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Film clip: end of the Centennial Exhibition

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'You Can Have One Guess' teases the title card, and then we are shown the Octopus at night, with the lights on its arms spinning in the blackness. The next cards says 'And "Goodbye" It Was Jolly Fine'. A tall tower, topped with three flags waving majestically in the wind, looms against a cloudy sky. 'The End' flashes up, its white letters fading to grey as the film finishes

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Private Collection

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Film clip: end of the Centennial Exhibition, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/centennial-film-clip-the-end, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated