Secondary Schools:
Social Studies Screening Menu

Screening programmes are available in the following topic areas supporting topic coverage in NZQA and NCEA prescriptions. These are suggested topic areas only – requests are catered for on an individual basis. Stand alone titles from our Catalogue can also be requested - go to the Catalogue for full coverage of Film Archive holdings.

Most current Social Studies programmes have become titles in the new ON DISK library for secondary school loan. All titles however can be screened and guided by teachers from the Film archive team.

For ON DISK titles as screening options at the Archive mediaplex, refer to ON DISK

Social Organisation

New Zealand at War 1939-45

Using original WWII footage and contemporary treatment of the period, changing roles and responsibilities during times of crisis for men, women and children in New Zealand, 1939-45. Brand new programme with new found footage and recent TV production providing a balanced look at extraordinary times.

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Culture and Heritage

Fashion

Dress as a reflection of culture. From 19th century attire, to beach apparel in 1912, extraordinary hats at a Taranaki Jockey Club meet, beauty contestants in 1929, fabulous 30s fashion during a Royal visit (1934), the wonders of double-breasted suits in the 1950s, an all-wool ensemble from the 1960s, Ray Columbus grooving in winkle-pickers (‘She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah’), the 70s and 80s look, and the very latest off the racks.

Sporting Medicine

The role of health and sport in New Zealand culture. A hilarious look at a century of sport and exertion, from hockey in 1913 in long dresses, slimming on Milford Beach in 1933, Athletic Park before the Millard Stand, George Nepia and the 1924 ‘Invincibles’, the high art of senior girls' callisthenics in 1944, sack races for ‘Married Ladies’ in 1929, the All Blacks in 1987 when they actually won the Cup, and much more.

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Place and Environment

Living on the Faultline

The changing face of Wellington from 1840 to the present. Newly formatted programme that expands earlier compilations on a multi-chaptered DVD. Looks at early settlement, harbourside, expansion into the greater Wellington region, new subdivisions, crazy building feats, and the attitude of Wellingtonians to their place from the grey sixties to the colourful go-getting absolutely positive present.

Travelling Through Time

The Fisher Monoplane in flight (1913). NZFA Stills Collection

Roading and transport in New Zealand, a 20th Century perspective. Across the mountain passes by horse drawn coach, trams, Richard Pearce, the Fisher Monoplane, ferries, flying boats, steam trains, the early tourism network, river boats on the Whanganui, dual purpose bridging, wharfside, the Hamilton jetboat, the main highway network in the 50s, the rural workhorses and changing freight methods from 1970 to 1990. The progression, pace, and effects of roading and transport in New Zealand from 1900 to today.

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Time, Continuity and Change

Century Images

A 20th century image collection of major events, ideals and personalities that influenced a growing society. From New Zealand's earliest surviving film (Boer War volunteers before embarkation, 1900), to New Zealanders on the Western Front (1918), the ‘Invincibles’ in Britain (1924-5), Lovelock at the Berlin Olympics (1936), WWII propaganda, race relations in 1951, Vietnam, Tim Shadbolt with long hair (1971), Robert Muldoon on a short fuse (1975), Norman Kirk on Mururoa (1973), Fred Dagg on school milk, the 1981 Springbok Tour, David Lange at the Oxford Union Debate (1985), Eva Rickard on the role of women (1993), and the Millennium.

Resources and Economic Activity

New Zealand Inventors

The resource perspective on Number 8 wire and New Zealand's economic necessities. An in depth look at that innate New Zealand trait - inventiveness. Bill Hamilton's jetboat, John Britten's motorcycle, AJ Hackett's long springy thing - the wild, the wacky, the practical and the brilliant. Higly rated multistrand production.

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