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Kōrero: Marriage and partnering

War brides playing baseball

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New Zealand women who married United States servicemen during the Second World War are shown here playing baseball. The group were members of the Eagle Club, familiarising themselves with the three Cs: cookery, customs and the constitution.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Weekly Review 166. National Film Unit, 1944

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Megan Cook, Marriage and partnering – Marriage, 1900 to the 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/30784/war-brides-playing-baseball (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 31 May 2011, updated 1 May 2017.