| Location: | Papua New Guinea |
| Subject: | Documentary |
| Length: | 351 feet (10 min) |
| Format: | Archival Film, 1/2-inch VHS |
| Hue: | B&W |
| Year Released: | 1921 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Frank Hurley |
| Producer: | |
| Distributor: | Smithsonian HSFA |
| Library Code: | Smithsonian HSFA 89.1.1 |
| Description: | Incomplete edited film is believed to be a reel from a later version of PEARLS AND SAVAGES shot in New Guinea in 1921. Footage includes: on and over the Fly and Strickland rivers and around Lake Murray, overviews of native settlements, Gogodala people of the Fly River Delta paddling canoes, males in cockatoo and cassowary plumed headdresses, large river houses and big houses thatched with sago palm, and local people around sea plane. This version contains a factional narration of the heart-of-darkness genre not originally associated with the Hurley film. |
| Record No: | 2229 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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