Weekly Review No. 374 - The Coaster

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Weekly Review No. 374 - The Coaster

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The coaster Breeze and her crew are immortalised in this much praised National Film Unit documentary. Poet Denis Glover provides a rhythmic and lyrical commentary (narrated by future It's in the Bag presenter Selwyn Toogood) as the coastal sailing ship heads from Wellington to Lyttelton, then to Whanganui. Three weeks after the film's release in November 1948, its director Cecil Holmes had his satchel snatched. He lost his NFU job after the resulting smear campaign accused him of communist le...

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1948

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-coaster-1948

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ships / shipping / coaster / post-war / patriotic / marine / maritime / transport / tasman sea / kapiti coast / poetry / nfu / new zealand national film unit / literature / national film unit / sea / ocean / cargo / hold / lyttelton / breezer / denis glover / dennis glover

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