First contact /

Recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what had been thought to be an uninhabited area. Inhabitants of the region and surviving members of the Leahy brothers' gold prospecting party recount their astonishment at this unforsee...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Arundel Productions, Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Filmakers Library, inc
Other Authors:	Connolly, Bob, Anderson, Robin, 1948-2002
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [1984?]
Subjects:	Ethnology > New Guinea. First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners.

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Summary:	Recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what had been thought to be an uninhabited area. Inhabitants of the region and surviving members of the Leahy brothers' gold prospecting party recount their astonishment at this unforseen meeting. Includes still photographs taken by a member of the expedition and contemporary footage of the island's terrain.
Item Description:	Videocassette release of the 1984 production. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (54 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS format.
Audience:	Anthropology.
Production Credits:	Photography, Tony Wilson and Dennis O'Rourke ; editors, Stewart Young and Martyn Down ; music, Ron Carpenter ; narrator, Richard Oxenburgh.