Eight Hours to Bali Hai

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1801A
Date Released
12 Dec 1963
Date submitted
7 Dec 1963
Date Other
Dec 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eight Hours to Bali Hai. DESCRIPTION: It takes less than eight hours to Tahiti from Australia now that an air service has been inaugurated. Our pictures show the nearby island of Moorea which was used as Bali Hai in the Rodgers and Hammerstein spectacular, South Pacific. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV coastline of Isle of Tahiti. GV dancers. MS passengers off plane. ES dancers. MS dancers give floral wreath (lei) to passenger. GV dancers. MCU drummers. MS dancers. GV same. MCU same. CU same. MLS pan down light house at Point Venus. MS same. CU plaque on same. GV harbour. GV same. CU row of catamarans. MS tracking Tahitian riding moped. MS another (2 shots). MCU little boy on cycle. GV Isle of Moorea. MS two Tahitians on boat. CU same. GV Moorea. GV visitors on boat. GV Moorea. GV Cook’s Bay aerial. GV aerial - pan along coastline. GV plane on water. MS two Tahitian children. MS plane on water. MS visitors photographing Tahitians. GV visitors dancing with same. MS same. MS Tahitian dancer. GV pan island’s coastline.
Keywords
Music and dance; Aviation; Ceremonies; Scenery and travel
Locations
Tahiti
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
87647
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
206
Story extras:

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'Eight Hours to Bali Hai', British Movietone News Issue No. 1801A, 12 Dec 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25357 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)