SUGAR-CANE HUNTING BY AIRPLANE IN NEW GUINEA Part 1

Description

Reels 1-5 are not in National Archives. Reel 6 shows natives of the Papua Hula area, 60 miles from Port Moresby. The missionary influence on native dress is noted. Shows homes of natives in this area and young girls of a village on Point Hood. Percy H. Leigh, a resident of the Port Moresby area for 14 years, talks with Department of Agriculture scientists (?). The scientists return to the U.S. via government yacht and steamship. The sugar cane specimens which they collected are carefully nursed on the way back to the U.S. Shows the coast of Queensland, Australia from the deck of their steamship.

Collection

Records of the Extension Service

Series

Motion Picture Films