Title:KOLONJE ANGIELSKIE W NOWEJ ZELANDJI (on copy held) [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 815
Other titles:THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW ZEALAND [Translation]
Summary: Polish language version of a British film showing the scenery in New Zealand in the mid-1920s.
Description: The film starts with maps showing Great Britain, the British Empire and finally New Zealand. It shows the Southern Alps of South Island, New Zealand, as seen from the ocean, leading down into the valleys of the island, and finally to the port of Dunedin, where goods are loaded onto ships for export. In the farmlands nearby shepherds and their dogs round up their sheep. A man chops up a cake of soap which he drops into one of the country's geysers, producing a soapy froth when the geyser erupts. On the farms wheat is threshed and baled, and the bags of grain sewn up for shipment. A view of a village near some geysers. Various Maoris in their village: boys, a girl, a mother and baby, and some Maoris in a group. A Maori canoe on the water. A view of some rapids. The film ends with "Koniec" (Polish for "the end").
Alternative Title:THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW ZEALAND [Translation]
Production Details: Kineto (Production company)
Alfa Warsawa Warecka (Distributor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: agriculture, New Zealand - animal (object name)
animals, mammals: sheep (object name)
animals, mammals: dog (object name)
economics, New Zealand general - commerce (object name)
agriculture, New Zealand - arable (object name)
society, New Zealand - ethnic (object name)
recreation, New Zealand civilian - tourism (object name)
South Island, New Zealand (geography)
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand (geography)
mountains (concept)
mud (concept)
