Kaleidoscope - NZ Film Archive

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Kaleidoscope - NZ Film Archive

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Nearly two years after the launch of New Zealand's Film Archive, founding director Jonathan Dennis discusses preserving films and film memorabilia for the public to enjoy. He shows reporter Gordon McLauchlan old nitrate film decaying in a former ammunition bunker, then describes finding a print of 1920s movie The Devil's Pit (aka Under the Southern Cross). One of the film's stars, Witarina Harris (née Mitchell) watches part of the film with Dennis, and recalls her time on set. The pair would ...

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Video

Date created

1982

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kaleidoscope-nz-film-archive-1982

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māori / film memorabilia / clive sowry / witarina harris / goodbye pork pie mini / hinemoa / the birth of new zealand / the devil's pit / new zealand film archive / ngā taonga sound & vision / film / nitrate film / shelly bay / wellington / under the southern cross / alexander markey / taranga / new zealand cinema

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