Film taken by Oskar Speck in Papua New Guinea
Photographer
Oskar Speck
(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.