Take No. X-175

Costume Details
Dancing boys: Hulu skirts,
niau wreaths. Oiled
Dancing girls: - Hula skirts, f.p. headdresses,
2 natural or artificial f.p. wreaths on necks.
Oiled
Capt: same as X-171 (f.p. wreath on neck
[?]
Hitu: same as X-171 (f.p. wreath on neck
over Samoan cloak)
Anna: same as X-171 (f.p. wreath on neck
over hair)

Action
[?] of dancers camera l to right.
Tehare, [?], William
[?]
Hana
Take 3 up action of chief [?]
4
Girls [?] + boy [?] from camera left [?]
+ place it before guard + chief, who sit back + run out
out camera left right. Chief [?] a moment later
they [?] who drinking
return pick up kava bowl + carry it out camera
left door. Then people at front door give way +
dancers [?] in. Then Matahi dances his
way through them. He dances back to [?] +
takes 3 f.p. wreaths from her arm, then he dances up to
Reri who sits back to camera + kneeling before her
places wreath on her head.
Drummers not in these shots
nor old woman or fanning girls.

Notes
Crosby std @ 177' Test after take 2 (end of roll)
[?] Test @ 235 (end of
take 4)
f.p. over left ear
f.p. over right ear

Comment
The handwritten descriptions and notes are from David Flaherty. The abbreviation "Com Hut" in the Location field stands for "Community Hut"; "f.p." in the Action and Costume Details fields stand for "frangipani."

Record type
Script Clerk's report

Data Record No.
SCR-515

SDK page number
515

No. of Takes
(1) (2) (3) X (4) X

Scene No.
X-175

Footage
3 | 150 || 102 | 133 |

Location
Com hut

Date
February 26 1930