Take No. X-79

Costume Details
Hitu: Samoan cloak + pareu
6 old women: Samoan cloaks
+ pareaus...
Crowd climbing over railing:
our brown pareaus, m wreaths

Action
Shooting from stern toward bow (other side).
On deck, just near front of aft cabin, facing camera
(back to shore) sits Hitu on a low box.
Just at his feet, before him, on a bordered mat, facing
each other, sit the six old women 3 on either side
(see sketch at top)
They are all looking toward camera left
In b.g. we see a few canoes paddling toward
schooner.
Meanwhile some boys: [?]
[?]
[?] (girl) [?] (little boy)
climb over railing of [?] bow.

Notes
Crosby std @ 38

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The abbreviation "m wreaths" in the Costume Details field stands for "metuapua wreaths." The sketch in the upper right shows the position of the actors to one another in this take.

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-651

SDK page number
644

No. of Takes
(1) (2) (3)

Scene No.
X-79

Lens No.
2"

Footage
31 | 26 | 26 |

Location
Moana, Bora not b.g.

Date
March 5 1930