Created by an unknown American tourist in 1927, this black & white silent home movie shows a passenger ship cruise across the Southern Hemisphere to Australia and New Guinea. This film is only one part of what must have been a longer travelogue; unfortunately the other segments of it are apparently lost to history. The film gives a good idea of the experiences a wealthy tourist might have had in this era, visiting Tasmania, New South Wales and Melbourne, and New Guinea.
Title: Around The World By The Southern Hemisphere 1927 (:07). Title: Leaving Launceston Tasmania, crossing Bass Strait, approaching Melbourne, Australia, leaving for Sydney (:14). People wave and follow alongside a boat as it starts to leave (:22). Ocean waters as seen from the deck of the ship (:37). Alongside other boats as the ship comes into a harbor (2:02). Men in hats ride a trolley car along Spencer Street (2:18). People at a train station (2:32). Title: Carlotta Arch, wallabies in Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, New South Wales (2:51). People walk near the Carlotta Arch (3:00). Wallabies sit on a rock (3:22). People walk through a wooded park (3:51). People stand near a group of cars (4:32). Tugboat on the water (4:49). Boats and ships on the water (5:11). Man in a pith helmet greets the new arrivals. Sailboats, ships, tugboats on the water (5:50). Title: Landing at New Guinea Papuan Village, Hanubada Native Dances, Port Moresby (6:24). Arriving on a boat in New Guinea, passing by a group of small villages (6:33). Papuan people in their village. Among the natives is a well dressed white man (7:00). Natives walk around their village (7:30). A villager climbs a tree (7:48). Tourists smile and walk around the natives (8:16). The villagers start to dance (8:55). The natives wear headpieces and dance; a Hanubada group of villagers does a dance (9:40). The natives continue to dance (10:38).
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