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Beautiful New Zealand

Short Film (Full Length) – 1949

Throughout the country grow more the 1500 species of trees and plants, but greatest of them all is the giant kauri. In this venerable trunk is enough wood to build a block of six-roomed houses.
– From the narration
An unexplained heaving and falling of these waters by about three inches every five minutes keeps Wakatipu the ever-beating heart of this southern region ...
– From the narration
An impressive and attractive city: a city of hills that surround one of the world’s finest natural deep water harbours.
– From the narration, on Wellington
Beautiful New Zealand: a land of lake and mountain scenery and and farm-carved countryside, that all lies next to busy cities and towns.
– From the narration