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Film taken by Oskar Speck in Papua New Guinea
Film taken by Oskar Speck during his kayak voyage from Germany to Australia. This record is an exact rendition of the content of this object. As a result the museum would like to advise this work may contain themes, subjects and terminology that could cause offence to some viewers. The content does not reflect the views or attitudes held by the museum. The museum would also like to advise visitors this record may contain the names of, and artwork by, deceased Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.

Film taken by Oskar Speck in Papua New Guinea

Photographer (1907 - 1993)
Date1938-1939
Object numberANMS0547[013]
NameFilm
MediumCellulose acetate reel of film
Copyright© Australian National Maritime Museum
ClassificationsAudio visual material
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
DescriptionFilm contains shots of dancing, huts, a classroom of students, communal eating and weaving, Papua New Guinea. 00:01 Dancers with large, pointy headdresses. 00:50 A class room (?), with large print of a steamer passenger liner on the wall. Shots of the students at their desks. 01:45 Dancers, moving in a large semicircle. 01:53 Mountains in the distance. 02:03 A dozen or so women sitting in the shade, under a tree. 02:20 Large canoe on the water with crew and passengers. Various shots. 02:50 Huts with thatched roofs. 03:05 Trying to raise the sail on a catamaran. 03:15 Close up detail of thatching. 03:40 Panning shot of men walking across the beach. 03:55 Three men preparing thatching for a roof and weaving. 04:22 Overhead shot of two-up/token game. Very crowded scene. 04:36 A person picking at a bush. 04:45 Curious youths looking at an empty turtle shell. Cleaning and removing parts of the shell. 05:16 Eating in a circle. 05:32 A woman weaving. 05:40 wide shot of thatched open huts for shade. Chickens and dogs in the scene. 06:30 Searching through the long grass with spears. 06:50 A man climbing a palm tree and cutting coconuts. 07:40 Group of men eating and sitting on the ground. 08:00 Man separating the leaves from the palm fronds. 08:15 (Out of focus). 08:25 Fishing boat, anchored in the water with mountain headland visible in the background. Camera pans right to show bay of anchored boats and catamarans. 08:55 Large fishing canoe. 09:05 Shot of huts, with chickens in foreground and a cooking fire in the middles of the shot. Palm trees in the background. 09:18 Children swimming with toy canoes. 09:35 Woman collecting water into small hallowed tree trunk. 09:55 Woman washing cloth by hand at work hole. 10:28 Women working with fleece. 10:58 Palm trees and rocky river to the beach. 11:20 Sharks head, decaying on sand. 11:28 Detail of thatched roofs. Several shots. 12:01 Shot of hut on rock, under a tree with stone fences. 12:25 Children playing near large boat. 12:44 Traditional animal sculpture. 13:00 Dancing in a circle, with feathered head dresses and spears, bows and arrows. Several shots. 15:48 End of film.