Take No. X-245F

Costume Details
Our brown pareu m wreaths

Action
Canoes with [?] hands covered with palm
branches approaching schooner. As seen by Hitu
Picture [?] by 2 [?] on stations side
(bow of ship pointed toward shore.)
In f.g. [?] by the [?] are [?] of heads
of men who hold palm branches over them (these men
are on camera left side of picture.

Notes
Crosby [?] std @ 160 0
Flaherty @ 150'
Flaherty no slate in take 1

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The abbreviation "m wreath" in the Costume Details field stands for "metuapua wreath"; "C" and "F" in the No. of Takes, Lens No. and Footage fields stand for "Crosby" and "Flaherty." The take was simultaneously shot with two cameras.

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-408

SDK page number
408

No. of Takes
C | (1) | (2)
F | (1) | (2)

Scene No.
X-24F X-245F

Lens No.
2" C + F

Footage
C | 21 | 17 |
F | 25 | 20 |

Location
Moana Bora Bora not b.g.

Date
March 5 1930