WEEKLY REVIEW No. 280

From Film

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Year

1947

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

Unknown/None

Length

B&W, 11 minutes

Viewing copies

35mm film- 200,441 VHS Video- R.V. 754 VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 141

Full Description

B&W 11mins. 35mm 1,015 ft. PATTERNS IN FLAX Film Censor's Certificate No. U13777 (10 January 1947) Release Date: 10.1.47 Cat. Refs. 1951 p.10; 1956 p.8; 1957 p.9; 1958 p.9; 1962 p.10. PATTERNS IN FLAX B&W 11 mins. 35mm 1,015 ft. The six-foot leaves of New Zealand's native flax plant were invaluable to the Maori people, who plaited mats and baskets from strips of the almost unbreakable leaves, and made cloth and rope from the tough fibres. Now modern factories use some of the beautiful old Maori designs to make modern floor coverings. Often the modern weaving machines are operated by descendants of the Maoris who used these fibres to make the fine material for their garments. Viewing copies : 35mm film- 200,441 VHS Video- R.V. 754 VHS Video (Preview Tape)- BITC 141

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