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  2. Exploding trousers - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand in the 1930s, farmers reportedly had trouble with exploding trousers as a result of attempts to control ragwort, an agricultural weed. [1] Farmers had been spraying sodium chlorate, a government recommended weedkiller, onto the ragwort, and some of the spray had ended up on their clothes. Sodium chlorate is a strong oxidizing ...

  3. On the Friendly Road - Wikipedia

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    On the Friendly Road is a 1936 film from New Zealand which told a story of New Zealand in the Depression. [1] [2] It was made in and around Auckland, using local actors and locally-made cameras. [3] It is one of four films made in 1935 (with The Devil's Pit, Down on the Farm, and Hei Tiki ) which lay

  4. Category:1930s in New Zealand cinema - Wikipedia

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    1930s New Zealand films (6 P) Pages in category "1930s in New Zealand cinema" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. N.

  5. Category:1930s New Zealand films - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1930s New Zealand films" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.

  6. List of New Zealand films - Wikipedia

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    Romantic New Zealand: travelogue: New Zealand's first released "talkie" film. [3] 1935: Down on the Farm: Stewart Pitt: New Zealand's first non-documentary "talkie". Fragments only remain. First film shot entirely in the South Island. [3] Hei Tiki: Alexander Markey: a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris. [3] New Zealand's Charm: A ...

  7. Down on the Farm (1935 film) - Wikipedia

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    Down on the Farm is a 1935 New Zealand film. It was New Zealand's first sound feature. [3] [4] It is one of four films which lay claim to being the first "New Zealand talkie"; however, of the other three, The Devil's Pit and Hei Tiki had sound added in America, and On the Friendly Road was not released until 1936.

  8. Phar Lap's Son - Wikipedia

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    Phar Lap's Son is a 1936 New Zealand film directed by A. L. Lewis. Only part of it survives. [1] It was shot in and around Dunedin. [2] Many of the crew who worked on it had worked on Down on the Farm (1935). [3]

  9. List of films set in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1952: Broken Barrier: 1954: The Seekers: 1955 Battle Cry: Partially set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1957 Until They Sail: Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1961 Two Loves: Set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand 1962 In Search of the Castaways: Partially set in, but not filmed in, New Zealand ...