NEW ZEALAND SCENIC.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1383, 26 October 1916, Page 35

NEW ZEALAND SCENIC.

A New Zealand scenic film has been completed for the Tourist Department by Mr. S. Taylor, cinematograph photographer on the staff of the Agricultural Department. It is intended to place the film on circuit in the Dominion, and send copies to Melbourne, Sydney, and to the High Commissioner in England. The picture is descriptive of a tour from Timaru to Fairlie, thence to the Hermitage, and all the surrounding beauties — the glorious mountain peaks, and the Tasman and Mueller glaciers. Then the camera was carried over the Copeland Pass at a height of 7700 feet, and the West Coast reached by a most beautiful route through bush and fern. Visits to the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers and to Lake Mahinapua are also included. Mount Cook is seen at close quarters, and the whole extent of some of the glaciers is shown. A trial run in the presence of several Ministers of the Crown and members of the Press was held in Wellington, and hearty congratulations were given to the Hon. Dr. McNab and Mr. Ben. Wilson, general manager of the Tourist Department, upon this admirable form of advertising the splendid tourist attractions of the Dominion.