Christchurch - Garden City of New Zealand
1952•19m•Released
Documentary
This promotional travelogue, made for the Christchurch City Council, shows off the city and its environs. Filmed at a time when New Zealand’s post-war economy was booming as it continued its role as a farmyard for the “Old Country”, it depicts Christchurch as a prosperous city, confident in its green and pleasant self-image as a “better Britain” (as James Belich coined NZ’s relationship to England), and architecturally dominated by its cathedrals, churches and schools. Many of these buildings were severely damaged or destroyed in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.
Director
Roy A. Evans
Languages
English
Studio
New Zealand National Film Unit
Cast
C. W. Cobby
Narrator
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