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Somebody Else's Horizon

Short Film (Full Length) – 1976

I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it — the film actually portrays our magnificent tourist assets as fun.

– Evening Post review of the film, by Diana Dekker

Travel for pleasure and relaxation — 75 years ago to most people an improbable dream — today an acceptable part of life.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns

Sales pitches were direct and quite lacking in glitter and guile.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns on 1930s travelogues

Times and technique may change, but some of the images do not.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns

New Zealand is yet uncrowded, and here it is still possible to experience an environment that much of the rest of the world is seeking to regain.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns