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For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEW GUINEA WAR IS A BATTLE OF SUPPLY LINES WARTIME CROWD RELAXES ...
I. "Three Phases of the World At War": Scenes of the Philippine Islands include damage on Luzon.
II. "Defence of the ...
I. "Pacific Battlefront": A tribute to the endurance of Australian troops engaged in jungle warfare in New Guinea, and to ...
Film of action at Milne Bay, which was an almost completely Australian operation and one that dealt a ...
A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of ...
Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does ...
Depicts life in Port Moresby, Papua, including the history of the London Missionary Society mission and its pioneer missionaries, and ...
Amateur film. Scenes at the Oba Oba Mission, Samoa; view over tropical hills and valleys from summit of hill with ...
Amateur film. Scenes at the Oba Oba Mission, Samoa; MSs ten-year-old boys; pan across landscape from summit of hill; men, ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; woman on beach; pan to straw huts on stilts overlooking beach; man and two women ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; pan from beach to sea showing stilt huts built into the sea; canoe coming into ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; interior of expedition camp - two tents with washing etc - in jungle; natives cooking ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; a group of natives standing by huts on stilts, pan to small stack of spears; ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; view of river from boat; a `vailala' canoe (a canoe made from four canoes); CU ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; natives carrying supplies tied to poles; aerial view of coastline; aerial view of river through ...
Amateur film. Scenes in Samoa; pan of river; a large group of men standing outside a arge thatched hut; view ...
Introduction to Samoa featuring footage of Tutuila, Pagopago and Apia, including the work of the Apia Samoan Church. Lava fields ...
From the port of London to Africa, India, Malaya, British New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and back again ...
Scenes of everyday life in New Guinea.
The coconut palm kernel industry of the Solomon Islands; the lives of the Solomon Islanders and their recruitment to work ...
Set in Samoa, the film records the daily life of the protagonist as a ceremonial feast is prepared.
Fa'angase, a ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. Opens with views of mountains and coastline (67), a stream crossed by a wooden bridge and fringed with luxuriant ...
The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.
The ...
INTEREST - Travelogue. Shots of jungle, river, waterfalls and sea in Fiji (40); thatched huts built on stilts over a ...
This film is a record of two trips by the director to the Torres Strait Islands, and to Papua in ...
INTEREST. Fishing with dynamite in the Solomon Islands.
Main title and intertitle (10). A European throws dynamite into a river, it ...
ACTUALITY. Dance performed by men and women of the Koita tribe, Papua. In the background a boy tries to shin ...
ACTUALITY. Lakwaharu men and women from Tupuselei village, Papua, perform a dance (67ft).
Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of ...
ACTUALITY. Record of maginogo dancing by men and women of the Koita tribe. In the background a boy attempts to ...
ACTUALITY. Titles (2). LS of native dancers, four groups of two men dance backwards and forwards from each other and ...
Reception at Rotorua, June 1901. Prime Minister Seddon welcomes the Duke and Duchess of York.
Opening with a crowd scene at ...
ACTUALITY. A column of Australian cavalry riding down Adderley Street, Cape Town, watched by enthusiastic crowds (90ft).
Note: Filmed by Edgar ...
INTEREST. Footage shot by A.C. Haddon during the 1898 Cambridge expedition to the Torres Strait, showing a series of native ...
ACTUALITY. The Melbourne Cup horse race.
The race course seen from the middle distance behind a group of spectators at the ...
ACTUALITY. Ranjitsinhji, practising at the nets prior to the First Test between England and Australia at Sydney, 13-17 December 1897. ...
ACTUALITY. A train arrives in a station.
A train arrives at Flemington station, Melbourne, coming from the distance left to right, ...