New Zealand Greets Queen (1963)

Item title reads - New Zealand Greets Queen. M/S yacht ’Britannia’ in the Bay of Plenty. L/S other boats. C/U woman taking photograph. M/S as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, step onto the quay at Waitangi, they are greeted by Governor General Sir Bernard Fergusson and his wife. C/U people cheering, M/S as the Queen gets into the car. Various shots of the Queen and Duke standing in back of car and waving to crowds as they pass. M/S Treaty House commemorating Maori chiefs accepting British sovereignty. C/U painting inside house depicting arrival of Captain Hobson. C/U portrait of Hobson. C/U’s of another painting. M/S as Queen and Duke walk across lawn in Treaty House grounds to meet Maori chiefs. C/U chief waiting, pan to woman behind. Various shots of Queen and Duke shaking hands with important Maoris. Various shots of Maoris performing the Haka dance. C/U Maori chief dancing with painted face. Various shots of the dance. M/S’s of the Queen on the lawn watching Maori chief
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