On the Island of Taveuni
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1996.6.33
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; 628 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958
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 the story about the planter's life in the South Seas. Describes the founding of a copra plantation on Taveuni by Rood Tarte and his partners in about 1860, and shows how the plantation prospers today, employing native and East Indian help. Outlines the production of copra from the beginning to the shipping of the product.

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guides, promotional materials, newspaper articles