THE WORLD PARADE. BELLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS

000:15 “TAHITI”
“The last frontier of romance and peace... off the beaten track of oceanic travel”
“Life here remains undisturbed... it is a peaceful bit of France”
“The women wear civilised clothes... they want to be like white women in picture books”
001:20 “NEW ZEALAND (South Island)”
“Maoris... one of the most intelligent native races of the British Empire”
“Here are any geysers and superheated pools”
“No gas bills to worry about!”
“The native ‘Hello’!”
“Maoris are skilled wood-carvers”
002:52 “FIJI”
“A little more than 50 years ago, these were cannibal isles”
“The ‘meke meke’ dance... true Polynesian rhythm”
“Today there is no suggestions of savage heritage”
004:04 “SAMOAN ISLANDS”
“Pago Pago, America’s stake in the South Seas”
“The Governor’s mansion, formerly the home of Robert Louis Stevenson”
“Stevenson’s last resting place”
“Breadfruits and coconuts abound on these islands”
“Native grass and palm leaves provide clothing and other necessities”
“A chieftess leads the Siva-Siva dance”
006:14 “PAPUA and KALABAHAI”
“Rarely visited islands off the northern coast of Australia”
“The people are primitive and hostile”
“Here, women greatly out number the men”
“Crude, but still a cradle”
“Adornment of the skin replaces clothes”
“Ceremonial occasions demand unusual adornments”
“The Devil Dance!”
“Here the light of civilisation is as dim as the fading light of day”
“THE END”
009:10 End.