PERSONAL RECORD. SMITH, LEN. [FIJI 4]

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Year
1965
Reference
F47938
Media type
Moving image
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Year
1965
Reference
F47938
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:04:37
Credits
Photography: Len Smith

This amateur movie was filmed in Fiji and documents rural life and also construction and building work on the island. Scenes of life aboard a tourist ship are also part of this film.

PAN L From people walking and talking on road lined with palm trees to cars parked nearby [Packards, Fords] - [this is possibly on Fijian parliamentary grounds].
WS Cars driving on road in distance - cyclist rides by in FG.
WS Rock outcrops in lagoon - waves breaking over reef in BG.
GV Men working at construction site - pushing wheelbarrows of cement up wooden scaffolding.
Traditional Bure in clearing - palm trees and other vegetation nearby.
GV European Woman and 2 children floating and swimming in near shoreline - waves breaking over reef in BG seen occasionally.
LS GV Large cargo ship seen through porthole of boat (roll of boat on ocean very noticeable) - cargo ship has nets suspended from cranes on sides of vessel - small boats seen in distance approaching cargo ship.
WS TRACKING SHOT Large cargo ship lowering net towards small boat alongside starboard side - [smokestack of sunken ship in FG].
LS GV Large ship [passenger ship - bulk carrier] sailing past island - silhouetted against horizon.
GV European tourists standing on wooden deck of ship playing variant of shuffleboard - using croquet mallets to strike pucks