South Sea Islands (1967)

Samoa and Tahiti. The story opens with various shots of a Pan Am aircraft coming in to land at American Samoa s airport. Various shots of the vehicles bringing the landing steps. Legs are seen passing by. There is a long shot of the beautiful tropical harbour at Pago Pago. A girl tourist dives into a hotel pool and tourists are served drinks. There are grass thatched huts nearby. A tourist couple head for the water at the beach. In Tahiti there is a display of Tahitian dancing with girls in hula grass skirts, inter cut with shots of tom tom drums, and primitive hollow tube instruments. A male dancer does some great knee shaking and the girls wriggle their hips in the traditional hula dance. (01:03:43) French influence on the island of Tahiti is shown by the French flag and the sign for the town hall Mairie, the Champs Elysees cafe, gendarme style police officers in uniform, and a boy carrying baguettes. This is seen in the capital, Papeete. A local fisherman hands fish from his boat to the harbour, f