CinemaOSMovie · 1944 · 0h 8m

Weekly Review No. 169 - New Zealand Soldiers and Polish Children

Documentary

This 1944 newsreel documents arrivals at a Wellington wharf from the Middle East: New Zealand soldiers and Polish children. For the refugees it was the conclusion of an epic wartime survival tale: an exodus from Poland via Siberian labour camps, to being greeted by Prime Minister Peter Fraser in NZ. The Poles then take the train past waving crowds to their new home: a camp in Pahīatua. Twenty years later the children were revisited in Kathleen O’Brien’s classic 1966 documentary The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children.

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
0h 8m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1944
Studios
New Zealand National Film Unit

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Rex Walden

Narrator

Creative team
Written by
Michael Forlong

Keep watching

More like this

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet4.8

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006 · Film

Blackpool North Pier

Blackpool North Pier

1903 · Film

The Life Cycle of the Newt

The Life Cycle of the Newt

1942 · Film

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

1971 · Film

The Clinic6.0

The Clinic

2019 · Film

The Chileno Valley Newt Brigade

The Chileno Valley Newt Brigade

2024 · Film

Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock

Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock

1963 · Film

Martin

Martin

2017 · Film

Feliz Aniversário, Villaça

Feliz Aniversário, Villaça

2026 · Film

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'6.7

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

1971 · Film

More Dangerous Than Dynamite3.7

More Dangerous Than Dynamite

1941 · Film

Radical Self Acceptance

Radical Self Acceptance

2021 · Film

Fighting Chance

Fighting Chance

2023 · Film

Silent Night

Silent Night

2024 · Film

Single File7.0

Single File

2024 · Film

A Última Sala

A Última Sala

2025 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

The Bloody Hundredth7.2

The Bloody Hundredth

2024 · Film

42 Up7.6

42 Up

1999 · Film

The Battle of Midway5.9

The Battle of Midway

1942 · Film

The Battle of San Pietro6.1

The Battle of San Pietro

1945 · Film

56 Up7.2

56 Up

2012 · Film

21 Up7.4

21 Up

1977 · Film

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis6.2

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

2019 · Film

The Soviet Story7.3

The Soviet Story

2008 · Film

Wick Is Pain7.4

Wick Is Pain

2025 · Film

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red6.8

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

2022 · Film

35 Up7.6

35 Up

1991 · Film

A Toxic Love Story6.4

A Toxic Love Story

2026 · Film

Elstree 19766.2

Elstree 1976

2015 · Film

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible7.3

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021 · Film

In the Realms of the Unreal7.2

In the Realms of the Unreal

2004 · Film

Daybreak Express7.2

Daybreak Express

1957 · Film

Maria by Callas7.4

Maria by Callas

2017 · Film

Directed by John Ford7.0

Directed by John Ford

1971 · Film

Fuck6.4

Fuck

2006 · Film

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends7.1

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019 · Film