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Preparing rowers' camp for 1950 Empire Games

This 1949 National Film Unit presentation shows preparations for the 1950 Empire Games rowing competitions on Lake Karapiro.

(Towards the end of the clip there is a short unrelated item about the opening of a children's home in Karori).

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  • Birth of an Olympic rowing tradition
    Rowing in New Zealand

Keywords

rowing
empire games
lake karapiro
Credit

Film courtesy of Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: Weekly Review No 432, pt 1
See more about this film on Archives New Zealand's Audio Visual wiki
Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material. 

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