Missiewerk op Nieuw-Guinea

Catholic Mission in New Guinea
Objectcode
FI/1200/166
Film report from 1948 of the performing of an aubade by Papua children in a mission-station on the occasion of the visit of the apostolic vicar. In honour of the high guest dances are performed.
Contents
Description (source: www.beeldengeluid.nl) 23.22 Text: Mission work on New Guinea. Camera: Toby Berwald. 23.25 Image: School-children in procession to the meeting. 23.32 Kids and boys with wooden swords in the procession. 23.36 Two Papua's posing with wifes and children. 23.39 The procession on its way. 23.46 The apostolic-vicar of Dutch New Guinea, Mgr. Grent, under a shelter together with civil servant and Indonesian teacher. 23.52 Conductor leads schoolchildrens' aubade. 23.59 Images of schoolboys and schoolgirls, most of them in grass-skirts. 24.15 Survey of the choral homage. 24.19 Girls and boys performing the so-called 'Dogs dance' conducted by the Indonesian mission girl dancer. 24.33 The dancing girls. 24.40 The high guest looking at the dancing. 24.43 Girls with decorated half hoops performing a dance. 24.52 The high company seen on the back. 24.53 Boys in dyed grass dresses and armed with wooden swords and shields performing a Papua war dance. 25.23 The apostolic vicar, seen from the back, pronounces a word of thanks, after which the conductor kneels in front of him, kissing his ring. 25.30 The Papua village during the festivities. 25.40 END
Title
Wordende Wereld 90, item 4
Year
1948

Technical detail

Film type
Film report
Black and white
Spoken comment
Dutch

Thesaurus terms

Geographic
Geographical term » Papua

References

Links
http://www.beeldengeluid.nl