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South Sea Islands

Date released

21 Dec 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

678

NoS ID

121949

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Paradise found. South Sea island dreams become emphatic reality as we take you on a tour of these South Pacific jewels. American SAMOA, heart of Polynesia, boasts one of the loveliest...

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Predator, The (1994 Video)

Producer

Kate O’Sullivan

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Recounts efforts by scientists to save the ‘Partula’, a Polynesian tree snail, which has been driven to near-extinction in its natural habitats by ‘Euglandina’, a rapacious meat-eating snail...

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Rainbow Warrior sinking (1985)

Genre

Press conference

Press conference with Greenpeace UK Chairman (poss. Bryn Jones) about the sinking of the flagship Rainbow Warrior by two explosions in Auckland, New Zealand. Explains the boat’s significance to Greenpeace....

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Moana (1923 Film)

Director

Robert J Flaherty

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes Polynesian life in general with special reference to the ceremony of initiation to manhood, with its painful, and then almost defunct, tattooing operation. Filmed in Samoa.

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Rainbow Warrior sinking (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Greenpeace spokesman (probably Chairman Ben Metcalfe) about the bombing and sinking of the flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, New Zealand where it was due to go to Mururoa Atoll to protest...

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Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise (1986)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), $39.00 ($89.00 institiutional use)

From the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia to the New York City docks where he worked as a customs inspector, this documentary tracks the personal and intellectual adventures of Herman Melville. Narrated...

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Murder case for Rainbow Warrior sinking (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Two linked clips about the sinking of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, New Zealand apparently by two bombs.1. Report on the murder investigation into the death of photographer Fernando...

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Rainbow Warrior explosions (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on two explosions sinking the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior as it prepared to visit Mururoa Atoll for a major campaign against French nuclear testing. Bombs were planted on board the ship in...

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Journey, The (1987)

aka: Resan

Director

Peter Watkins

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 870 minutes), 30 Euros

Peter Watkins’ monumental fourteen hour documentary was produced in 1983-86 by the Swedish Peace & Arbitration Society and local support groups in Sweden, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, USSR, Mexico,...

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Spring Re-Loaded 1 (8 Parts) (1994)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

out of distribution

Recordings of contemporary dance performances from the 1994 Spring Loaded season held at The Place, London. The two-camera live mix version does not interpret the work but does capture the spontaneity of...

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