News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

59/58

Date Released

20 Jul 1959

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Bastille Day - Paris
• 2. Air News: Home Made Gyrocopter is Big Success
• 3. Air News: First Flight of Man Made Plane
• 4. Air News: Replica of Bleriot’s 1909 Plane Flies
• 5. Richard Todd "Farmer Dick" - Henley
• 6. Brush Fire Threatens Hollywood
• 7. Rapids Shot First Time - New Zealand

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

Intrepid sportsmen "defeat" hitherto unconquerable river.

Researcher Comments

Whaka-heke (translates as "Flying Canoe") Rapids, near the Orakei Korako Thermal Field, were buried when the Ohakuri Dam was completed on the Waikato River, North Island of New Zealand in 1961.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats

Locations

New Zealand; Waikato River

Footage sources

Cinesound

Length of story (in feet)

100

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

Series held

View all series held by British Pathe Ltd