Take No. X-242

Costume Details
Hitu: Samoan cloak +
pareu, no wreath
6 old women - Samoan cloaks
+ pareaus, no wreaths

Action
Fade in on Hitu sitting like stone on deck of schooner
six 5 old women back of him.
[?] about today
Camera low
Hitu + six old women sit on bordered mat
as in sketch above. Bamboo tube [?] on mat
beneath Hitu's right knee (the old sit over- [?])
Hitu's eyes are turned slightly to his right
In b.g. [?] ship are Chief’s double canoe +
behind it several single canoes. People’s heads
covered with palm branches
[?] The old women's heads are bowed. Cloaks
pulled close over them.

Notes
Crosby std @ 259

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The sketch in the upper left shows the position of the actors to the camera.

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-411

SDK page number
411

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

Scene No.
X-242

Lens No.
2"

Footage
278 | 298 | 318 |

Location
Moana shooting toward stern
toward sea

Date
March 7 1930