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Wakatipu - The Long Lake
Short Film (Full Length) – 1954
Deep away in the south of New Zealand lies a 52 mile stretch of blue water. Mountains crowd it close and trees line its shores. This is the long lake the Māoris called Wakatipu.– Narrator
The long lake has a secret. These waters beat like the human heart, the level rising and falling every five minutes regularly through the hours and years ... and no one has ever explained why.– Narrator
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