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A VILLAGE IN SAMOA

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Year
1964
Reference
F44252
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1964
Reference
F44252
Media type
Moving image
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Series
New Zealand Childrens Film Series
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:24:52
Production company
Rudall & Ramai Hayward Film Productions
Credits
Director: Rudall Hayward
Photography: Rudall Hayward
Producer: Ramai Hayward
Educational Adviser: J.A. Bell
Educational Adviser: Bella Brown
Narrator: Athol Coats
Script: Barbara Thompson

An educational documentary by Rudall and Ramai Hayward giving a general history of Samoa; Apia particularly. Covers Robert Louis Stevenson’s life in Samoa, his house and gardens – with re-enactments. Other aspects of Samoan life covered include: housing, education, work and leisure, fishing, flora and fauna, climate, tattooing, kava ceremonies, religion. Shots of pupils at Samoa College and the annual long boat races.