New Zealand Gazette – 1981 – No. 117

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✨ Film Censorship Decisions

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Applicant	Maker	Title Silent(S) or Trailer(T)	No. of Copies	Gange	Running Time Minutes	Decision and Cert. No.	Country of Origin	Remarks
Embassy of China	China State Film	The Oriole Hall	1	16 mm	10½	G 2904	China	English narration.
Embassy of China	China State Film	Girls on Motorcycles	1	16 mm	9	G 2905	China	English narration.
Embassy of China	Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio	China Today No. 808	1	16 mm	11	G 2906	China	English narration.

N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc. | Charlie Chaplin | THE GREAT DICTATOR | 1 | 8 mm | 121 | | Ex 2136 | U.S.A. | Exempted. Approved for exhibition at the Film School at Victoria University of Wellington on 29 and 30 August 1981.

N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc. | Charlie Chaplin | MODERN TIMES | 1 | 8 mm | 89 | | Ex 2137 | U.S.A. | Exempted. Approved for exhibition at the Film School at Victoria University of Wellington on 29 and 30 August 1981. 16 years and over.

United Artists | Robert Chartoff/Irwin Winkler Production Ltd. | TRUE CONFESSIONS | 4 | 35 mm | 107½ | | R 1265 | U.S.A. |
United Artists | Eon Productions | For Your Eyes Only (Teaser T) | 5 | 35 mm | 2 | | G 2907 | U.K. |

Tuesday, 25 August 1981

Wednesday, 26 August 1981

Thursday, 27 August 1981

Embassy of China | Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio | China Today No. 8104 | 1 | 16 mm | 9½ | | G 2908 | China | English narration.
Embassy of China | Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio | China Today No. 8101 | 1 | 16 mm | 11 | | G 2909 | China | English narration.
Embassy of China | Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio | China Today No. 8102 | 1 | 16 mm | 10½ | | G 2910 | China | English narration.
Embassy of China | Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio | China Today No. 809 | 1 | 16 mm | 9½ | | G 2912 | China | English narration.
Embassy of China | China State Film | Refugees along the Thai and Kampuchea Border Region | 1 | 16 mm | 27 | | G 2913 | China | English narration.
Embassy of China | Peking Film Studio | MUSICAL ODE TO LIFE | 1 | 16 mm | 51½ | | G 2914 | China | English narration, Chinese dialogue.
Embassy of China | China State Film | Ancient City of Xian | 1 | 16 mm | 23½ | | G 2915 | China | English narration.

Embassy of China | China State Film | People’s China No. 34 | 1 | 16 mm | 18 | | G 2916 | China | English narration.
Embassy of China | China State Film | People’s China No. 37 | 1 | 16 mm | 15 | | G 2917 | China | English narration.
Kerridge Odeon Promotions | The Motion Picture Co. | Lion Beer | 7 | 35 mm | ⅔ | | GA 1571 | N.Z. |

International Film Distributors | Don Boyd/Howard J. Koch Productions | HONKY TONK FREWAY | 1 | 35 mm | 106 | | GA 1572 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: Contains coarse language.

Friday, 28 August 1981

Sixteen Millimetre | Margaret Fink Films Pty. Ltd. | MY BRILLIANT CAREER | 1 | 16 mm | 99 | | G 2919 | Australia |
Embassy of China | Changchun Film Studio | RED PEONY | 3 | 16 mm | 110 | | Ex 2138 | China | Exempted, Chinese dialogue.
Embassy of China | China State Film | Hometown of Overseas Chinese | 1 | 16 mm | 20 | | Ex 2139 | China | Exempted, Chinese dialogue.
Embassy of China | China State Film | Stone Carving | 1 | 16 mm | 18 | | Ex 2140 | China | Exempted, Chinese dialogue.
Embassy of China | China State Film | Deaf and Dumb People | 1 | 16 mm | 19 | | Ex 2141 | China | Exempted, Chinese dialogue.
Embassy of China | China State Film | Bamboo Article | 1 | 16 mm | 20 | | Ex 2142 | China | Exempted, Chinese dialogue.

Monday, 31 August 1981

Twentieth Century Fox | Enigma Productions Ltd. | CHARIOTS OF FIRE | 1 | 35 mm | 123 | | G 2920 | U.K. |
Twentieth Century Fox | Enigma Productions Ltd. | Chariots of Fire (T) | 1 | 35 mm | 3½ | | G 2921 | U.K. |
Cinema International Corporation | Svengali Production | TARZAN THE APE MAN (Teaser T) | 4 | 35 mm | 1 | | R 1266 | U.S.A. | 13 years and over.
Cinema International Corporation | Svengali Production | Tarzan the Ape Man (T) | 4 | 35 mm | 2½ | | G 2922 | U.S.A. |
Orion Pictures | S. and L. Films B.V. | SPHINX | 2 | 16 mm | 118 | | GA 1573 | Netherlands | English dialogue.
Warner Bros. (N.Z.) Ltd. | David L. Wolper Production | THIS IS ELVIS | 2 | 16 mm | 102 | | G 2924 | U.S.A. |

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