Rapids Shot First Time - New Zealand

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
59/58
Date Released
20 Jul 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Bastille Day - Paris
  2. 2Air News: Home Made Gyrocopter is Big Success
  3. 3Air News: First Flight of Man Made Plane
  4. 4Air News: Replica of Bleriot’s 1909 Plane Flies
  5. 5Richard Todd "Farmer Dick" - Henley
  6. 6Brush Fire Threatens Hollywood
  7. 7Rapids Shot First Time - New Zealand

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
Intrepid sportsmen "defeat" hitherto unconquerable river.
Researcher Comments
Whaka-heke (translates as "Flying Canoe") Rapids, near the Orakei Korako Thermal Field, were buried when the Ohakuri Dam was completed on the Waikato River, North Island of New Zealand in 1961.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats
Locations
New Zealand; Waikato River
Footage sources
Cinesound
Length of story (in feet)
100
Story extras:
Film clip
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