Canta May 1950, cover
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A scanned copy of the cover page of an issue of Canta published on Wednesday 31 May 1950. The cover features an article on Capping Week.
A scanned copy of the cover page of an issue of Canta published on Wednesday 31 May 1950. The cover features an article on Capping Week.
This booster's gem was produced by the NFU to mark Canterbury's centennial. The original Canterbury crusaders' dream of a model England colony is shown in settler life re-enactments. The importance of meat and wheat to the region's prosperity is extolled and a progressive narrative — "in one brief century they've turned the wilderness into fertile farms and built their red-roofed homes" — underpins contemporary scenes (cricket, church) and much bucolic (plains, alps) scenery. Trivia: Peter Jackson used an excerpt from the film to open Heavenly Creatures.