Ellice Islands, Niutao (Polynesians) -- Catching Bonitos on the High Seas
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.848; E00412
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960
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: large outrigger boats equipped with poles and typical mother-of-pearl hooks take to the sea in order to catch bonitos. Flocks of sea birds indicate the presence of the fish. As the boat moves quickly across the surface the hooks are pulled along in the water. As soon as a fish swallows a hook a master fisherman uses a pole to haul the bonito into the boat.
Legacy Keywords: Tuvalu ; Ellice Islands, Niutao ; Oceania; Polynesians