| SOUTH SEA ISLANDS A visit to the South Sea Islands of Samoa, Tahiti and Moorea. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6081 |
| Catalog #: | 12076 | |
| Clip Number: | 12076-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 678 | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:47 - 01:41:10 | |
| Location: | Samoa, Tahiti and Moorea. | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Oceania ( Austronesian ) LOCATIONS/PACIFIC OCEAN: Oceania TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Exhibitions | |
| Description: | Tahiti. Local band playing tom-toms. CU One bongo being beaten. MLS Dancers swaying. LS Dancers with band in FG dancers kneel and then rise to their feet. CU Band players faces in ceremonial dress panning to their instruments (a rounded slice of timber with a slice cut out of one side). (It is hollow). CS. Them playing the hollow tubes. CS. Dancer panning to his shaking legs and up again. MLS General view of dancers. CS. Band member panning to him banging drum. MS Woman dancer with other dancers seated in ring round her seated man gets up and joins her. MS Seated dancers. MS Two dancers in middle of ring shaking. They squat. CS. Native band playing tom-toms. CU One bongo being beaten. MLS Dancers swaying. LS Dancers with band in FG. dancers kneel and then rise to their feet. CU Band players' faces in ceremonial dress panning to their instruments (a rounded slice of timber with a slice cut out of one side. it is hollow). CS Them playing the hollow tubes. CS Band member panning to him banging drum. A male dancer does some great knee shaking and the girls wriggle their hips in the traditional dance. French influence on the island of Tahiti is shown by the French flag and the sign for the town hall ' Mairie'. MS Balconied shop front with sign Maririe panning to French flag fluttering on roof. The Champs Elysees cafe. Gendarme style police officers in uniform. Him directing. MS People walking along road including gendarme. A boy carrying baguettes. MS Boy crossing road with French loaves he walks towards box in garden. CS. Boy putting loaves in box and walking off. This is seen in the capital, Papeete. A local fisherman hands fish from his boat to the harbour, followed by street scenes with 'China Town', markets. Huge pile of pineapples. MS Woman buying pineapples and taking them away into the street. LS Street scene with girls on moped cycles coming towards us. MS More women on cycles and scooters riding. MS Woman on moped with another woman on pillion. MS Woman on motor scooter. MS Two women on scooter. MS girl on moped coming towards us and into at CU she smiles at us then rides on. People of all ages on mopeds and scooters, known as velo's. The visit then moves on to a boat trip from Tahiti to Moorea, where there are native style grass huts on the tourist resort beach. A man goes snorkelling in clear water by the beach and gets a shell. A beautiful local girl with a red flower in her hair and a modern yellow bikini and mini sarong skirt, gets into a canoe. She and her male companion are seen launching off and canoeing out from the beach into idyllic blue waters. The story closes with a point of view shot from the back of a boat - showing the natural beauty of the island landscape behind. | |
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