Australasian Gazette – Maoris Give Their War Cry (c1922)
Synopsis
This newsreel from about 1922 shows a Maori football team doing haka war dance before a football match. The New South Wales football team poses for the camera and a match is captured in progress.
Curator’s notes
Newsreels were an integral part of cinema programming in Australia before the advent of television in 1956. Issued on a weekly basis, newsreels enabled people to further engage with local and national political stories and events.
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)
| Production company | Australasian Films |
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Acknowledgements
Cinesound–Movietone Productions owns all copyright which may subsist in this footage.
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