Learning on ScreenThe Canoe Girls of Ngaruawahia (ahem!)
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: "Look at the way big brother hurdles a canoe", said the Maori girls of Nga... and the rest..." L/S of two men rowing a canoe over a constructed wooden hurdle. People watch from the bank. "Why not us? Let’s go!" Shot from another angle which reveals more of the crowds on the riverbank as a two girl team attempts the hurdle."If at first you don’t succeed..." We see the girls’ previously unsuccessful attempts. As the tip of the canoe crosses the hurdle, the girl at the back has to run to the front to alter the balance of weight. Eventually they manage it, camera pans across to show a paddle steamer boat on the river.
- Researcher Comments
- A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.
- Keywords
- Competitions; Water sports
- Locations
- New Zealand
- Footage sources
- Pathe Re-issue
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.208
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP208
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet
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- British Pathe Ltd.
- Length of story (in feet)
- 123
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