PERSONAL RECORD. SMITH, LEN. [FIJI - TONGA 1]

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Year
1965
Reference
F47929
Media type
Moving image
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Year
1965
Reference
F47929
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:04:29
Credits
Photography: Len Smith

This amateur film documents a visit to Fiji and Tonga and contains scenes such historic buildings and sites in Tonga and every day life in Fiji.

LS GV From ship looking towards island with single mountain with its summit obscured by low cloud - people at railing and ship fittings in FG.
LS GV Ship sailing in distance - life boat hanging from davit in FG.
HS GV Overlooking small boat besides ship - man on boat handling mooring line. Ship moving into port and crowds standing on wharf.
PAN R Across crowds shopping in side [Suva] market - people standing at stalls.
GV European family walking away from camera through [Botanic] gardens - palm trees and thatched hut nearby.
CU GV Various grasses, plants and flora - person pokes at leaves and stalks with stick.
GV European Passengers on ship playing game [shuffleboard - croquet] with pucks and mallets [possibly ships tools] on wooden deck of ship.
WS People walking outside Tongan Treasury building in Nuku’alofa [now Ministry of Finance and National Planning building] - SIGN “Treasury” “Customs” “Post Office” on outside of colonnaded colonial building.
WS Small jeep and truck driving through intersection, many people walking on roadside - Traffic officer stands in small shelter in centre of intersection.
WS Royal Tomb of George Tupou I near Nuku’alofa Tonga