Dances of the South Pacific

Category: Travelogue

Length: 16:43

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8FPg3TaD63k
Film ID F16-0568
Film Description Compilation of Pacific Rim dance footage from the travelogue films of Mrs. Hacker.

Edited travelogue/ethnographic footage
with narrative titles
"...taken from Mrs. Hacker's Travel films." (Later remarried, Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon).
Apia British Samoa (complete)
Nukalofa-Friendly Island (dance after Flying Foxes)
Fiji War Dance (from Fiji part)
Bali Temple Dance (after dancers dressing)
Sumatra Batik Dancers
Ceylon Devil Dance

Producer: Mrs. C. W. Hacker, Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon
Audio/Visual: silent, b&w

Video Category Travelogue
Film Creator Mrs. C. W. Hacker / Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon
Topics Dance performance, Dancing, Dancers, Sri Lanka, Samoa, Nukuʻalofa, Fiji, Bali, Sumatra, Batak people

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