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 The strong representation of home movies within the Film Archive
collection indicates how amateur film making flourished in New Zealand,
especially in the 40s and 50s. The post-war period saw a renewed
focus on the nuclear family, with leisure and recreation activities
being family-centred and often lovingly recorded on 8mm or 16mm
film.
Though apparently simple and unsophisticated, amateur films offer
significant, evocative insights. They represent different faces,
different gestures, different experiences and different realities,
but trigger and resonate with the viewer’s own memories.
Created with no thought of an audience beyond the living room,
these films maintain their sense of intimacy: private and public
experiences converge.
The films in this selection celebrate the New Zealand family Christmas:
on holiday with the children at the beach, the bach, the motor camp
or at home over the long summer months.
With thanks to: the Reynolds, Silvester, Lambourne, Diack, King
and Clark families and the Canterbury Museum.
How we found these results
These results were found by using the Catalogue’s Advanced
Search function. To get started we chose Film & Video from the ‘Media’ menu. Then we selected Amateur from the ‘Category’ menu and finally we typed Christmas, tree, present and child into the ‘Description’ field. |
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