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Film: Queen arriving in Wanganui, 1954

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Film Clip: arriving in Wanganui

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Street with banners Royal entourage drives down main street Royal couple wave from car

Chinese dragons and clowns entertain and thousands of children in the stands and on the grounds welcome the Royal couple in Forbury Park.

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.

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How to cite this page: 'Film: Queen arriving in Wanganui, 1954', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/queen-arriving-in-wanganui, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 31-May-2007

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