Journey for Three explained

Journey for Three
Director:	Michael Forlong
Producer:	Stanhope Andrews
Starring:	Elizabeth Armstrong Margaret McNulty Stewart Pilkington
Music:	Douglas Lilburn
Cinematography:	Randal Beattie
Editing:	Michael Forlong
Studio:	National Film Unit
Distributor:	NZ Film Archives
Runtime:	45 minutes
Country:	New Zealand
Language:	English

Journey for Three is a 1950 New Zealand black and white immigration propaganda film.^[1]

Synopsis

This film dramatised postwar immigration to New Zealand.^[1] Three British citizens travel and settle down in New Zealand, and the film shows their hopes, jobs, challenges, and adventures.^[1]

Cast

• Elizabeth Armstrong as Cassie McLeod
• Margaret McNulty as Margaret Allen
• Stewart Pilkington as Harry White
• Francis Renner as The Foreman

Production

This was an immigration propaganda film production released by the National Film Unit.^[1] The film had a theatrical release in the UK.^[1]

Reviews

• 1950 Ashburton Guardian - Comment on N.Z. film.^[2]
• 1995 featured in New Zealand's contribution to the British Film Institute's Century of Cinema series - .^[3]
• 2011 "...made by the New Zealand National Film Unit, was the most ambitious film the Unit had ever embarked on."^[4]

External links

• • Journey for Three Youtube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Journey for Three. . . 31 December 2022.
2. News: Comment on N.Z. film "Journey for Three" in Britain . 10 January 2023 . . 127, Vol 70 . Ashburton Guardian . 14 March 1950 . 3.
3. Web site: Cinema of Unease. . Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. 5 August 2014.
4. Web site: Sigley . Simon . Rites of Passage in Post-Second World War New Zealand Cinema: Migrating the Masculine in 'Journey for Three' . academia.edu . 24 January 2023 . 2011.