Somebody Else's Horizon

I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it — the film actually portrays our magnificent tourist assets as fun.

– Evening Post review of the film, by Diana Dekker

Travel for pleasure and relaxation — 75 years ago to most people an improbable dream — today an acceptable part of life.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns

Times and technique may change, but some of the images do not.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns

Sales pitches were direct and quite lacking in glitter and guile.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns on 1930s travelogues

New Zealand is yet uncrowded, and here it is still possible to experience an environment that much of the rest of the world is seeking to regain.

– Narrator Bernard Kearns