PERSONAL RECORD. WHITMORE, RON. FIJI & NORFOLK

Scenes in Fiji. Policeman directing traffic from kiosk in middle of intersection. Views of shoppers in main street. Scenes of market; produce laid out on mats, stalls, baskets of fruit [Suva Market]. Parade with marching girls. Floats;
Woman with fern fronds and giant kiwi. Woman sitting in hub of giant cart wheel: ‘Fiji - Hub of the Pacific’.,‘MV “Tui The Cow” Built in Suva 1959 under (£66000)’. Large model planet Saturn with figure travelling on rocket to Earth, sign: “All roads lead to the Hibiscus Festival’. Float decorated with posters. ‘Crown Cigarettes’ (giant cigarette packet with woman looking out of top). Giant cigarette on trailer ‘Fiji Tobacco Co. Ltd.’, ‘Fijian Association’. Shots of island and coastal settlement.

Scenes on Norfolk Island. People on back of Ford pickup truck marked ‘Norfolk Tours’ along side of tray. Tour guide handing out (probably) maps. Shot of people milling around. Shots of penal colony ruins. Tourists getting back on truck. Tour guide cutting in watermelon. Industrial plant. Views from cliffs down to beaches. Tour picnic amongst norfolk pines; cakes etc. laid out on blanket. Tour truck negotiating muddy road. View of very solid looking stone bridge. Sign: ‘New Salt House’; long shot of penal colony buildings, close shots of ruins. Woman fishing off wharf. Shore side industrial plant (probably same as previous industrial plant, probably lime kiln).