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Shot by photographer Brian Brake as a NFU tourism promo, Snows of Aorangi surveys New Zealand's mountain landscapes. Brake captures stunning imagery: ethereal ice forests, lightning storms, volcanic craters, glaciers, avalanches, kea. Three skiers are mesmerising as they scythe downhill from Alma Hutt: "for a little while they've given themselves to the rhythm of sky and earth" runs the James K. Baxter-scripted narration. It was the first NZ film to compete for an Oscar, nominated in the Best Short Subject (Live Action) category in 1958.

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Brian Brake
Director, Camera

Geoffrey Scott
Producer

Cyril Morton
Producer

James K Baxter
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The National Film Unit

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Archives New Zealand

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Part of the Snow Collection, July 2009

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A Perspective by Paul Ward | 20.03.2009

Brian Brake is internationally known for his work as a stills photographer, but in the early 1950s, after training with Spencer Digby (a well known Wellington photographic studio), Brake, just into his ...

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