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Film: the Queen flies out from Paraparaumu, 1954

Film Clip: leaving Paraparaumu

Still shots and description

Crowd line street cheering royals Royal plane at airport Royal plane taking off

The royal plane takes off from Paraparaumu airport

Credit

This silent colour film was made using an 8-mm camera by amateur cameraman Mr Edwin Nitschke. We are most grateful to Mr Nitschke’s family for making this film available to us.

How to cite this page

Film: the Queen flies out from Paraparaumu, 1954, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/queen-leaving-paraparaumu, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated