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Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in Black Gold | NZ On Screen

Black Gold

Black Gold

For a small country from the edge of the world, achievements on the Olympic and Commonwealth stage are badges — silver fern-on-black — of national pride: precious moments where we gained notice (even if it was Mum’s anthem playing on the dais). This legacy collection draws on archive footage, some rarely seen, to celebrate the stories behind Kiwis going for gold. Eric Young writes on the black uniform in his backgrounder, “no colour makes a statement quite like it.”

 

The Glow of Gold

Short Film, 1968 (Full Length)

Peter Snell, Athlete

Television, 1964 (Full Length)

Pieces of Eight - A Quest for Gold

Television, 1984 (Full Length)

1990 Commonwealth Games promo - Join Together

Commercial, 1989 (Full Length)

Lovelock

Short Film, 1992 (Full Length)

On the Run

Short Film, 1979 (Full Length)

Games 74

Film, 1974 (Full Length)

This is Your Life - Peter Snell

Television, 2000 (Full Length Episode)

Series

The Games Affair

Television, 1974

This is Your Life - John Walker

Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)

Remember '74

Television, 1990 (Full Length)

Pictorial Parade No. 123

Short Film, 1962 (Full Length)

Join Together - The New Zealand Commonwealth Games Story

Television, 2006 (Full Length)

1950 British Empire Games

Film, 1950 (Full Length)

Pictorial Parade No. 24

Short Film, 1954 (Full Length)

This is Your Life - Mark Todd

Television, 1984 (Full Length Episode)

2 for Todd - A Profile of Mark Todd

Television, 1989 (Full Length)

The Years Back - 3, The Thirties (Episode Three)

Television, 1973 (Full Length Episode)

John Walker - The 3.49.4 Man

Television, 1976 (Full Length)

The Right Track

Short Film, 1984 (Full Length)

Triumph of the Human Spirit

Television, 1996 (Full Length)

Via Satellite

Film, 1998 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Turn of the Century

Television, 1987 (Full Length)

Pictorial Parade No. 124

Short Film, 1962 (Full Length)

Attitude Special - The Journey of the Wheel Blacks

Television, 2008 (Full Length Episode)

Pictorial Parade No. 131 - Top o' the Town Race

Short Film, 1962 (Full Length)

Weekly Review No. 350 - New Zealanders for the Olympics

Short Film, 1948 (Full Length)

Alex

Film, 1993 (Excerpts)

The Golden Hour

Television, 2012 (Trailer)

Weekly Review No. 431

Short Film, 1949 (Full Length)

Twelve Days Of Glory - The Forgotten Athletes

Television, 1993 (Full Length)

Pictorial Parade No. 77

Short Film, 1958 (Full Length)

Join Together - performed by Steve Allen

Television, 1985 (Excerpts)

This is the Moment

Chris Thompson, Music Video, 1990