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Date: [2000]

By: Whyte, Colin David, 1932-

Reference: MSX-5935

Description: Reminiscences of Whyte describing his 21-year career in the army and later in the navy; he describes his time in school cadets (1946-1947), compulsory military training in the second intake (1950), his time in the medical corps of the Territorial Forces (1951-1953), in the Regular Force including ANZUK Hospital, Singapore, 2RNZIR Malaysia (1959-1961), 161 Battery RNZA in South Vietnam (1968) and most camps in New Zealand. He also writes of his four years at the RNZN hospital at Devonport. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Not to be published in its entirety during donor's lifetime Quantity: 1 volume(s) (91 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with reproduced photographs

Date: 1943-1949, 1975

By: Cairns-Cowan family

Reference: fMS-Papers-10809

Description: Collection comprises legal papers relating to the lease of land in Wellington (1949), correspondence relating to the lease, photographs, plan of proposed work on the Navy depot at Shelly Bay, Wellington, and a final edition of the Evening Sports Post for 1975 Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Transfers: Four photographs were transferred to the Photographic Archive where they are held at PA-Coll-9893.

Date: 1951

From: [Whitefriars Glass Works] :[Six designs for stained glass windows for New Zealand churches. 1940-60s].

By: James Powell & Sons (Firm)

Reference: C-129-029

Description: Shows three-panelled pointed-arched window in later Gothic revival style with white glass background. The central window shows St Michael slaying a dragon, above Joshua in regal dress, and the crest of the airforce, with "Per ardua ad astra" below. The left panel shows Saint holding helmet and spear , above Gideon in armour, and the crest of the army below. The right panel shows Saint Nicholas holding a sailing ship, above David with his harp, and the crest of the navy below. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - 9386/197 1951 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 3 panels stuck to card, 535 x 269 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's London auction 28.5.1997, lot 92.

Date: 1953

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/1953/Acc.37583

Description: Map showing land to be made available to the Wellington City Council on the northern tip of Miramar Peninsula. The land is bounded by Kau Bay, Mahanga Bay, an army base at Point Gordon, the Domain at Scorching Bay, Mount Crawford Prison, the Post and Telegraph centre, and the Navy base north of Shelly Bay. Also shows land that may later be transferred to the Council south of Point Halswell, and a large area of City Council land south of Shelly Bay and including Shark Bay. Written on map: 26 cms. D/C BP Today 2nd Stamped on map: 20 Oct 1953 Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 34.8 x 23.8 cm

Date: 20 Feb 2007

From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project

By: Hume, Derek Martyn, 1925-2016

Reference: OHInt-0980-09

Description: Interview with Derek Hume, born in Auckland in 1925. Outlines his family history. Mentions his solicitor father, who had served in World War I, had a stroke on the day World War II was declared. Recalls the large family home in Gillies Avenue was subdivided into flats during the Depression. Mentions they had an orchard and kept poultry on their large section. Talks about his childhood and schooling, and being able to attend Kings College only because his father had been on the governing board. Refers to talk of war and singing patriotic songs at school. Talks about his brother Larry joining up, being sent to Australia to train as a commando, but being killed in 1942 on his first day in action. Mentions cousins who were killed in action. Describes the casualty lists in the newspapers and the reactions of parents and other adults. Explains that once the Japanese entered the war people felt it would go on for years. Talks about getting most of their news from newspapers rather than radio, and comments that victory in the Battle of the River Plate gave people a boost. Mentions the Battle of the Coral Sea was a turning point, but they did not know about the bombing of Darwin. Describes digging trenches at school, air raid practice and a plane crashing near the school. Recalls training with the Kings College school cadets including first aid, morse code and bomb disposal training. Talks about having to leave school at 17 as his mother was unwell and his father had died. Discusses working for Firestone after he left school, the wartime tyre permit system, and bartering excess permits for other goods and food. Describes joining the Navy when he was 18 and being sent to England in January 1945 after basic training. Refers to sailing in a convoy of 86 ships across the Atlantic where one ship was torpedoed and six were lost in a storm on the way. Comments on damage in London and Plymouth and seeing the last doodlebug over London. Recalls VJ Day, having had submarine training and expecting to go east until the atomic bomb was dropped. Reflects on the impact of the war, and his brother's death not having the effect 'it should have' because of their age difference. Abstracted by - Erin Flanigan Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-022547 - OHC-022549 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7332. Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Derek Hume (1942); printout of a colour photograph of Derek (2007) Search dates: 1925 - 2007

