PERSONAL RECORD. GRAHAM, JAMES WILLIAM WESLEY. [SCENES FROM RAROTONGA: FLOWERS; SAILING AT NGATANGIIA; PLANTING TARO; NAC FLIGHT; WOVEN MATS; FEAST; UNLOADING TRACTOR ONTO TWO CANOES]

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1938
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F246002
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Year
1938
Reference
F246002
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Actuality
Credits
Camera: Wesley Graham (aka Wes)

A small collection of 8mm cine footage (silent) taken by Wes Graham, a NZ government administrator, during his tenure in the Cook Islands, late 1920s to mid 1950s. Most of these films feature footage from the Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Avarua, Atiu, Mangaia, Ngatangiia, Ma’uke).
This record combines three original 8mm reels onto one.
Rarotonga (Cook Islands). Flowers. Car trip in Rarotonga. Sailing at Ngatangiia. Planting taro. NAC flight arrives. Children at play - mock wedding. Flowers. Feast (umukai (traditional earth oven cooking) preparation). Outer Islands (Cook Islands, possibly Mangaia, Atiu or Ma’uke?). Unloading tractor onto two canoes. AB Donald store, Avatiu. Trading vessel. Rarotonga landscapes. Mangaia? (Cook Islands). Trip back to Rarotonga on trading vessel. Ma’uke (Cook Islands). CICC church at Oiretumu. Loading oranges. Mangaia (Cook Islands). Taro plots. Track through Makatea (possibly Ara Kiore). Oneroa church. Pineapples. Arriving back at Avatiu (Rarotonga).