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Film Ross Sea appeal - Children meet Hillary

The National Film Unit's film Ross Sea Appeal - Children meet Hillary (1955).

This video Appears In 2 Articles:

  • Edmund Hillary and Radiant Living
    Edmund Hillary
  • Cross on Mt Erebus
    Antarctica and New Zealand

Keywords

antarctica
edmund hillary
children
film
1950s
Credit

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference number: AAPG 500,012
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'Film Ross Sea appeal - Children meet Hillary', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/ed-hillary-and-ross-sea-appeal, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 22-Jul-2014

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  • 1 April 1981

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  • 20 January 1957

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  • 3 January 1930

    First NZ-made 'talkie' screened
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  • Edmund Hillary
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  • Schools and the First World War
  • The 1950s
  • Antarctica and New Zealand
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  • Erebus disaster
  • Korean War
  • Children and adolescents, 1930-1960

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