Date: 25 Jul 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Barrett-Lennard, Jane, active 1995

Reference: OHInt-0576-02

Description: Jane Barrett-Lennard was a friend of Denis Glover. Describes her life as a teacher and meeting Denis Glover through the Christchurch Literary Club. Talks about their relationship, Khura Glover, his relationship with James K. Baxter and mutual literary friends such as Rex Fairburn. Talks about Lauris Edmond, mentions his work at the Caxton and then the Wingfield Press. Talks about their shared interest in books, Denis Glover's reaction to hearing his poems described on a University literature course. Talks about visits from Denis Glover when she lived in Hamilton and Napier, his relationship with his sister Coreen, Janet Paul, and the funeral of his wife Khura Glover. Comments on his drinking and his relationships in general. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-00-8788, 008789b Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2800.

Date: 20 July 1995 - 20 Jul 2001

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: King, Lewis, 1914-2006

Reference: OHInt-0576-15

Description: Lewis King describes meeting Denis Glover onboard the 'HMS Onslow' working on Russian Convoys, when Glover was being considered as a possible officer, and then meeting him again after the war, when his capacity for alcohol increased and his charm more delightful than before. Comments that Glover found it harder than most to settle after the war. Describes meeting with Glover, Albion Wright and late night drinking sessions despite six o'clock closing. Describes Denis Glover getting work at his Advertising Agency Carlton Carruthers and his drinking ending his work there. Discusses the reactions of old navy staff to Denis Glover in his later years. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-8789, OHC-8813 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2801.

Date: 6 May, 1995 - 06 May 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Lambert, Arthur, active 1950-1995

Reference: OHInt-0576-18

Description: Arthur Lambert was a contemporary of Denis Glover. Talks about Caxton Press, Glover's partner Dinny Donovan whose father financed it, and Leo Bensemann's management of it during the war. Mentions new machinery increased business after the war and Glover's management of the press. Describes events that threatened the press, Dinny Donovan's return to manage it and Glover's move to Pegasus Press. Describes meeting Glover before the war, his navy involvement, the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club and later the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Mentions Glover's second wife Khura Glover as well as Jack Allan. Describes events leading to Glover resigning his naval commission. Talks about Mick Stimpson who had been in the navy. Mentions Glover's first wife Mary Glover, his longterm relationship with the navy, anecdotes about ex-navy collegues and examples of his wit. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008802 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 60 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2814.

Date: 06 July 2001 - 06 Jul 2001

From: Raoul Island oral history project

By: McGregor, Evan Forbes, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0927-04

Description: Interview with Evan McGregor, born in New Plymouth in 1935. Recalls his father dying in 1939, leaving his mother with five children to raise. Mentions milking cows by hand from age eight during the War, his schooling in New Plymouth, and his mother dying in 1948 during his first year at college. Recalls his mentor Barney Wickstead who taught him to hunt and fish as well as life skills. Mentions working on a farm at Inglewood after he left school, learning farming skills at Flock House, and then going shearing. Talks about joining the Navy in 1960 in the radio section, being on a ship sent to evacuate a sick man from Raoul Island, and being amazed at the fishing there. Comments on marrying his wife Carol in 1962, and building a house with a State Advances loan. Mentions leaving the Navy to spend more time with his family. Discusses getting a job as a lighthouse keeper on Cuvier Island, the trip by boat with his family, and spending 18 months there with two other keepers. Refers to the wildlife on the island - goats had been removed. Mentions his next posting to Stephens Island in Cook Strait. Comments that he and the children loved the lighthouse keeping lifestyle but that it was hard on wives. Reflects on the automation of lighthouses and the lost era. Discusses getting a job on Raoul Island as officer in charge and buying a house in Auckland for his family. Mentions having six weeks hospital training before he went, to cope with injuries. Describes the team on the Island and their resourcefulness, the dawn chorus and the native trees. Mentions rats being a menace to the garden, a 7.85 magnitude earthquake on 1 January 1977 and the water supply being broken. Comments on the Island's fragile environment and the unpredictable volcanic activity. Talks about the citrus trees, pigs being fed oranges, the cow, and peaches as weeds. Refers to shooting 400 goats in his first year on Raoul Island, and that by 1976-1977 regeneration was evident in the nikau forest. Mentions graves on the Island, farmer John Weir, and the decision to close the farm in 1977. Comments on having radio contact with Wellington twice a week. Talks about alcohol rations and the drinking culture. Describes later working on Campbell Island as team leader for a period, his style of management, and dealing with finding marijuana being grown in the heated glasshouse meant for growing vegetables. Reflects on Raoul Island and Campbell Island reunions. Interviewer(s) - Kim Morton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016807 - OHC-016810 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5992, OHDL-001030. Search dates: 1935 - 2001

