Royal Visit 1953-54 film clips

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Film 1. Clips from The Royal Tour of New Zealand, 1953-54 (National Film Unit).

National Film Unit Film preserved and made available by Archives New Zealand Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga o Aotearoa .

Arrival of the Gothic (2.3mb) - lower quality version (805kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Arrival clip

Queen Street and Auckland hospital visit (2.44mb) - lower quality version (861kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Auckland clip

Waitomo Caves and Karapiro hydro dam (2.73mb) - lower quality version (954kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Waitomo clip

Guide Rangi and geysers (2.4mb) - lower quality version (852kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Guide Rangi clip

Manawatu and Taranaki (2.34mb) - lower quality version (838kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Manawatu and Taranaki clip

Wellington - Children's welcome at Athletic Park (2.74mb) - lower quality version (953kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Athletic Park clip

Wellington: Queen entering Parliament (2.98mb) - lower quality version (1mb) - Description and transcript

Wellington: Queen's speech from Parliament (2.67mb) - lower quality version (945kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from opening Parliament clips

West Coast (2.07mb) - lower quality version (231kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from West Coast clip

Christchurch (1.99mb) - lower quality version (707kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Christchurch clip

Dunedin - welcome (1.6mb) - lower quality version (570kb) - Description and transcript

Dunedin - children at Forbury Park (2.5mb) - lower quality version (1.02mb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Dunedin clips

Invercargill - A & P Show (3mb) - lower quality version (1.05mb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Invercargill clip

Yvette Williams jumping (703kb) - lower quality version (270mb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Yvette Williams clip

Gore - upside down bouquet presentation (1.7mb) - lower quality version (591kb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Gore clip

Bluff - preparing to leave NZ (3.07mb) - lower quality version (1.07mb) - Description and transcript

Leaving Bluff (3.02mb) - lower quality version (1.02mb) - Description and transcript

Stills from Bluff clips

Film 2. Home movie of Royal Visit

This silent colour film was made using an 8mm camera by amateur cameraman Mr Edwin Nitschke. We are most grateful to Mr Nitschke's family for making this available to us.

Arrival in Waipawa, 7 January 1954 (2.8mb) - lower quality version (995kb) - Description of this clip

Stills fromWaipawa clip

Film clips of the Queen, 8 January 1954:

at Marton (2.98mb ) - lower quality version (810k).- Description of this clip

Stills from Marton clip

at Wanganui (2.08mb) - lower quality version (735k) - Description of this clip

Stills from Wanganui clip

at Patea (2.19) - lower quality version (810k) - Description of this clip

Stills from Patea clip

Arrival in Masterton on 15 January 1954 (3.09mb) - lower quality version (1.05mb).- Description of this clip

Stills from Masterton clip

At Paraparaumu on 16 January:

Queen at Paraparaumu (1.09mb) - lower quality version (389k) - Description of this clip
Leaving Paraparaumu by plane (1.45mb) - lower quality version (549k) - Description of this clip

Stills from Paraparaumu clips

[See more Royal Visit film clips on the New Zealand Film Archive website.]

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