[Harbor scenes in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, circa 1930s]

Title

[Harbor scenes in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, circa 1930s]

Description

Film footage of harbor scenes in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, circa 1930s. The footage, which was likely filmed by Julius A. Barr during his travels in Asia, contains short clips of a harbor filmed from an unidentified ship. Scenes include people watching from the shore at the ship approaches, men maneuvering a boarding ramp into place, passengers boarding, logs being loaded onto the ship, men in canoes, and panning shots of the shoreline. No particular aircraft is visible in the footage.

The footage is in black-and-white and is silent.

Label on container: "Rabaul."

Date

1930s circa

Subject

Extent

1 film reel (4 min., 9 sec.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2019-10-24_AV_009_01