PERSONAL RECORD. NISBET, A. THE TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA

This amateur home movie was originally captured on black & white 8mm film.
It appears to be a collection of various clips, outtakes and unused intertitles filmed in Samoa.

Opening title: “THE TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA”.
Horse race at race track. [Apia] harbour views. Street scenes, cars driving along road in front of [Burns Philip Store]. Rock sea wall, [Apia Bay]. People walking along footpath past [church]. Clock tower.
Cityscape graphic captioned “APIA IS A TINY CITY”. Street scenes, cars and buses.
Beach and coastal landscapes. View from travelling vehicle; villages, beaches and rocky coastline. People launching outrigger canoe from beach.
Landscape views .
Labourers at wharf. Basket weavers/ basket market in shade. Wharf scenes. Ships in harbour. Women weaving.

Sequence of intertitles “HOLIDAY MOMENTS”, “THE TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA”, “MORE LIKE LONDON EVERY DAY”, “TROPIC ROMANTIC”, “THE END”, “THE WHITE MAN’S BLESSINGS”