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Story: Documentary film

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Early documentary film

  3. Educating the public – 1940 to 1960

  4. The television era

  5. From the 1980s to 2000

  6. Documentary films in the 2000s

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Early documentary film

Whanganui River, 1921

Whanganui River, 1921 (1st of 2)

Shackleton departs for Antarctica, 1908

Shackleton departs for Antarctica, 1908 (2nd of 2)

Beautiful Levin, 1922

Beautiful Levin, 1922

Sound test by Ted Coubray, 1929

Sound test by Ted Coubray, 1929

From page 2 - Educating the public – 1940 to 1960

Filming underwater

Filming underwater

Snows of Aorangi, 1955

Snows of Aorangi, 1955

Neuline Film Studios shoot, 1948

Neuline Film Studios shoot, 1948

Pacific Films at work

Pacific Films at work

From page 3 - The television era

Robert Brown, Natural History Unit

Robert Brown, Natural History Unit

This is New Zealand at the 1970 World Expo

This is New Zealand at the 1970 World Expo

Filming One of those people who live in the world, 1974

Filming One of those people who live in the world, 1974

Tangata whenua

Tangata whenua

From page 4 - From the 1980s to 2000

University documentary students, 2013

University documentary students, 2013

Patu!, 1983

Patu!, 1983

Annie Goldson, 2011

Annie Goldson, 2011

From page 5 - Documentary films in the 2000s

Florian Habicht, 2004

Florian Habicht, 2004

Untouchable girls, 2009

Untouchable girls, 2009

Operation 8, 2011

Operation 8, 2011

Shirley Horrocks, 2007

Shirley Horrocks, 2007 (1st of 3)

Intersexion, 2012

Intersexion, 2012 (2nd of 3)

Costa Botes, 2011

Costa Botes, 2011 (3rd of 3)

How to cite this page:

Helen Martin, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/documentary-film/media (accessed 23 April 2021)

Story by Helen Martin, published 22 Oct 2014

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