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In the Land of Fire
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Bertram Bracken?
Cast: (unknown)
Méliès Star Films [American] production; distributed by [?] The Vitagraph Company of America through The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 21 August 1913. / The production was shot on-location in New Zealand.
Documentary.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A highly interesting and educational full reel of the geysers, mud volcanoes and boiling springs of New Zealand. The steaming valley of Tikitere and close views of the boiling mud and its various ways of eruption. The great Wairakei geyser, whose plays of boiling sulfurous water occur at intervals of about nine minutes to a height of from 10 to 40 feet, lasting two minutes. The Dragon’s Mouth; the Prince of Wales’ Feathers; the Black Geyser, whose water is made black by the presence of manganese; the red Coral Geyser and the “Nga Mahanga” (the Twins), all beautiful spurting springs wonderful to behold. Geysers at Whakawarewa include “Pohutu” (the Splasher), “Papakura” (the Giant’s Cauldron), and “Keru” (the Pigeon) in whose waters lime, ever present, has, after years, created a wonderful apron-like formation. And others.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: New Zealand
Listing updated: 31 December 2024.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 142: Thompson-Star p. 233 : Website-IMDb.
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