Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Chatham Islands - Remote Outpost Filmed for First Time
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 8
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chatham Island Filmed for First Time. DESCRIPTION: The Chatham Islands, part of the Dominion of New Zealand, lying in the Southern Pacific. SHOTLIST: Flying boat takes off from Wellington, shots of plane in flight. Aerials of the above island. Lagoons and lakes of the island. At Waitiki, the crew etc. come ashore, natives and Maoris of the town turn out to greet them. Horse drawn carts make their way across rugged country. GV main street of town, shows Post Office, small crowd gathered outside to collect their mail. White inhabitants of the island reading weeks old papers etc. MS operator sending out Morse code to mainland. Small hotel for travellers. GVs of memorial building ‘Hall of Memories’. Countryside and roads just a quagmire. Surveyors prepare to build roads. Sheep grazing in the fields, various shots. Chatham island is a remote outpost of the Dominion of New Zealand.
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 48865
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 233
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Chatham Islands - Remote Outpost Filmed for First Time', British Movietone News Issue No. 946A, 24 Jul 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14555 (Accessed 15 Jul 2025)