Can two of 16mm film by Oskar Speck

Photographer Oskar Speck (1907 - 1993)

Date1930s

Object numberANMS0547[002]

NameFilm

MediumCellulose acetate reel of film 1-Acetate (measured by NFSA)

ClassificationsAudio visual material

Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest

Terms

Papua New Guinea

DescriptionShows footage of both male and female traditional dancing, canoes and bodysurfing, women working with fibres and children fishing Papua New Guinea. 00:01 Film begins 00:02 Tribal dancers dancing on grass near huts. 00:16 (cut) Dancers move back into frame from the right. 01:14 (cut) Dancers on the left of the frame. 01:48 (cut) 02:44 Close up of child and two drummers. 03:40 Close up of child. 03:50 Close up of male dances. 03:57 Close up of women. 04:13 White/blank/over-exposed film. 04:20 Large canoe on the river, with a hill in the background. 04:32 Canoe is closer now, the men can be seen paddling. 04:57 In the surf at the beach, four figures are playing in the surf. 05:15 (cut) More people have joined the bodysurfing now. 05:30 Riding the waves into shore. 06:23 Mountain range across the other side of the beach and surf. 06:30 Large canoe, with a canopy, coming into the beach on the surf. 07:25 Close up of the inside of the canopy on the canoe. 07:32 Unloading the canoe. 07:40 Dragging the canoe further ashore. 07:47 Large hut on edge of beach. 07:59 A woman working with a long fibre to tie together long stems of wood. 08:40 Close up of woman working with fibres. 09:11 Close up portrait of woman. 09:30 Two small children fishing with bows and arrows. 10:20 Close up of child with fish caught on an arrow. 10:34 Verandah of hut, with a dozen people sitting on it. 11:09 Close up of man sitting on the verdanah. 11:39 Two women with reeds through their noses. 11:55 Man, woman and child walking on beach and up, into the hut. 12:28 Man working on a canoe, hollowing a log out with a long axe. 12:54 Two men and a child rowing a canoe. 13:10 Woman standing on the beach, looking at the camera. 14:11 Close up shots of several women. 14:29 Pig eating from the hallowed out log. 15:13 Six people rowing a canoe and bringing it up, onto the sand. 16:15 End title screen: Agfa / 1942. 16:20 End of film segment.