Samoa (1949)
Channel: Archives New Zealand
Date: 2013-02-25

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 35mm film - 200, 495