PERSONAL RECORD. STORY, ALFRED LAWTON. [OUTER ISLANDS, AITUTAKI, ATIU]

This amateur home movie was originally captured on colour 8mm film.

Waterfront busy with people and vehicles. Passengers climb over side of [ferry] to return to shore. Views from ship of reef. Motor and row boats ferry passengers between ship and shore. Views of landscape. Travelling along dirt road through bush and past villages. Women on the lawn. Men [in a porch]. Group of people pose for a picture above shoreline while on the beach people wade in the water to a boat while in the background a navy ship is anchored off shore. Numerous people gathered on the rocks near the coast. Passengers on deck of ship. Three women are lowered in a cargo net from a ship to a row boat.
Group of people relax and socialise on a porch. Several men stand amongst a herd of cows.