PICTORIAL PARADE No. 76

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Year

1958

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

"PP76"

Length

B&W, 8.5 minutes

Viewing copies

VHS Video- R.V. 276 16mm film- W3589/16PP76 PICTORIAL PARADE No. 77

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B&W 8 mins. 35mm 766 ft. RACING - JOCKEY SCHOOL225 ft PARACHUTING - DOWN TO EARTH155 ft DIGGING - WHO WERE THE MOA HUNTERS?349 ft Film Censor's Certificate No. G7828 (16 June 1958) Release Date: 20.6.58 NFU Film Information Sheet No. PP76 Cat. Refs. 1962 p.49. B&W 8 mins. 35mm 766 ft. JOCKEY SCHOOL. 225 ft. Nearly 100 apprentice jockeys attend a special school at Ardmore and receive five days' intensive instruction. DOWN TO EARTH. 155 ft. New Zealand parachute clubs hold their first sports day at Hamilton's Rukuhia Airport. Instructor Denny Main makes a sensational delayed jump from five thousand feet. WHO WERE THE MOA HUNTERS? 349 ft. Research into the history of man in New Zealand is throwing light on the origins of moa-hunting people - forerunners of the Maori migration. Rock paintings in caves which will later be flooded by the Benmore hydro-electric scheme are recorded, and in a big cave near Sumner a most significant discovery is made. Viewing copies : VHS Video- R.V. 276 16mm film- W3589/16PP76 PICTORIAL PARADE No. 77

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