THE WHITEBAIT INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2937, 17 September 1925, Page 3

THE WHITEBAIT INDUSTRY.

FOX FILM PHOTOGRAPHERS VISIT FOXTON.

Yesterday Mr. Len. If. Roos, A.S.C., an expert kinematographer representing Fox Films, New York, accompanied by Mr. G. Barton, also a kinematographer, of Wellington, visited Foxton for the purpose of filming whitebait fishing on the Manawatu River. Messrs Roos and Barton motored up from Wellington and brought with them two cameras and a quantity of film. A brief inspection was made of the wharf and river and it was decided to procure a launch and go down stream as far as the heads in search of suitable settings for filming the operation of! netting the bait. Mr. W. Bryant’s launch was chartered and a start was made at 1 o’clock. Both machines were set. up on the launch and several “shoots” taken on the way down. On the return run a visit was made to Aprihama.’s pah where “close-ups” were taken of the operation of setting and lifting a net, several “stills” also being taken of native life. Unfortunately there was very little whitebait running at the time but the photographers succeeded in getting some good photos at Taylor’s Whare, where Mr. K. McGregor had a. fair quantity of fish. The party arrived back at the wharf at 3.30 and left immediately for Wellington. It is probable that local picturefgoers will have the pleasure of seeing some scenes taken on their own river in a Fox Travel picture in about twelve months’ time. The film is to be sent back jo America for developing.

Mr Len. Rons arrived in New Zealand on the Aorangi a short while ago with five kinema cameras and over 30,000 feet of negative, including some thousands of feet of pan-chromatic film. The camera used here yesterday is a new and up-to-date machine which has jusj been imported from Pans at. a cost of considerably over .1500. Mr Roos is one of Fox’s expert photographers and has visited many parts of the globe in search of “Travel” pictures. He has had considerable experience with the Indians of America and Canada, and the aborigines of Australia. Just prior to visiting Foxton Mr Roos was engaged in filming liakapuka fishing in New Zealand waters. “Swordfishing,” a picture that evoked a. considerable amount of interest at the Town Hall on Saturday night was one of Dir. hooss pictures. Mr. C. Barton, formally Sergeant Barton, was official photographer during the recent war and has also had considerable experience behind the camera. Mr Barton accompanied the Prince of Wales during his tour of New Zealand ins official photographer and was for some time engaged by Paramount in securing New Zealand news items.