Pictorial Parade No. 56

This edition of the long-running National Film Unit magazine series goes from south to north, then loops the loop. In Christchurch the cathedral and its history are toured and a service for Queen Elizabeth II is shown. Then there’s international get-togethers: a “Jaycees” congress in Rotorua; then Massey, for a Grasslands Conference. At Milson Aerodrome legless British war-hero Douglas Bader is amongst the attendees at the world’s first International Agricultural Aviation Show, and top-dressers demonstrate their “need for speed” skills above a hill country farm.

Supply droppers give a demonstration of precision delivery: more accurate than some paper boys we know.

– From the narration

Key Cast & Crew

Peter Hutt

Director, Editor, Narrator

Maurice Shadbolt

Editor, Writer