Lincoln County incident

A satiric western set in the South Island of New Zealand with a cast and crew of over 100 - all children from a New Zealand secondary school. It involves the escapades of diminutive Sampson Peabody-Jones who, in 1881, heads west in search of adventure and a new life. Suitable for middle and upper primary and lower secondary levels.

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Credits

production company

Lincoln Films

Duration

00:47:05:00

Production places

Aotearoa / New Zealand

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

507792

Language

English

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Comedy

Comedy → Satire

Short films

Short films → Short films - New Zealand

Westerns

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1974

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