Date: 4 Apr 2006 - 04 Apr 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Munro, Maisie Marian, 1922-2007; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-

Reference: OHInt-0827-10

Description: Interview with Maisie Munro (nee Hoskin), born Petone, 18 September 1922. Talks about her father Barton Munro, a carpenter who was wounded in World War I, and her mother Marian (nee Baldwin) who was a dressmaker. Mentions hearing talk of war in the 1930s but not taking much notice. Recalls involvement with the Women's War Service Auxiliary and learning signalling which her father was teaching. Discusses enlisting in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as a telegraphist, and being posted to wireless station ZLP on Tinakori Hill after basic training. Talks about male reaction to Wrens, learning to keep watch, and about being transferred to Waiouru where she had to live communally in an Army hut with other Wrens. Discusses life at Waiouru and the radio receiving station (ZLO) which had a teleprinter machine. Refers to the work receiving top secret messages which were sent to Wellington for decoding. Talks about limited options for leave in Waiouru, a Wrens basketball (netball) team, the Wrens not getting a rum ration, the camp YMCA, and dances with a Navy orchestra. Mentions that the naval personnel had no contact with the Army camp. Refers to becoming a petty officer, which allowed her to move to more comfortable quarters at Waiouru. Talks about her pay being sent to her mother with a small amount for herself. Refers to her fiance Ron Baird, a sergeant in the Army, being killed in the Pacific. Comments that she was married in January 1945 to Rex Randall and left the Navy before VJ Day because she was pregnant. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015244, OHC-015245 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.28 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5527 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Petty Officer Maisie Hoskin in uniform Search dates: 1922 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: 21 Feb 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Laver, Derek Simpson, 1925-2008

Reference: OHInt-0827-08

Description: Interview with Derek Laver, born Christchurch, 25 January 1925. Mentions his parents Noel and Elsie (nee Simpson). Refers to leaving school against his parents wishes, attending night classes, and working for a wholesale grocer. Talks about enlisting in the Navy and basic training at HMNZS Tamaki on Motuihe Island. Refers to learning to sleep in a hammock, discipline, the uniform, and gunnery drill. Mentions visits from American ships, and discusses friction with American servicemen. Refers to playing cricket for the Navy. Comments on condoms being issued and about homosexuality in the navy. Gives details of being sent to naval electrical school at Petone and volunteering to train on Asdic (anti-submarine detection, later known as sonar). Explains what Asdic was, how it worked and being posted to the launch HD1188 in Wellington harbour. Mentions that the vessel was frequently moored to a buoy at the harbour entrance. Recalls practicing on a sunken ship and on the inter-island ferry, and live practices with depth charges. Comments thay they were classified as harbour defence for rations but managed to get issued with seagoing rations. Refers to tobacco and rum rations and food on board. Talks about trips out of Wellington harbour on the boat, including sailing in a storm to Christchurch and a cruise down the South Island to Bluff. Comments on the Wellington launches being sent to Auckland and decommissioned. Outlines being discharged in August 1946, the feelings of others towards home servicemen, and their not getting a gratuity. Refers to returning to his former employer, settling down to civilian life and marrying his first wife Aileen in 1948. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - questionnaire filled in by Derek Laver; photocopy of article about American servicemen in New Zealand during the War (2 p.); personal narrative about serving on a harbour defence motor launch (9 p.) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015240, OHC-015241 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.43 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5525 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Derek Laver in uniform Search dates: 1925 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: [1939-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-041

