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New Zealand Mirror No. 24

New Zealand Mirror No. 24
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New Zealand Mirror No. 24
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This was the 24th edition of New Zealand Mirror, a 1950s National Film Unit series promoting New Zealand to British audiences. The first clip, about rugby's Ranfurly Shield, was deemed “too topical” by the UK distributor, and cut from later editions. The clip in question captures the colour of the national obsession (knuckle bones, livestock parades) at Athletic Park, where Taranaki challenge shield holders Wellington. It was later seen in Kiwi theatres as a short, playing with 1982 rugby tal...

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1953
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national film unit / nfu / rugby / shield / athletic park / wellington / taranaki / knuckle bones / trams / all blacks / mayor / sidney holland / wellington town hall / stand dean / stan dean / invincibles / kaiapoi / waimakariri river / canterbury / ploughing / wairakei / thermal energy / steam power / fifties / 50s / log of wood

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