WEEKLY REVIEW 311: SAMOAN INDEPENDENCE…UNITED NATIONS MISSION

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1947
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S4221
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Rights Information
Year
1947
Reference
S4221
Media type
Stills
Item unavailable online
Series
WEEKLY REVIEW
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa, Samoa
Photographer
Stanhope Andrews

Photograph taken on location in Samoa during filming by the National Film Unit (NFU) of the United Nations (UN) Mission visit in 1947. External mid-shot showing NFU staff (left to right): Bob Allen (Sound), Ivo Tisch (Camera) [with single system Bell and Howell camera, on tripod]. [Local people] observing in foreground and background.

Related to ref. F768 ‘Weekly Review 311’ (1947). A delegation from the UN meet with the Paramount Chiefs of Samoa and the Fono a Faipule, among others, to determine the wishes of the people regarding independence from the New Zealand Trusteeship.