Film Record: South Sea Islands

Identifier:

• 98.21.4 (Source: Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum)

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Floyd Henry Wells

Languages:

English

Length:

1411 ft (2 reels)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Human Studies Film Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"Edited film by Floyd Henry Wells, a retired salesman and a member of the Wally Byam Caravan Club of Airstream trailers, chronicling travels through Tahiti, Fiji and Samoa including scenic views, dance and martial arts displays, cruise ship Mariposa, shipboard activities, underwater photography, collecting sponge or coral, lagoon, market, harbor scenes, outriggers and urban scenes," Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum.

Locations:

• Tahiti (Filming)
• Fiji (Filming)
• Samoa (Filming)

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
•           Ocean
•      Manners and Customs
•           Ocean travel
•           Ships
•      Photography

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Feature

Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum

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