Description: Mainly photographs of coastal defence and operations during World War II in the Pacific Islands and Auckland Islands. Some photographs are identified with captions and information on the back. Some people are identified. Includes coast watching on Auckland Islands - No 1 Camp Port Ross (The Cape Expedition) - wireless operations, surveying and meteorologists; Pacific Island - coast watchers cave on Vella Lavella Island used by signalmen (Signal Corps, US Army); radio and radar operations; women naval personnel; RNZN camp at Banika (Russell Islands); RNZN base camp at Guadalcanal (Camp Adams); group photos including crew of MW3 at Lombari; telegram relating to American soldiers washed ashore, 15-16 June 1942; albatross on Auckland Islands; coast watching quarters under construction at Cape Campbell; etc. Photographs taken at Nukufetau (Tuvalu), Guadalcanal, Bonika, Anchorage Island, Manu Island, Lombari, Bougainville, Banika (Russell islands), Cape Esperance, Vella Lavella Island, Auckland Islands, Cape Campbell, Funafuti, Visu Visu Camp, Savo (Solomon Islands), Suwarrow. Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-118

Description: Prime Minister Norman Kirk stands on a wharf playing 'Now is the Hour' on a tuba as the ship HMNZS Otago departs, flying the New Zealand flag. The Labour government, elected the previous year, sent the frigate H.M.N.Z.S Otago to Mururoa Atoll to protest against the nuclear testing being done there by the French government. It departed from Devonport naval base on 28 June 1973. Extended Title - H.M.N.Z.S. Otago Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 257 x 374 mm

Date: 1927, June 1930, 1931, 1941

By: Pearson, Alfred William, active 1924-1949

Reference: PAColl-8529

Description: Photographs of the Royal New Zealand Navy ca 1927-1941, probably taken by Alfred William Pearson. Includes images of the Napier earthquake, naval cruisers, ports and harbours in New Zealand and overseas, and group portraits of seamen from the HMS Dunedin. Most of the photographs are dated and identified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged roughly into chronological order but kept in original groups where these are obvious Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by Gloria Fay, Wainuiomata, 2005 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8326 : Pearson, Alfred William, fl 1931 : Note book on the Napier earthquake.

Date: ca 1951-1953

By: Green & Hahn (Firm); McNeish, James Henry Peter (Sir), 1931-2016

Reference: PAColl-7776

Description: Photograph of five officers, including Denis Glover and Captain Newman, of the Canterbury Division of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, in uniform, taken ca 1951-1953 by Green & Hahn of Christchurch. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Green & Hahn, Christchurch.; Verso - top centre - Only know Capt Newman DSO2 and the end FAA type (who attacked the Tirpitz twice) denis Captain Newman was the Commanding Officer of the Canterbury division ca 1951-1953. Glover joined the Canterbury division in 1948 and was living in Wellington in 1954. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.5 cm Provenance: Purchased from James McNeish Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Reference MS-Group-0749 (A2003-197) - transfer from Manuscripts and Archives A2003-197.

Date: [1873-1949]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Papers from various sources

Reference: MS-Papers-7065

Description: Comprises letter from C W Ostenfeld, Ashfield, NSW, to Major Perkins re J C Andersen (1945); notes on the Three Kings Islands and Te Naiti Hukahuka; page 4 of notes relating to war in the district near Tongahoe (Tangahoe); proposed type for Tongan New Testament publication; annotated page from A-J 1873 re appointment of Buller as Confidential Secretary; note on Wesley family portraits, Rev John Wesley and Rev Charles Wesley; notes on preferential trade; list of prospectors at Jackson's Head and Mahikapawa jubilee claims; letter to Mr Mathesons from the Eketahuna Road Board from [?] Alux [?] Anderson with draft letters from W Bell (1896) Also note re John Bruce Young; letter, F J Courtney, Robertsbridge, Surrey, to Bro [?] Francis (1946); letter Fred Peters to Charlie (1948); letter, UN War Crimes Commission, to `New Zealand law journal' (1949); personal letter to Mr Gifford (1924); letter in Danish from Ag Moller to J C Andersen (1943); sheaf of notes on naval pay from Royal Navy `Navy list' (1946); curriculum vitae for Bosworth Smith, possibly from the Kinsey papers (Feb 1892); newlsetter re Sister Ethel McMillan's semi-jubilee celebrations; notebook, `Notes on Mariner's Tonga', with words and phrases in Tongan and English; letter, Malcolm Ross to Mr Morice; rough estimate of estimates of Rerewhakaitu estate (1913); note of Richard Mant presenting his compliments to Col Trimble (1889); declaration of T K Macdonald as to value of land transferred to H M Hayward (1887) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1919

