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Headliners - The World's Fastest Indian

2004 3m Television
  • Arts/Culture

In this report for entertainment news show Headliners, reporter Mary Durham is in Invercargill, where director Roger Donaldson and his crew are making movie The World's Fastest Indian, based on the "extraordinary" achievements of motorcycle veteran Burt Munro. Durham interviews line producer Murray Francis in front of a replica of the "***tty" old shed where Munro lived and worked. They visit Oreti Beach where Munro ran test runs before his record-breaking land speed attempts in the salt flats of Utah. Beating out younger competitors, he amazed the world on an old bike modified with homemade parts.