Can eight of 16mm film by Oskar Speck

Photographer Oskar Speck (1907 - 1993)

Date1930s

Object numberANMS0547[008]

NameFilm

MediumCellulose acetate reel of film

ClassificationsAudio visual material

Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest

Terms

DescriptionFilm contains scenes of drumming, dancing, women working and Speck paddling his kayak, Papua New Guinea. 00:00 – 1:04 Blank/ SMPTE colour bars 01:05 Film begins. 01:06 Two men playing drums; the one of the left plays a drum on his hip, the person on the right plays a long drum from between their knees. A line of women move to the left, behind the drummers. The shot pans around showing more dancers moving to the left, in a large circle. Several other shots, from different angles of the scene. 02:20 Group of children playing flutes. 02:50 Three women, in silhouette, working large poles up and down, in front of a thatched hut. 03:11 Shot of a lone kayak coming down a wide river. Speck (?) comes into shore, greeted by a crowd who then carry his canoe up the hills. 03:50 Man standing in front of a hut, wearing a loincloth, holding two poles. 04:10 Beach. 04:32 Woman weaving on a loom. 05:06 Thatched huts. 05:21 Grey/blank. 05:25 End of film.