People of the Free Train
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1996.6.24
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Martin Moyer Productions
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content: Martin Moyer film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 519 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film made by Martin Moyer for educational use is a brief history of the people of Fiji, with emphasis on the people of Indian descent. The free train provides transportation that connects people from access to markets to visiting friends. Shown are Indian farmers who live by the railroad and work for the Colonial Sugar Company; people working in the lowland rice paddies that skirt the rail line (harvesting, thrashing and winnowing); villagers viewed from the passing train; the wholesale rice dealers and the retail merchants in markets along the rail line; and the train crew and its passengers. Collaborator is R.A. Derrick, Geographer-Historian and Director of Fiji Museum.

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guide with transcription of narration, promotional materials, newspaper articles