By: Moran, Joseph Bruno, 1874-1952; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MORAN-01

Description: Certificate issued at the time of the peace celebrations at the end of the First World War, shows the New Zealand coat of arms at top centre, flanked by eight flags (including the Union Jack, but not the New Zealand or Australian ones). A sailor and a soldier stand at either side of the central circular panel of text which has space for the recipient's name ot be filled in. Below is an inset oval photographic print of the Hikurangi lime rocks at Waro. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 303 x 237 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs K M Wildgoose in about 1977.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Wilson, John C :Photograph collection

By: Cottier, Charles Percy, -1950

Reference: PAColl-4741

Description: Photographs of: two girls next to a tekoteko aro at a meeting house; a parade by sailors, some pulling a gun carriage, along a Christchurch street with the premises of W Strange & Co in the background; sailors in a parade ground marching past some dignitaries; a view of what is probably Wanganui with Hatrick drapers visible in the distance (captioned as Hamilton); three Maori women sitting on the ground at an outdoor event; a group of young poi dancers wearing taniko head bands with two older women wearing cloaks and holding patu in the Wairarapa; Turangarere waterfall; a group of eleven Maori boys dressed as soldiers with sticks as guns; a Maori family with five children and the family dog; two photographs of wire mesh contraptions possibly for trapping; Kaniere bridge and township; Elizabeth Street, Melbourne looking north with the general post office on the right; a basket used for fishing; a view of a bridge over the lake in Pukekura Park taken by C P Cottier; and a Maori family outside their house with a feather cloak over three of the girls. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 18 Jan 1992

From: Women in World War II Part I

By: Pilcher, Margaret Irene, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0060/15

Description: Meg Pilcher was born in Gisborne on 24 February 1925. Describes her childhood on a farm at Patutahi, twelve miles from Gisborne. Gives details of her parent's backgrounds. Talks about her schooling, good race relations and reasons for leaving school. Describes working in a legal office and wanting to go into the Navy. Recalls opposition from her father when she joined the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service becoming a WREN in 1943. Describes being posted to Beacon Hill which was the shipping identification and examination area for Wellington Harbour. Recalls the fear of Japanese invasion and alarms going off at Wellington Heads. Talks about signalling and working at the degaussing station at Somes Island. Describes degaussing as a system for ships to identify and repel magnetic mines. Recalls a typical work day and describes the uniform. Comments that the Navy was a great leveller and enabled women to do things they had not previously done. Mentions working at Narrow Neck. Comments on wartime morals, values, sexual behaviour and etiquette. Talks about American servicemen. Recalls working in the WRNZNS ledger office in Auckland. Describes going home to Gisborne on leave and meeting Ron Pilcher who was at Teachers College. Recalls discharge from the Navy, getting married, and living in Masterton, Te Kuiti and Tuai before moving to Wellington. Recalls doing bookwork and teaching financial planning. Comments on the impact of war. Venue - Wellington : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Venue - Interviewee's home at Paraparaumu Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004714; OHC-004715; OHC-004716 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 833.

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000261-F

Description: Unidentified members of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service servicing the engine of the Commodores barge in Auckland, New Zealand, during World War 2. Photograph taken by John Pascoe in 1943. Photographer's caption (from notes held in Photographic Archive at TL6/1/30) reads: "These Wrens can service the engine of the Commodores barge, as well as navigate it" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative