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This booster's gem was produced by the NFU to mark Canterbury's centennial. The original Canterbury crusaders' dream of a model England colony is shown in settler life re-enactments. The importance of meat and wheat to the region's prosperity is extolled and a progressive narrative — "in one brief century they've turned the wilderness into fertile farms and built their red-roofed homes" — underpins contemporary scenes (cricket, church) and much bucolic (plains, alps) scenery. Trivia: Peter Jackson used an excerpt from the film to open Heavenly Creatures.
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Television, 2000 (Excerpts)
Features the Elworthy family’s South Canterbury farm
Television, 2007 (Excerpts)
The English episode of a series on NZ settler groups
Short Film, 1964 (Full Length)
A Southern Alps traverse from Westland to Canterbury
Television, 1998 (Full Length Episode)
More about Christchurch cathedral
Short Film, 1952 (Full Length)
Another newsreel celebration of Canterbury
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