Home Movie: Kay Kibby Collection: 003876 (silent)

Description:

Description: An amateur travelogue documenting a 1930s journey to the South Pacific. Departing San Francisco and traveling to New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawai'i, American Samoa, and the Cook Islands, the travelers turn a white gaze on Indigenous cultures and natural wonders.

Titles:
Trip to New Zealand / 1931-32 / Leaving San Francisco
Tahiti / Dec. 5, 1931
Rarotonga / Dec. 7, 1931
New Zealand / Dec. 14, 1931 / to Jan. 12, 1932
Honolulu, / Halekulani Hotel, / Jan. 21 to 27, 1932
New Zealand / Trip 1935
Pago Pago - / American Samoa
Tin Can Island -- / Tonga
Suva - Fiji
New Zealand / Rotorua
Mount Cook Region
Lake Wanaka
Queenstown / Lake Wakatipu
Honolulu

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1930s, Tourism, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Indigenous people , Settler colonialism, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, Shipping

Tags: intertitles; people at pier as steamship departs; streamers; ocean liners; canoes; landscapes; offloading ships; ports; docks; Cook Islands; palm trees; grazing animals; Mount Victoria; Tangi Te Keo; Matairangi; 2YA radio station building; swimming; sailboats; bathing sheds; beaches; rowboats; hiking; babies; pineapples; cracking open coconuts; eating coconuts; Aloha Tower; thermal pools; Shell gas station; Geyser Service Station; folk dancing; traditional dancing; fishes; fish swimming underwater; Mount Cook; mountains; Lake Wanaka; hydraulic mining; campfires; mountains; snow-capped peaks; glaciers; geysers; white gaze; culturally extractive tourism

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Kay Kibby

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Kay Kibby Collection PC-0576

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1930s

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; New Zealand; Tahiti; Rarotonga; Hawai'i; Honolulu, Hawai'i; American Samoa; Rotorua, New Zealand; Queensland, New Zealand; O'ahu, Hawai'i; Cook Islands; South Pacific; Wellington, New Zealand; Pago Pago, American Samoa; Suva, Fiji; Fiji

Genre/Form: amateur, travelogue

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: original, reversal

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle circle, plus circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 930

Complete Record: Description: An amateur travelogue documenting a 1930s journey to the South Pacific. Departing San Francisco and traveling to New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawai'i, American Samoa, and the Cook Islands, the travelers turn a white gaze on Indigenous cultures and natural wonders. Titles: Trip to New Zealand / 1931-32 / Leaving San Francisco Tahiti / Dec. 5, 1931 Rarotonga / Dec. 7, 1931 New Zealand / Dec. 14, 1931 / to Jan. 12, 1932 Honolulu, / Halekulani Hotel, / Jan. 21 to 27, 1932 New Zealand / Trip 1935 Pago Pago - / American Samoa Tin Can Island -- / Tonga Suva - Fiji New Zealand / Rotorua Mount Cook Region Lake Wanaka Queenstown / Lake Wakatipu Honolulu Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s, Tourism, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Indigenous people , Settler colonialism, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, Shipping Tags: intertitles; people at pier as steamship departs; streamers; ocean liners; canoes; landscapes; offloading ships; ports; docks; Cook Islands; palm trees; grazing animals; Mount Victoria; Tangi Te Keo; Matairangi; 2YA radio station building; swimming; sailboats; bathing sheds; beaches; rowboats; hiking; babies; pineapples; cracking open coconuts; eating coconuts; Aloha Tower; thermal pools; Shell gas station; Geyser Service Station; folk dancing; traditional dancing; fishes; fish swimming underwater; Mount Cook; mountains; Lake Wanaka; hydraulic mining; campfires; mountains; snow-capped peaks; glaciers; geysers; white gaze; culturally extractive tourism Film Sponsor: Creator: Kay Kibby Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Kay Kibby Collection PC-0576 Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1930s Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; New Zealand; Tahiti; Rarotonga; Hawai'i; Honolulu, Hawai'i; American Samoa; Rotorua, New Zealand; Queensland, New Zealand; O'ahu, Hawai'i; Cook Islands; South Pacific; Wellington, New Zealand; Pago Pago, American Samoa; Suva, Fiji; Fiji Genre/Form: amateur, travelogue Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: original, reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle circle, plus circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 930