Whatever It Takes: Pacific Films and John O'Shea by John Reid
John O’Shea and Roger Mirams behind a blimped Arriflex. Probably during the shooting of one of the Kawerau productions 1954-55. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Stills Collection
Roger Mirams, at right, and John O’Shea, seated, run through a set-up with the mill employees during the filming of the construction of the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill at Kawerau, New Frontier: The Sotry of Kawerau, 1954. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Stills Collection
Mozart in the metting house. To orchestral playback, Kiri Te Kanawa perofrms an operatic aria to the assembled children in Don’t Let It Get You, Rotorua, January 1966. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Stills Collection
Early days at Manapouri. Michael Seresin captures local fauna in an undisturbed Deep Cove. The beginnings of Mountains to Master, 1965. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Stills Collection
A scene from Runaway: Interrupted in the hideaway, Barry Crump becomes a disturbing presence for Colin Broadley and Deidre McCarron. South Westland, May 1964. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Stills Collection
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