[ANU Pacific.Institute] DVDs of PNG Documentaries at ANU

[Nicholas Mortimer]

Dear Colleagues

Please see the following note from Chris Ballard which we hope may be of interest to you.

Nick
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Just a note to let people know that the ANU has recently acquired digital (DVD) copies of the following documentaries from PNG and West Papua:



Title

Series title

Duration mins

Web year

Synopsis one paragraph




Along the Sepik


Australia Today


27.39


1964

Set on the Upper Sepik River in New Guinea, this film records the day-to-day experiences of
Patrol Officer, Kiap Barry Downes, as he investigates a murder. As wellas being a record of the role of the patrol administration and therugged conditions under which these men





District Commissioner



Australia Today



26.24



1963


In 1963, Tom Ellis was the District Commissioner of the Western Highlandsof Papua New
Guinea. In this film Tom describes how the Territory Administration ishelping the people to adjust to a new way of life in the social andeconomic development of the area. We see patrol officers in the fieldpresiding over trade negotiations, introducing new ways of agricultureand supervising the building and maintenance of roads andaerodromes. We





Dame Rachel Cleland


AustralianBiography Series 8



25.59



2002


Born in Perth in 1906, Dame Rachel Cleland has long been respected as amatriarch of the
Liberal Party. She worked closely with her late husband Don who was afounding member of the party and Administrator of Papua New Guineafrom 1952 to 1966. Although a traditionalist, she has remained stronglyindividualistic. At 93 she opposed other conservatives when shesupported environmental protesters campaigning to preserve





Ray Whitrod


AustralianBiography Series 8



26



2002

Ray Whitrod came to national prominence in 1976 when he resigned asQueensland's
Commissioner of Police as a protest against corruption. His efforts toreform the State's police had met with strong opposition from bothwithin the force and the Bjelke-Petersen Government. It was a very publicstand which enhanced his reputation as a cop of unusual integrity,dedicated to improving the world around him. In this interview, Ray looksback over






Chord for Voices, A






19




1976


A Chord for Voices celebrates the laying of a new underseacommunications cable, the A-PNG
cable, capable of carrying 640 voice channels from Papua New Guineathrough Cairns to the rest of the world. Interspersed throughout thecable laying are colourful visual and sound bites depicting a slice of life inPapua New Guinea, 1976. Scenes of towns and villages feature localmarkets, ceremonial dancing, church services, National Theatre Companyperformances and radio broadcasts. This film is an orchestration ofsounds: the music of flute, drum and guitar; the grinding of machinery;the murmur of dialects; the whir of helicopter rotors. The





Cruise of the Magi, The





18.36



1963

The Magi people of Southeast Papua have always been seagoing traders,once in canoes,
now in their own motor vessel called The Magi, which is run by acooperative. The film is told from the point of view of cooperative officerGraham Corfield, who advises the Magi and is helping them transformfrom a barter society into a modern commercial economy. As weleisurely cruise along the coast we visit the villagers who continue to live acustomary way of




Heart of New Guinea






20




1942

This fascinating two-part black and white newsreel shows action in PapuaNew Guinea during
the Second World War. Far from their stronghold base in PortMoresby, Australian troops in outposts along the Kokoda Track mustbe regularly supplied with provisions. The first film follows sea andjungle supply routes to the warfront: paddling canoes upriver, stoppingin friendly villages along the way, and traversing mountainous terrainwith local carriers and their loads, which include Damien Parer's filmgear on its way to the frontline. In the second film we witness aJapanese air raid over Port Moresby harbour.



My Father, My Country
(ANU held VHS format)



55.28

1989

In 1938 three Australian patrol officers - Jim Taylor, John Black and PatWalsh - set off on an
epic journey into the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Their purpose: tomake contact with "stone age" tribes who knew nothing of the outsideworld and explain to them that their lives were about to undergoincredible change.




Land of the Morning Star




55


2004


The western half of the island of New Guinea has been known by manynames including
Netherlands New Guinea, West Papua, Irian Jaya and Papua. Narratedby Rachel Griffiths, Land of the Morning Star reveals the rich andturbulent history of a troubled country, swept up in the power-play ofinternational politics. It highlights the role of the Netherlands, theUnited States, Australia, Indonesia and the UN at crucial points in thecountry's history.




Path to Nationhood





27

1964




This black and white film tells the story of the first national election of theHouse of Assembly
of Papua and New Guinea in 1964. It includes footage of the difficultiesfaced compiling the common electoral roll, voting, counting and thedeclaration of the polls. The film also shows how the Australianadministration fulfilled the task of explaining the principles of universalsuffrage to nearly 1,000,000 people, many of whom lived in remotelocalities





Wokabaut Bilong Tonten





87


1972


A Pidgin language drama based upon the emergence of New Guinea as anindependent
nation. The story concerns a young coastal man, Tonten, and his searchfor a missing brother.





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