Location: | New Zealand / Aotearoa |
Subject: | Maori life and culture; Maori battalion |
Length: | 11 minutes |
Format: | 35 mm archival print |
Hue: | B&W |
Year Released: | 1919/1986 |
Series: | He Pito Whakatu a Te Maori Na James McDonald |
Director: | James McDonald for the Dominion Museum |
Producer: | |
Distributor: | NZFA |
Library Code: | |
Description: | In April 1919, the week-long Hui Aroha was organized to welcome the Maori Pioneer Battalion home from France, to honor those who did not return, and to celebrate peace. The surviving film shows poi dances and string games. Silent. |
Record No: | 2048 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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