This colour film is part of a collection of amateur films shot by Bruce McLaren.
It documents holiday scenes in Fiji, City and rural life on the Pacific Island and also features motor racing in Matamata.
COL Cars racing on track.
TRACKING SHOT From car driving past rural scenes in Fiji - man on roadside, people and cattle in cane fields, vegetation on roadside. LS Hillside with SIGN “MFS” in white stones with a bure nearby. WS PAN R Panoramic view of tree covered hills and the sea. PAN L From men and women standing talking near car with number plate “TAXI F819” women to LS towards sea. GV Village of bure and coconut palms next to a river. HS GV Overlooking small village with bure and colonial building - terraced hills, cane fields and trees in BG. TRACKING SHOT GV Driving on dirt roads in rural area. TRACKING SHOT Driving towards village with bure and small gateway entrance. Plants growing in plots near bure. GV European man pointing at young horse on roadside. MS Fijian child standing near plants adjusting clothes. SIGN: “Fijian Village Competition. Volivoli, 1st Prize 1964”. PAN L From Fijian man poling small boat to riverside to Fijian children playing in playground. MS GV Fijian women and children walking carrying cooking pots and brooms - smiling at camera. WS ZOOM IN On coconuts growing on palms above houses.
HS LS ZOOM IN On cluster of buildings on small offshore island. HS PAN L Across coastline and reefs visible near shore. WS Elderly people approaching then patting a sculpted balabala tree. MS Balabala in the form of a man on hillside - forested valleys and hills in BG.
GV City scenes in Suva - police officer standing in middle of intersection, Man crouching down throwing bits of bread to pigeons. Cars driving past corrugated iron buildings. GV The Triangle in Suva City - coconut trees and vuni vesi tree.
GV The Botanical Gardens in Suva - colourful plants and fountain. MS GV Guard marching outside gates [Parliament]. MS Indian family in sari posing for camera. GV Elderly people walking in Botanical Gardens examining plants
LS ZOOM IN On small cluster of bure on hillside surrounded by forested hills. GV Man urging on pair of cattle towing plough through muddy field.
HS LS Small group of bure and other buildings on small offshore island just off coast. MS GV Fijian men cutting coconuts with machetes besides car - hand them to elderly couple.
TRACKING SHOT Looking from aircraft window as propellers turn and it taxis on runway. AV GV Overlooking coastline - narrow isthmus and patchwork of agricultural land. AV GV Dense cloud over land. AV GV From window of aircraft coming in to land [Auckland].
GV Street racing in Matamata - Hay bales line the streets as crash barriers, Spectators on roadside. Appears to be open racing with formula cars and street cars - Volkswagens, Vauxhalls, Morris Minors. .