FIJI ISLANDS

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18660).

Synopsis

INSTRUCTIONAL. Opens with views of mountains and coastline (67), a stream crossed by a wooden bridge and fringed with luxuriant vegetation (105) and an old Fiji warrior with his war club (134). Views of Suva from above follow (219) together with shots of the business section with its wharfs and godowns (265) and the harbour in which native boys are seen diving (287). A Melanesian native (321) and Polynesian natives are then shown (348), together with native houses (393) ans a woman eating sugar cane (432). A turtle hunt with sailing canoes follows (487), together with a captured turtle laid on its back in a smaller canoe (525). The carving and polishing of turtle shell is then shown (602) and the finished product - a hair comb (602). Primitive savages (656) are then compared with modern Fijians in white cotton clothes (676) and playing Rugby (694 ft).

 

Titles

  • FIJI ISLANDS
Series Title:
EMPIRE SERIES
 

Technical Data

Year:
1925
Running Time:
9 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
694 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Compiler
NEWTON, Arthur Percival
Production Company
British Instructional Films
 

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