This film shows a local boy catching fish with a traditional pointed stick. He does this by swimming in shallow water with goggles on and catching them one at a time and stringing them onto a loop on the side of his sarong.
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Arrival and departure of the missionary vessel 'John William VII' to Beru. Includes the start of the journey from an unknown destination, shots of the sea voyage itself, the arrival, the European accommodation, the local village and ...
This film is shot on two different beaches in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and shows children surfing, flying kites, drinking coconuts, snorkelling and catching fish.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian ...
The film starts off with a village 'western style' wedding, and pans to beach and reef. It then shows the use local people make of the sea and beach i.e. children playing, adults cooking by means of beach fires, catching fish and ...
Various scenes of a young European woman arriving at the airstrip, being greeted And being shown the Islands by her family. It includes beach scenes and a wedding of a local couple.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a ...
This film shows children in a convent school playing various games and local people in a village cooking and eating food around a fire. The last frames are at the airport.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian ...
Picnic with students on a beach and pig roasting activities. The film is shot as a narritive with the beach becoming dark, women beside a building looking out towards the beach and the preperations for the picnic i.e. palm trees being ...
This is a visual diary of the flight from Heathrow Airport, London to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. It includes take off and landing shots and aerial views of an east coast airport, USA, San Fransisco, Fiji and the Gilbert and Ellice ...
This film shows scenes of life in The Gilbert and Ellice Islands including a wedding,local people singing and dancing , collecting and cooking food and various buildings in small communities. Most of the film is of the Islanders with ...
A visual diary of a tour around some of the islands of the Gilbert Island group, including flights, ferries and local scenes in villages and on beaches.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian missionary.
Last day in the Islands: scenes of two picnics with Islanders and European family, preparing food, eating and dancing. It also shows scenes at the airport with students.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian ...
The film shows a village on one of the islands including scenes of the beach and general village and family life such as children playing, and villagers cleaning and preparing food.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was ...
