNUI... AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL SOUTHLAND... OYSTERS FROM BLUFF Film Censor's Certificate No. U14556 (30 May 1947) Release Date: 30.5.47 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 648 35mm film- 200,140 90 ft. 138 ft. 140 ft. 511 ft. 59 ft. 131 ft. 70 ft. 145 ft. 255 ft. 103 ft. 96 ft. 191 ft. 263 ft. 235 ft. 247 ft. 153 ft. 4
WEEKLY REVIEW No. 317 (1947) B&W 6 mins. 35mm 550 ft. SEDDON... MOTORISED LAUNDRESS DUNEDIN... UNDERWATER ELECTRIC SUPPLY RADAR RESEARCH... THE CANTERBURY PROJECT Film Censor's Certificate No. U15191 (26 September 1947) Release Date: 26.9.47 Viewing copies: VHS Video- R.V. 598 35mm film- 200,389 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 341 (1948) B&W 10½ mins. 35mm 960 ft. PECK SHIELD... HARBOUR SWIM BIG GAME FISHING... YALE UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION DUNEDIN... OTAGO CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL Film Censor's Certificate No. U16157 (19 March 1948) Release Date: 19.3.48 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,141 VHS Video- R.V. 684 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 376 (1948) B&W 10 mins. 35mm 828 ft. BALCLUTHA... FLOOD FIGHTING OTAHUHU... CENTENNIAL PROCESSION HUTT VALLEY... NEW SCHOOL FOR TAITA TOMOANA... HAWKE'S BAY A. & P. SHOW Film Censor's Certificate No. U17771 (19 November 1948) Release Date: 19.11.48 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,054 VHS Video- R.V. 652 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 389 (1949) B&W 9 mins. 35mm 811 ft. WELLINGTON... GOODBYE PAMIR! NORTH OTAGO... MAORI CAVE PAINTINGS FISH STORY... TROUT AND EELS CRICKET... N.Z. TEAM FOR ENGLAND Film Censor's Certificate No. U18284 (18 February 1949) Release Date: 18.2.49 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,147 VHS Video- R.V. 695 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 433 (1949) B&W 8½ mins. 35mm 771 ft. INDUSTRY... ICE CREAM FARMING... LUPIN CUTTER PARLIAMENT... TAKING OVER INDUSTRY... VACUUM CLEANERS DUNEDIN... MODEL STEAM ENGINES Film Censor's Certificate No. U20454 (23 December 1949) Release Date: 23.12.49 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,153 VHS Video- R.V. 704 67 ft. 145 ft. 282 ft. 180 ft. 447 ft. 270 ft. 291 ft. 129 ft. 91 ft. 260 ft. 98 ft. 148 ft. 169 ft. 338 ft. 153 ft. 121 ft. 82 ft. 142 ft. 199 ft. 5
WEEKLY REVIEW No. 440 (1950) B&W 7 mins. 35mm 615 ft. FARMING... NEW EQUIPMENT 202 ft. ARCHERY... NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 173 ft. N.Z.R... LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING 240 ft. Film Censor's Certificate No. U21016 (31 March 1950) Release Date: 31.3.50 Cat. Refs. 1951 p.22; 1956 p.20; 1957 p.24. REVIEW No. 440 B&W 7 mins. 35mm 615 ft. LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING. 240 ft. Dunedin's Railway Workshops build the second heaviest engines used in New Zealand, the one hundred-and-nine-ton JA class. Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,376 VHS Video- R.V. 702 WEEKLY REVIEW No. 441 (1950) B&W 8 mins. 35mm 752 ft. DUNEDIN... ROPE TOWN and COUNTRY... SHEEP DRIVE Film Censor's Certificate No. U21133 (7 April 1950) Release Date: 7.4.50 Cat. Refs. 1951-S p.5; 1956 p.21; 1957 p.25. REVIEW No. 441 B&W 8 mins. 35mm 752 ft. ROPE MAKING. 288 ft. Men and machines make miles of rope in a Dunedin factory. Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,382 (ex Negs) 35mm film- 200,383 (ex Print) VHS Video- R.V. 708 (ex Print) 288 ft. 408 ft. WEEKLY REVIEW No. 444 (1950) B&W 10 mins. 35mm 938 ft. QUEENSTOWN... BOTTLE HOUSE 79 ft. HAMILTON... INLAND REGATTA 201 ft. Lest We Forget... ANZAC DAY 1950 432 ft. Film Censor's Certificate No. U21242 (28 April 1950) Release Date: 28.4.50 Viewing copies: 35mm film- 200,244 (ex Negs.)(incomplete) 35mm film- 200,245 (ex Print) VHS Video- R.V. 705 (ex Print) 6