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BMA world tour : Alternative itinerary. Part 3. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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BMA world tour : Alternative itinerary. Part 3. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
This amateur film, which has been edited semi-professionally with additional intertitles and maps to orientate the viewer, consists of footage shot on the BMA's World Tour. The party arrive in Fiji; they are greeted by a local band and native peoples dancing and fire-walking. (This material is duplicated on the Wellcome LIbrary's series). The party then disembark for Auckland, New Zealand. In Auckland, the city is seen to be prosperous; the building are described as being 'tall tabernacles of trade'. There are exterior views of St Matthews, the Old Mill in Symonds Street and Grafton Bridge. The film continues with part 4 of the other itinerary continuing to travel around New Zealand (a Maori welcome at Rotura and footage of bathing in the volcanic springs) and onto Australia - Sydney Harbour Bridge and various indigenous Australian wildlife and the Central Railway Station.