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Pacific Paradise?

This program looks at three areas of the Pacific, and examines the effects of European and American dominance on the all aspects of life for the islanders.
Series : Human Face Cutdown | Episode : 3 | Year : 1987 | Total Duration : 30 Minutes | Producer : Oliver Howes
WS of beach at sunset, woman and dog walking on shore, CU on indigenous people playing wooden musical instruments, CU on man paddling canoe, indigenous group wearing floral leis and flowers behind their ears singing, WS of long canoes racing across ocean, aerial of small sailing boats, sailing on outrigger canoes, graphic map of world showing Pacific Islands
Access No. 126275 | 57 secs | 1980s | Pacific Islands | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial pans of islands and coral reefs in Pacific Ocean, Micronesian people, man carrying woven basket along tropical palm lined beach, women group singing, wearing head dress, man preparing outrigger canoe for sailing, couple sailing in lagoon and fishing with hand lines from canoe. School children marching and in classroom, pan of vegetable gardens on coral atoll, collecting water from well in coral rock in silver bucket, using spear to knock pandanus fruit from tree
Access No. 126276 | 4 mins 17 secs | 1980s | Kiribati | © NFSA | Colour |
Emptying basket full of pandanus fruits onto ground, using stone to crush the nuts, women fanning open fire and cooking pandanus nuts, community cooking under reed covering, indigenous man climbing coconut palm tree, CU on man singing and using knife to peel fruit amongst palm leaves, group of men making canoe, interior of community meeting place, timber and thatched roof building, indigenous people singing, clapping and doing traditional dances
Access No. 126277 | 3 mins 56 secs | 1980s | Kiribati | © NFSA | Colour |
Fishermen return on sailing canoes, emptying catch of fish onto beach and dragging outrigger canoes onto palm lined shore, indigenous man rubbing soap over his body in open shower, men and women in village preparing cooking utensils and fire, cooking fish, boiling kettle for tea, sitting on woven mats, serving up rice,
Access No. 126278 | 2 mins 16 secs | 1980s | Kiribati | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial of tropical island of French Polynesia, aerial of Papeete, capital of Tahiti. Tahitian woman performing traditional dance in traditional dress before an audience of tourists. Street scenes, markets, Tahitian woman washing up in kitchen, man cooking meat on small barbeque (BBQ), VS of interior of house, eating dinner
Access No. 126279 | 2 mins 15 secs | 1980s | Papeete, Tahiti | © NFSA | Colour |
Street scenes in Papeete, cars and trucks, couple on scooter, Tahitian woman buying new shoes in boutique, VS of English language class with students in language booths with headphones, Tahitian woman at a job interview in the office of Air Polynesia Airlines, VS of a dance class with young women dancing traditional Polynesian dances
Access No. 126309 | 2 mins 58 secs | 1980s | Papeete, Tahiti | © NFSA | Colour |
Sunset on water with man in outrigger canoe paddling across still water, VS of traditional Polynesian dancing performed for tourists at a dinner, CU on woman making floral leis,
Access No. 126310 | 1 min 57 secs | 1980s | Tahiti | © NFSA | Colour |
Village huts on shoreline, people and cars, poverty, shanty town amongst tropical palm trees, aerial along coral atoll of Majuro, aerials of other atolls with lush green vegetation,
Access No. 126311 | 1 min 17 secs | 1980s | Majuro, Marshall Islands | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage and stills of Bikini Atoll, site selected in 1946 for testing and development of nuclear bombs by United States, villagers evacuated from homelands
Access No. 126312 | 17 secs | 1940s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Polynesian man talking to camera about the forced evacuation from Bikini Atoll during 1946 when the United States selected it as a site for testing nuclear bomb.
Access No. 126313 | 37 secs | 1980s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of Bikini Atoll, American officials asking islanders to leave Bikini Atoll
Access No. 126314 | 44 secs | 1940s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Interview with Polynesian man about the forced evacuation from Bikini Atoll during 1946 when the United States selected it as a site for testing nuclear bomb.
Access No. 126315 | 17 secs | 1980s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Universal newsreel, Ready for the Atoms Tests at Bikini, showing Americans discussing plans to evacuate with islanders, evacuation scenes
Access No. 126316 | 44 secs | 1940s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Interview with Polynesian man about the forced evacuation from Bikini Atoll during 1946 when the United States selected it as a site for testing nuclear bomb.
Access No. 126317 | 2 secs | 1980s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of Bikini Atoll villagers packing up and evacuating so that nuclear testing can take place on the atoll.
Access No. 126318 | 38 secs | 1940s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Interview with Polynesian man about the forced evacuation from Bikini Atoll during 1946 when the United States selected it as a site for testing nuclear bomb.
Access No. 126319 | 2 secs | 1980s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of atom bomb exploding, mushroom cloud, men watching with protective glasses,
Access No. 126320 | 42 secs | 1940s | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Interview with Polynesian man about the forced evacuation from Bikini Atoll during 1946 when the United States selected it as a site for testing nuclear bomb. Torn and faded United States flag flying and Marshall Islands flag in B/G, washing hanging in village, pig in pen on beach, food relief, boxes of frozen chickens and rice, street scenes of Marshall Islands, interior supermarket, children playing football on streets, young men playing pool and fun parlour machines, playing cards, displaced people
Access No. 126321 | 4 mins 43 secs | 1940s | Marshall Islands | © NFSA | B&W |