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Film: the Queen flies out from Paraparaumu, 1954

Film Clip: leaving Paraparaumu

Still shots and description

Crowd line street cheering royalsRoyal plane at airportRoyal plane taking off

The Royal plane takes off from Paraparaumu airport

Credit:

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.

How to cite this page: 'Film: the Queen flies out from Paraparaumu, 1954', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/queen-leaving-paraparaumu, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012

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