1960s TRIP TO TAHITI HOME MOVIE FRENCH POLYNESIA AIR TAHITI VAITAPE PAEA PAPEETE 66934

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films Visit Visit our website Shot by an unknown visitor, this gorgeous, silent color movie shows a trip to Tahiti in the 1960s, including shots in Vaitape, Papeete, Paea and elsewhere. It s possible this film was shot to create a documentary or industrial film, or simply that it is a well shot amateur home movie. Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia, the South Pacific archipelago. Shaped like a figure8, it s divided into Tahiti Nui (the larger, western section) and Tahiti Iti (the eastern peninsula). With blacksand beaches, lagoons, waterfalls and 2 extinct volcanoes, it s a popular tourist destination. Opening: blue ocean water near trees. Palm trees. A man walks near some trees and rocks (:081:17). Piles of open Tahitian nuts. Palm trees near the shore. Foggy mountaintop. A hut set back amongst the trees (1:183:10). Women fish in the ocean. A man throws a fishing net into th