SUGAR AND FIJI

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 295107).

Synopsis

Travelogue on life and work in Fiji.

Village scenes. The history of Fiji and plantation agriculture. Leased farming. Labasa airport. A steam train. Village schools and markets. Family farms, milking, ploughing. Fertilisers. Sugar, recording sunlight hours, crossbreeding. Village worked plantations, the distribution of tasks, harvesting. The sugar being delivered to the mill railway and being supervised by the mill rep. The refining process at the mill. The testing of raw sugar. Hospitals at Labasa. Nadi airport.

 

Titles

  • SUGAR AND FIJI
 

Technical Data

Year:
1962
Running Time:
38 minutes
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Australia
Director
COLLINGS, Geoffrey
Sponsor
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
commentator
GINN, Stewart
Editor
CAMPBELL, Judy
Editor
HOWE, Neil
Graphics
COLLINGS, Dahl
Photography
HORNER, Ron
Production Company
Collings Productions Pty Ltd
Sound
CURLL, Cliff
 

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