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PEARL OF THE PACIFIC: SAMOA

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Year
1955
Reference
F27700
Media type
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Year
1955
Reference
F27700
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
Australia
Duration
0:13:13
Production company
australian methodist missions
Credits
[Filmmaker]: Richard Piper
Photography: Rev Richard Piper

043:38 Islanders march onto field to form the word ‘SAMOA [...]’
Various shots taken of young women wandering around the [mission]; sitting outdoors weaving; making tapa cloth and doing all sorts of handwork; men sitting under shaded area; guests feasting; being presented with tapa cloth; pig being carved; dancers performing during ceremony; building site and family members gathered outdoors pose for camera.
055:44 “But here are shining sapphire seed, Soft sunlight and the green of trees, And over all, the sea-borne breeze
Croons out its song”
Brief shots of life in a village.
056:51 Last picture frame.