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- Title
- Somebody Else's Horizon
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
Made for the 75th anniversary of the Tourist and Publicity Department, this National Film Unit short film surveys New Zealand tourism: from shifts in transport and accommodation, to how Aotearoa is marketed. The "romantic outpost of Empire" seen in 1930s promotional films gives way to a more relaxed, even saucy pitch, emphasising an uncrowded, fun destination. Middle-earth is not yet on the horizon; instead Wind in the Willows provides literary inspiration. Directed by Hugh Macdonald (This is...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1976
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/somebody-elses-horizon-1976
- Related subjects
- tourist industry / archive / footage / tourism / maoriland / mount cook airlines / christchurch airport / train / earnslaw / trolley bus / avon river / queen street / penthouse / hot pools / hermitage / mount cook / rippling waters / waikaremoana / rotorua / bath house / lawn bowls / wakatipu / wairakei / taupo / motor lodge / travelodge / james cook hotel / te aroha / morere / nikau pools / springs / polynesian baths / hagley park / christchurch / auckland / wind in the willows / air new zealand / hotel / motel / cars / horses / new zealand's charm / morton / bridgman / cyril morton / filmcraft / diving
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