Samoa

About

The New Zealand National Film Unit presents Samoa (1949)

Western Samoa, Lotus Land of the Pacific, is administered by New Zealand under United Nations trusteeship. The Administration brings to the Samoans those European services which will benefit them, and aids them in preserving all the best of their own ways of living. With modern amenities at hand, Samoan life goes on much as it has always done in the thatched villages amid the groves. The slim canoes still glide in from the fishing grounds, the food is cooked in ovens of heated stone, and the flower-decked girls sing and dance beneath the palms.

Produced by the NZ National Film Unit Made with the cooperation of the People of Western Samoa

Background songs by the Olemeni Aufaipese

Producer – Stanhope Andrews

Director – Stanhope Andrews

Camera – Ivo Tisch

Sound – Robert Allen

Technical Supervision – Geoffrey Scott

Production – Cyril Morton

Processing – National Film Unit Laboratory

Dv file of Beta SP telecine (Tape 162) of 35 mm film – 200, 495

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