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THE TRANSFORMED ISLE

Description:
A missionary film made on Vella Lavella on the Western Solomon Islands by the Methodist church. “[The film crew] planned to stay two hours on Vella Lavella. But Mr. Nicholson (the Methodist missionary) scenting an opportunity of Missionary propaganda through the cinematograph, persuaded them to stay two weeks. He induced his people to re- enact the scenes of the past, dressed in the feathers ...
Display date:
1920
Location:
Solomon Islands
Format:
MovingImage
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
Director: Rev Reginald C Nicholson
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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