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Path to Nationhood

The story of the 1964 elections in Papua and New Guinea.

Year : 1964 | Total Duration : 27 Minutes | Producer : John Martin Jones
Director : Bern Gandy |

Local people voting in the House of Assembly Elections, Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinean man, holding up chopped off finger on a skewer.

VS Indigenous people placing votes in ballot boxes during elections. Opening titles.

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VS Individual members of the recently elected House of Assembly during its inauguration including indigenous and non-indigenous members. Inaugural speech by Australian.

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Aerials Papua New Guinea including villages, harbour, mountain ranges, rivers and rainforest. Helicopter taking off. More aerials of steep rainforest.

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Indigenous people in long canoe on river, unloading equipment from canoe for Australian educational patrol officer. Officer and men through rainforest carrying equipment to remote village to aid in compilation of electoral roll. VS including CU's village people including elderly, children, family groups, some in native dress queuing to put names on electoral roll. Officer talking to people in pidgin.

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Australian educational patrol officer talking to various indigenous people living in towns in order to put their names on the electoral roll. CU woman with baby, VS people inside homes filling in forms. CU electoral roll documents.

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Indigenous educational patrol officers on villages putting up notices explaining how to vote. Demonstrations of voting process. Man explaining to people in pidgin.

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Australian man talking in pidgin to indigenous village people whilst on electoral campaign.

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Indigenous man playing bagpipes, children following. Australian and indigenous electoral candidates talking to people in pidgin and English. Land Rover with poster. CU's people listening.

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Indigenous man wading out of his depth through river. VS bamboo bridge being built so that electoral equipment can be carried across. Truck loaded with equipment including ballot boxes and portable polling booths.

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Ballot papers and some voting booths and ballot boxes unloaded from small aircraft. Carried through rainforest. Long line of people through countryside carrying equipment entering village.

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Voting beginning on 15 February 1965. CU electoral lists / roll being crossed off. VS voting in towns and polling booths in remote villages. Women and some with babies voting. CU indigenous woman's hand pushing paper into voting box

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Ballot boxes being emptied and votes being counted. VS Tally Centre in Port Moresby. Audio of results in 3 languages. Results chalked up on blackboard. Women on telephones. Sir Donald Clealand (phonetic) administrator. VS Indigenous people listening to radio. Indigenous man talking into microphone.

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Crowds gathered in various locations as newly elected politicians announced and congratulated. CU document pronouncing Writ for candidates.

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VS Inside House of Assembly during its inauguration. Inaugural speech made by Australian in uniform. VS indigenous members wearing headphones.

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