Final Edition Prelude To A Royal Journey (1970)

Title reads - Final Edition. Prelude to a Royal Journey. Cataloguer’s note: this is a mute shorter version of the item with the same title also in 70/17 (film ID ), no new footage. Description copied from . Various shots model of Captain Cook’s ship `Endeavour’. M/S actors playing out his journey. Various shots of his entourage in rowing boats as they approach the shore. Various shots as they row in. C/U Maori warriors as boat draws up. C/U warrior. C/U Captain Cook being carried to beach by two sailors. M/S group of Maoris with spears. Captain Cook walks forward and throws some beads onto the ground in front of them. M/S showing Cook with the Maoris. Camera zooms in as he hoists the Union Jack flag. L/S mountains, zoom in to Mount Cook. Various shots sheep running across pastures. M/S men shearing sheep. C/U sheep being sheared. M/S and C/U newly shorn sheep. M/S farmer letting sheep out of pen, they gambol along. C/U flowers. M/S people on horseback riding out from the Moonlight