VISIT OF SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE KCMG HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND TO THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION, SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH 1917 [Main Title]

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  • Title: VISIT OF SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE KCMG HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND TO THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION, SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH 1917 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 157
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  • Summary: Sir Thomas MacKenzie's visit to the New Zealand Division in its training area near Lumbres west of St-Omer, France, September 1917.
  • Description: 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment, led by its band, marching easy along a road with high wooded banks. There is an open air church parade for the battalion, attended by MacKenzie, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Godley, Commander II ANZAC Corps, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell and Captain Malcolm Ross the official NZEF Press Correspondent. The service is led by a chaplain in khaki and vestments, whose makeshift altar is covered with a Union Jack. MacKenzie talks to Otago soldiers after the parade. Visiting the 2nd NZ Field Ambulance, he talks, with his back to the camera, to a line of slightly wounded New Zealanders sitting on a bench, one with a head bandage. He inspects 3rd Battalion Auckland Regiment accompanied by the divisional commander, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell and Brigadier-General H Hart, commanding 4 NZ Infantry Brigade. Russell, on horseback, addresses 3rd Battalion Otago Regiment, followed by a further address by MacKenzie, on foot, while Ross takes notes. MacKenzie departs by car - the last vehicle to leave is the official photographer's van with the divisional sign, a silver fern, below the side window.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 157
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 157)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: New Zealand
  • Production Details: Sanders, Henry A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: MacKenzie, Thomas (person) Godley, Alexander John (person) Russell, Andrew Hamilton (person) Ross, Malcolm (person) New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Div & Auckland Regt (regiment/service) New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Div & Otago Regt (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: religion, Christianity - military, New Zealand (object name) delegations, New Zealand national - political (object name) journalism and record, New Zealand - press (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) Lumbres, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 567 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 157

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