Query: 1926 documentary films or shot in Samoa or English-language Samoan films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
The Pottery Maker
Pacific Destiny
A Sixth Part of the World
Rien que les heures
Mechanics of the Brain
Moana (1926 film)
Return to Paradise (1953 film)
Next Goal Wins (2014 film)
Med Maud over Polhavet
De Boma à Tshela
The Passaic Textile Strike (film)
Evidence from documents: The Pottery Maker: '''''The Pottery Maker''''', also known as '''''Story of a Potter''''', is a 1926 American documentary short film directed by Robert J. Flaherty.
Pacific Destiny: '''''Pacific Destiny''''' is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern. The screenplay concerns a young British couple who win the respect of the inhabitants of a South Pacific island during the colonial era.


It was based on ''A Pattern of Islands'', a memoir by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.


Film credits show Samoa as the filming location.
The true story of inexperienced District Officer Cadet Arthur Grimble (Denholm Elliott) who arrives with his bride Olivia (Susan Stephen) on a remote Pacific island to work in the Colonial Service. He finds it hard to meet the approval of his superior, the Resident Commissioner (Michael Hordern), who had been expecting a more experienced man. The harder Grimble tries to please him, the more things seem to go awry, and he soon finds himself banished to a smaller neighbouring island. Olivia though is not as easily discouraged as her husband by the situation, and lends her support in a way that eventually meets with the approval of the island people.
* Denholm Elliott ... Arthur Grimble
* Susan Stephen ... Olivia Grimble
* Michael Hordern ... Resident Commission
A Sixth Part of the World: '''''A Sixth Part of the World''''' (, ), sometimes referred to as '''''The Sixth Part of the World''''', is a 1926 silent film directed by Dziga Vertov and produced by Kultkino (part of Sovkino).
Rien que les heures: '''''Rien que les heures''''' (English: '''''Nothing But Time''''' or '''''Nothing But the Hours''''') is a 1926 experimental silent film
Mechanics of the Brain: '''''Mechanics of the Brain''''' () is a 1926 Soviet documentary film
Moana (1926 film): 1926 documentary films: '''''Moana''''' () is a 1926 American silent documentary film
shot in Samoa: ''Moana'' was filmed in Samoa (then under the Western Samoa Trust Territory) in the villages of Safune district on the island of Savai'i.
Return to Paradise (1953 film): It was filmed on location in Matautu, Lefaga Western Samoa (present-day Samoa).
Next Goal Wins (2014 film): '''''Next Goal Wins''''' is a 2014 British documentary film directed by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. The film chronicles the national football team of American Samoa as they try to recover from the indignity of being known as one of the weakest football teams in the world, and to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Med Maud over Polhavet: '''''Med Maud over Polhavet''''' is a Norwegian documentary film from 1926, directed by Odd Dahl.
De Boma à Tshela: '''''De Boma à Tshela''''' is a Belgian 1926 documentary film.
The Passaic Textile Strike (film): 1926 documentary films: '''''The Passaic Textile Strike''''' is a 1926 American silent film
documentary: Although in good part a fictional melodrama, ''The Passaic Textile Strike'' is regarded as important by film historians both for its documentary footage and for the fact that it is one of the only early American labor films to have been preserved largely intact.