“MARCH OF TIME” CAMERAMAN

Evening Star, Issue 23692, 27 September 1940, Page 4

“MARCH OF TIME” CAMERAMAN

HE GOTO OF AUSTRALIAN LIFE PLANNED SIMILAR MISSION TO DSMINIGH D’i;n United I'unss Association.) WELLINGTON, September 20. Onlv a week after a business trip to .Mexico from his home m New Ti ork, Mr Victor J. Jurgens, a “ March of Time’’ cameraman, reached Auckland bv the Honolulu Clipper to-day on his way to Australia. He will ily to Sydney on Saturday by the Tasman Empire Airways’ service. Many thousands of miles have been covered by Mr Jurgens on assignments for the organisation with which he is associated, and he has made films in various parts of North and South America, Japan, Guam, Hongkong, and the Dutch East Indies. With him he had brought equipment for the making of separate documentary films in both New Zealand and Australia, depicting particularly the war effort of the two countries as well as their industrial and commercial life and something of their scenery.

“ I. want to try to convoy something of the size of Australia,” Mr Jurgens said “ The film will also deal with the Navy, Army, and Air Force, the major industries, and also to some extent with the ordinary life of the people. It is intended to he a record of modern Australia. “ After about two months there I intend to come to New Zealand and make a similar picture of the Dominion,” he added. ” It will bo quite separate from the Australian picture.” Mr Jurgens was met on arrival bv the Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr C. E. Critchley.