Films of Rod Matheson - Carnival of the Lake
Object type
Video
- Description
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A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson featuring images from the Carnival of the Lake, which took place at Hokowhitu Lagoon during Anniversary Weekend 1963. Events included a pet parade, children's competitions, Highland dancing, and a boating and canoeing regatta. Some other highlights were decorated gondolas, an elephant race and performances by the stuntman Indana who demonstrated firewalking and escaped from a straitjacket while suspended upside down from a crane.
Film has no sound.
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Creation
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- By Attribution Alone
Taxonomy
- Tags
- bicycles
- boats
- candy floss
- canoeing
- carnival of the lake
- cheetahs
- children
- clowns
- crowds
- elephants
- escape act
- fashion show
- fire pit
- fire walking
- highland dancing
- horse
- hotdogs
- international flags
- karate demonstration
- manawatu bird breeder's association
- merry-go-round
- miniature horse
- palmerston north shellwork club
- parking
- puppy
- radio controlled boats
- rangitikei street
- speeches
- tigers
- toffee apples
- tractor
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