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Western Samoa achieved independence in 1962.
Material from films nos. 1-4 and 9-13 is included in films nos. 5-7.
Material from films nos 1-4 and 9-13 is included in films nos. 5-7.
A traditional Polynesian ceremonial exchange. A party of villagers from the island of Upolu visit the island of Savii to ...
Young fishermen, some wearing diving goggles, set up poles in the sea and drape chicken wire round them to act ...
The making of taufolo from bread-fruit. Women make thatch panels from sugar cane leaf. Making of cord from strands from ...
Samoan cricket, ceremonies and other activities.
The village of Vaipouli in Savii, the larger of the two main islands of Western ...
On Savaii. The largest island in Western Samoa. Children playing in the thick tropical rainforest. Matavai village. Dignified old men ...
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 ...