Reel No. 6: Oceania (1940)
Category: Travelogue
Length: 25:40
| Film ID | F16-0692 |
| Film Description | Edited travelogue with narrative titles Locations: Java Timor Australia (Port Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne) New Zealand (Wellington, Thermal District) Fiji Nukalofa American Samoa (Pago Pago) ShotlistTitle: Sydney HarbourScenes of the harbor Title: Blue Mountains Looks a bit like Grand Canyon Ornamental grasses Title: Bottle brush Demonstrating how the flower looks like a bottle Title: Wallabies Shots of small jumping wallabies from above Title; Jenolin Caves Landscapes Title Kangaroos Mrs Dixon [?] attempting to feed a kangaroo Title Koala bear park Koalas all over the trees. Again feeding kangaroos. People patting the bears in front of a sign that says "Please do not touch the bears" Title: Melbourne, Tuberose begonias. Flowers in a greenhouse. Planes flying in formation Title: Botanical garden Scenes of flowering shrubs Title: Black swam, Native of Australia With a little girl and a lady attempts to feed them. Ornamental grasses Ocean from shipboard Title: "New Zealand: The Scenic Playground of the Pacific" Title: Wellington Harbour Scenes of harbor from clifftop Title: Trout streams Gushing rivers Title: Blow hole a natural vent of dry steam in the thermal district The steam, and a piece of newspaper catching fire from its heat Tossing objects in to the flume of heat to throw upward Walking down from the geyser A smoking landscape Trickling water from mountainside Geysers, bubbling mud Title: The bridal veil A particular waterfall over rocks with steam Roaring river Teapots getting heated in hot springs Title: A Mauri baby A lady holds up her infant son in diapers in the doorway of her home, smiling View of the air strip. Title: Suva Fiji The harbor from the docks. Men gazing at the camera Title: A native village Fijian people, some in costumes for tourists, others standing around. Some in full ceremonial regalia People on the beach Beach hut Title: Policemen Two Fiji men in local police costumes, then Mrs. Dixon holding hands with one, swinging arms Title: Fire walkers A large pit. In the distance onlookers, including tourists. Preparing the pit. Mounding grasses on the flanes. People seem to be in grass skirts as well. Title: Nukalofa, Friendly Islands People walking towards the cameras. Curious children The surf hitting rocks at shoreline and blowholes Title: Flying foxes A tree full of what look like hanging bats Title: Pago Pago American Samoa Young children posing in front of homes. Other people near their homes |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon |
| Topics | Touring, Tourism, Australia, Port Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, New Zealand, Wellington, Thermal District, Geysers, Fiji, Nukalofa, American Samoa, Pago Pago |