PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIII, Issue 4045, 25 September 1944, Page 3

PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT

VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE FILM MAKING AT HAUTAPU FACTORY The Cambridge Co-operative Dairy f Cbmpany is to be congratulated on the compliment that was paid to it by the Quartermaster-General of the United States Forces as associi ated with the Joint Purchasing ■ Board, in selecting the company's E Hautapu Cheese Factory as the one I in which to make a film of the I manufacture and processing of cheese in this country, which pictorial record, we understand, will I go into the archives of the U.S. Army, along with records of variII ous other manufactures and food •products of this Dominion. On Wednesday morning a photo- . graphic unit arrived at the factory and the greater part of the day was spent in filming the record. On arrival at the factory the personnel of the unit were met by the general manager, Mr L. R. Wards, and they were accorded a hearty welcome. The party immediately set up their equipment to take pictures of the arrival of the milk at the factory and the receipt of same L at the factory stage. The photographic equipment was then taken into the factory and the remainder of the day was spent in faithfully recording the process of cheese manufacture in all its stages. The filming continued right through the process of manufacture to the .curbing and then the packing rooms, until the crated cheese appeared ready for expori. The commentary for the film was supplied by Mr Wards, and in so doing the.generai, manager was invited by the visitors to go right into detail associated with the pro- . cess of manufacture. The record taken was a very complete one and the visiting cameramen were delighted with one road shot of a fine wagon team on the way home from the factory. We understand/it is possible that some day a copy of the film will be available for screening in New Zealand and it is to be hoped that the Cambridge Dairy Company will be successful in/arranging for a screenv Cam/bridge.' Hensley, attached to the U.S. Joint Purchasing Board, was in charge, and associated with "the party, who had previously l a film record of butter manu"nfacture at the Morrinsville Co-op. Company's factory, was Mr W. G. Batt, of the Dairy Division. Other members of the visiting personnel were Lieut. L. R. Entree, Staff-Sgt. R S. Towell, Sgt. F. W. Krasman, *Sgt. C. S. Kronfeld. "A Fine Factory." In the course of a short interview with an "Independent" representative Capt. Hensely, said he was most favourably impressed with the Company's factory. "It is so well equipped and efficiently run. It is so clean and the exterior conditions so/ pleasing," said Capt. 3 Hensley. "Yes, it certainly looks capable of doing the job."