By Many Paths

Location:Papua New Guinea
Subject:Colonial administration; patrol officers
Length:47 minutes
Format:1/2-inch VHS; 16mm
Hue:B&W
Year Released:1962
Series:
Director:j Morris, Ian Dunlop, Dennis Hill
Producer:R Maslyn Williams
Distributor:Film Australia
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 4914; NFVLS; NSWSL
Description:Also known as Peoples of Papua New Guinea. A four-part film that shows the role of patrol officers in bringing full statehood to the territories. Part 1: At work in remote areas of the Sepik. Part 2: In New Britain the Tolai people are reluctant to begin farming the land for cocoa because of the ancient myths. Part 3: Wilfred Moy is a Papuan medical assistant at a rural health center; difficulties he and his family experienced being Papuans among Tolai people. Part 4: John Akinai is a coffee grower in Goroka, who is befriended by a patrol officer and then becomes a minister in Parliament.
Record No:255
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