HISTORIC OTAKI
(Otaki Mail.) This week Mr F. T. Moore will commence the filming of a picture, to be entitled “Historic Otaki.” The synopsis indicates that the picture will open with land and seascape views approaching Otaki from south via Paekakariki. Views of townships, river scenery, the game farm at Paraparaumu, showing its demand opossums, and beauty spots adjacent to the Wellington-Otaki road, will be taken. Scenes of the coastlines will be filmed from a motorlaunch, and will include the beautiful island of Kapiti, its fauna and flora; and the remnant of the wreck of the “City of Auckland,” at the mouth of the Otaki River.
Approaching . Otaki from the north, via Fox ton, motor-launch views of the Manawaftt river, with its wealth of native bush, flax, toi, manuka, etc., and scenes on the coast-line, will appear. Landscape views of the port of Foxton, the inland towns of Levin, Shannon, Ohau, and the Mangahao electric development works, will be filmed. Fertile farm lands of the district showing choice herds of dairy cattle, and other most interesting and educational scenes, picturing the best of cattle, sheep, etc., will be featured. The lovely lakes, mountains, and the spectacular sunsets, for which this district is famous, are also listed for inclusion.
Finally, when sunny Otaki is reached (the coming Los Angeles of New Zealand), where the sun’s actinia rays assist the cinema-photo-graphers to produce the best of photo-prints, Otaki’s expansive sand hills and clean, dry fiats, coupled with river and gorge scenery, views of the interior of the wonderful Maori Church, Maori Mission stations, and other important features, will he pieturised and suitably described for screening in any part of the English-speaking world.
Mr Moore will have the services of a first-class cinema-photograph-er and film-developer, and the assistance of Maori talent to produce this compresensive picture.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2263, 14 April 1921, Page 2
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303HISTORIC OTAKI Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2263, 14 April 1921, Page 2
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