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The Ngaio Film Show 2009

Programme runs  65 minutes
Piano accompaniment by Ivan Bootham

Wellington Scenes, 1917-1922 (5.31 minutes)
Early film of Wellington showing the Island Bay school and people swimming and relaxing at the beach.  View of Evans Bay, Lyall Bay and Moa Point. Harbour views and steam-engine at railway yard, the cable car and Skyline Restaurant. A ship berthing at a wharf and the Government building on Lambton Quay.  A rugby game at Athletic Park.

Screen Snapshots of the Ngaio School Picnic Held at Rona Bay, 192- (2.00 minutes)
Groups of adults and children at picnic ground at Rona Bay. Various shots of children playing leapfrog, eating lunch and posing for the camera. This film shows evidence of nitrate decomposition.

Wedding of Denzil & Marget Brown, 1951 (3.00 minutes)
This amateur film was made by EJ Brown of his son’s wedding to Marget McKenzie. Marget recalled recently that the wedding was just 6 years after the end of WW2, and this fact combined with the bride’s Scottish family made it a “sensible” wedding. Sensible in the way that the bride and her sisters made their own dresses, the bride’s mother did the flowers in church and the reception was held mid afternoon in the Presbyterian Church Hall, Khandallah.

National Health... Dental Clinic Service Extended, 1945 (5.20 minutes)
At the Wellington Dental Clinic and Dental Training School on Willis Street, student nurses treat children under the watchful eye of trained supervisors. Not only are the girls trained as dental nurses, but their physical wellbeing is also seen to; fitness classes take place on the roof of the building.

Power From the River, 1947 excerpt (6.00 minutes)
A rousing Government film on the use of electricity in the home, on the farm and in the factory. This excerpt shows the Wellington Control Room, the 2YA Radio Station,  and scenes set at the Wellington Railway Station including a pushy Selwyn Toogood rushing to get onto the next train to Johnsonville. Also includes a snippet of the National Symphony Orchestra and the “Peter Pan Cabaret”.

Wellington... Trolley Derby 1948 (1.39 minutes)
The Mayor of Wellington, Mr Appleton, takes part in Wellington’s first trolley derby, while interested crowds watch the fun. Weekly Review 381

Town and Country... Sheep Drive, 1950 (4.12 minutes)  
The annual muster at the Happy Valley Sheep Station in Wellington sees the station shepherds leading sheep across cliff tops and down into holding pens. From here it’s a carefully planned three-hour walk along the beach to Owhiro Bay and up to Happy Valley Road.
Every summer for 50 years the sheep have been taken at dawn through the middle of Wellington to the railway yards. This will be the last such drive - in future the animals will be transported by truck. Mr Dawman, the station manager is handed a permit by a traffic officer giving permission to muster the sheep through the city. Shows Willis Street with trams. Weekly Review 441

The Clott Who Forgot, Pacific Films, 1952 (4.00 minutes)
An advertisement to encourage people to post early at Christmas.
Features the clumsy character Cuthbert Clott. Cuthbert attempts to win the heart of the pretty Miss Adams.  When stalking fails he decides to buy her a Christmas gift.  But too late for his dreams to be fulfilled, as his gift sits amongst thousands of others at the Post Office. Pacific Films.

Commerce Drive in Bank, 1955 (2.30 minutes)
The parking problem in Wellington has prompted the establishment of New Zealand’s first motor bank in Taranaki Street. The mayor of Wellington, Mr McAllister cuts the official ribbon  to open the bank. A woman customer drives in and pulls up to the teller’s window in her car.  Pacific Magazine  9.

Cookery Nook, Pacific Films, 1955 (15.00 minutes)
Cast: Bill Ledsham, Fiona King, Rosina Eastmond, Robert Brett, Greta Greer
Produced & Directed by: Roger Mirams & John O'Shea for Edmonds
Camera: Roger Mirams
Editor: John O'Shea
Commentary: Dennis Hurley
Sound: Lindsay Anderson
Production Assistant: Eric Anderson
Made to promote the Edmonds Baking Powder Company.
A man attempts to bake afternoon tea, with disastrous results.   His daughter and her friends rush to the rescue, putting into practice the techniques they have learnt at school.
Aunt Daisy is featured on her morning radio programme and the girls are shown at their home science class.  Includes a visit to the Edmonds factory in Christchurch to see how baking powder is made.

Advertisements
Shell Oil. Go, Go, Go with ICA 1959 Colour animation from Morrow productions
Caltex IC Plus Petrol Flying Saucer, 196- Spectacular animation by Pacific Films
Jockey Underwear, 196- Starring actor Peter Harcourt, “what the well dressed man wears next to his skin”
Rinso Soap Powder, 196- The classic 60s housewife in this well remembered ad.
Dale Slacks and Shorts, 196-, Drip dry, boys by the pool and in the pool!
 
Toehold on a Harbour, 1966 (10.21 minutes)
A colourful impression of Wellington city, hills, winding streets, busy people and strong winds.  National Film Unit production.

Don’t Let It Get You, Trailer, 1966 (3.00 minutes)
The trailer for the 1966 feature film, a light-hearted musically comedy set in Sydney and Rotorua. "Don’t Let It Get You can  best be described as a tonic film that doesn’t let the blues get you. When it finishes, you feel as if the time has gone too fast and you leave the theatre wanting to see it all over again.” - from Pacific Films press material