Can nine of 16mm film by Oskar Speck
Photographer
Oskar Speck
(1907 - 1993)
Date1930s
Object numberANMS0547[009]
NameFilm
MediumCellulose acetate reel of film
Copyright© Australian National Maritime Museum
ClassificationsAudio visual material
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
DescriptionShots of another village with thatched huts, inland. Shots of the jungle, canoes on the water and spear fishing, Papua New Guinea.
00:01 “Agfa” film logo
00:07 Various, close up shots of men on rafts and boats, presumably fishing.
00:38 Gardens and palm trees of a building (temple?) between the hills.
01:01 men ashore, unpacking fishing nets from the boats. Wearing white hats.
01:33 Man, wearing board brimmed hat, fishing with a rod on a beach.
01:44 Man driving two cows to plough a muddy field.
02:15 Some kind of stationary steam engine.
02:33 Man on beach, turning around, carrying several large baskets of produce.
02:41 Two women carrying two very tall baskets on their heads, across the beach.
03:00 Temple with large stone statues. Various shots of statues.
03:40 Another shot of the women walking along the beach with the very tall baskets.
04:16 Children playing in the water, in the middle ground is a canoe with three people.
04:35 Close up of girl, with bone earrings.
04:43 Fishing boats in a small harbour.
05:00 Children swimming and canoeing in the harbour.
05:18 Two women, in long sleeved shirts and long skirts, using long poles to mix the contents of the stone pot.
05:35 Canoeing on the harbour.
05:43 Young woman sitting on a wide, wooden staircase. She wears a dark coloured, long sleeved top, long skirt and a light coloured scarf about her neck. Includes a close up shot of her face.
06:05 Two panning shot of the huts, on stilts. Bamboo walls and thatched roofs. The huts stand between two and four storeys high.
06:35 Women and children at the edge of the river.
06:57 Three women with long poles processing food.
07:09 Bats in the tree tops.
07:31 Man, in white safari suit, holding a bat with its wings open. (07:53) Close up shot of dead bat’s head.
08:09 Shot from road, looking down to the village, then pans across the jungle, to the right.
08:25 At work in the jungle, using axes and ploughs (various shots).
09:32 Playing some kind of game on the ground, while others look on.
09:55 At work in the jungle, using axes and ploughs.
10:06 Over a dozen men digging out a large, deep pit.
10:16 Women washing clothes at a makeshift waterfall.
11:16 Two men leading three donkeys down a dirt road.
11:33 White flowers on a branch with large glossy leaves.
11:40 Women harvesting the white flowers and berries from the plants with the large glossy leaves. Various shots.
12:34 Black sand beach.
13:15 Vegetation at the black sand beach.
13:27 Cactuses
13:36 Two boats with several men on board. There are several boats and men in subsequent shots.
14:55 Large group of men standing under the shade of a thatched verandah.
15:12 Two women and their small children sitting on the pavement.
15:20 Shot of hut with patio on the side, made from palm ferns. There are chickens walking around the hut. Row of similar huts.
15:48 Shot of headland, panning to the beach on the left.
16:10 Shot of a group of Asian women.
16:15 Man crouched on ground hammering with a bent instrument.
16:33 Shot of vegetation, including a very skinny palm tree which a man is climbing (close up shot).
18:11 Child with goggles at the beach.
18:46 Four people swimming with goggles and spears.
19:55 Man climbing out of water, onto the rocks with his freshly speared fish.
20:34 Two women putting sand into small pockets by hand.
21:04 Small sailing vessel underway on the sea.
21:21 End of film