| Location: | Papua New Guinea |
| Subject: | Missionaries; History; Fishing; Health care |
| Length: | 25 minutes |
| Format: | 16 mm, 1/2-inch VHS |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1963 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Shan Benson |
| Producer: | Australian National Film Board |
| Distributor: | Film Australia |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 10218 |
| Description: | Set in southeast Papua, this is the story of a fishing village and the nursing work of the nuns there as told by Sister Clarke, a nurse on her rounds in the Mailu Islands. It includes footage of a sing sing, bogi dancers, and traditionally tattooed women. Gives an idea of the isolation and hardships faced by the missionaries. |
| Record No: | 1127 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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