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[Cruise journey in Orient Line ship Oriana from New Zealand - Fiji - Hawaii - Vancouver - San Francisco]
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Production date
1963
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WAV-2022-9
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Regular 8mm colour film of cruise on Orient Line ship 'Oriana' in 1963. Film from tourists onboard from Fiji - Hawaii - Vancouver - San Francisco.
00:00 - 00:30 - footage onboard Oriana on route to Suva, Fiji
00:30 - 13:55 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in Suva, Fiji, includes footage of: ships docked at port; general scenes around Suva, including pedestrians on city streets, traffic, shop, key landmarks; Fijian traffic control officers directing car traffic outside Suva Sea Baths; crowds in Suva; commercial streets; scenes travelling around Fiji rural areas; 'Navua Bus & Taxi Service Ltd' business; tour bus Navua - Suva; landscapes scenes of beaches; Fijian locals in boats; sign for bus stage at 'Deuba Hotel', Deuba; 'Beach Comber Hotel, Paradise Beach' sign; Fijian children in uniform; tourists watching sunset; Grand Pacific Hotel' Suva City Gardens; Fiji Museum; Fiji Government House; Suva canal; Fiji Airways de Havilland Heron DH114 aircraft registration VQ-FAY at airport, aircraft was built for National Airways Corporation (NAC) and registered on December 19th 1952. Withdrawn from NAC use July 1957 and sold to Fiji Airways (now Air Pacific) in October 1960; family photograph portrait in front of VQ-FAY; passengers boarding Fiji Airways aircraft; footage from interior of Fiji Airways aircraft during take off and flight; departing Oriana at Suva port, including band playing outside W.R. Carpenter and Co (Ltd) warehouse at port; scenes filmed from Oriana of crowds, military band and guard of honour on Kings Wharf, Suva honouring departure of Fijian Governor Sir Kenneth Maddox and his wife, Lady Elnor Maddox. Sir Maddox was a British colonial official who served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji from 1958 until 1963 as he left Fiji on the Oriana; view of ship docked in Fiji port named Rona, Sydney
13:55 - 20:06 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in Honolulu, Hawaii, includes footage of: Aloha Tower and Honolulu coast from Oriana; Oriana arriving at dock; 'Trade Wind Tour's coach bus with tourists; tourists on coach trip around Honolulu at landmarks including observatory, memorial, vista views; aircraft in fight over Honolulu; public buses, cars and traffic around Honolulu Royal Hawaiian Hotel
20:06 - 25: 00 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in Vancouver, Canada, includes footage of: on board Oriana on way to Vancouver; arriving in Vancouver; Canadian Pacific Coast Services at Vancouver City Harbour; polar bear exhibit at Zoo; Vancouver Yacht Club; archery; totem or monumental pole
25:00 - 32:04 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in San Francisco, United States of America, includes footage of: crowds celebrating arrival of 'Oriana' in San Francisco port with streamers and marching band; Golden Gate Bridge; a sight seeing tours bus; Californian State Prison San Quentin; Hotel Sacramento; Berkeley ferryboat of the Southern Pacific Railroad; Wells Fargo Bank; Golden Gate Bridge from interior of bus driving over the bridge; passengers boarding trams; interior of a restaurant; crowds waving goodbye at San Francisco docks; helicopter hovering over Alcatraz and Oriana; scenes on board Oriana
00:00 - 00:30 - footage onboard Oriana on route to Suva, Fiji
00:30 - 13:55 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in Suva, Fiji, includes footage of: ships docked at port; general scenes around Suva, including pedestrians on city streets, traffic, shop, key landmarks; Fijian traffic control officers directing car traffic outside Suva Sea Baths; crowds in Suva; commercial streets; scenes travelling around Fiji rural areas; 'Navua Bus & Taxi Service Ltd' business; tour bus Navua - Suva; landscapes scenes of beaches; Fijian locals in boats; sign for bus stage at 'Deuba Hotel', Deuba; 'Beach Comber Hotel, Paradise Beach' sign; Fijian children in uniform; tourists watching sunset; Grand Pacific Hotel' Suva City Gardens; Fiji Museum; Fiji Government House; Suva canal; Fiji Airways de Havilland Heron DH114 aircraft registration VQ-FAY at airport, aircraft was built for National Airways Corporation (NAC) and registered on December 19th 1952. Withdrawn from NAC use July 1957 and sold to Fiji Airways (now Air Pacific) in October 1960; family photograph portrait in front of VQ-FAY; passengers boarding Fiji Airways aircraft; footage from interior of Fiji Airways aircraft during take off and flight; departing Oriana at Suva port, including band playing outside W.R. Carpenter and Co (Ltd) warehouse at port; scenes filmed from Oriana of crowds, military band and guard of honour on Kings Wharf, Suva honouring departure of Fijian Governor Sir Kenneth Maddox and his wife, Lady Elnor Maddox. Sir Maddox was a British colonial official who served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji from 1958 until 1963 as he left Fiji on the Oriana; view of ship docked in Fiji port named Rona, Sydney
13:55 - 20:06 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in Honolulu, Hawaii, includes footage of: Aloha Tower and Honolulu coast from Oriana; Oriana arriving at dock; 'Trade Wind Tour's coach bus with tourists; tourists on coach trip around Honolulu at landmarks including observatory, memorial, vista views; aircraft in fight over Honolulu; public buses, cars and traffic around Honolulu Royal Hawaiian Hotel
20:06 - 25: 00 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in Vancouver, Canada, includes footage of: on board Oriana on way to Vancouver; arriving in Vancouver; Canadian Pacific Coast Services at Vancouver City Harbour; polar bear exhibit at Zoo; Vancouver Yacht Club; archery; totem or monumental pole
25:00 - 32:04 - footage from Oriana cruise stop in San Francisco, United States of America, includes footage of: crowds celebrating arrival of 'Oriana' in San Francisco port with streamers and marching band; Golden Gate Bridge; a sight seeing tours bus; Californian State Prison San Quentin; Hotel Sacramento; Berkeley ferryboat of the Southern Pacific Railroad; Wells Fargo Bank; Golden Gate Bridge from interior of bus driving over the bridge; passengers boarding trams; interior of a restaurant; crowds waving goodbye at San Francisco docks; helicopter hovering over Alcatraz and Oriana; scenes on board Oriana
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1 film reel (32 min. 04 sec.) : colour ; 8 mm
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Unknown. 1963. [Cruise journey in Orient Line ship Oriana from New Zealand - Fiji - Hawaii - Vancouver - San Francisco], WAV-2022-9. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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