OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

 
 

LENGTH / VISUAL / AUDIO / TRANSLATION

Length:             Time in minutes and seconds

Visual:              For example, VHS video, Super 8mm, or 16mm film

Audio:              For example, No = no sound, MOS = non-sync sound, SYNC = snyc sound

Translation:      NO = no translation given
                        YES = translation given in English
 

SUBJECT

I.  ORIENTATION

  A.  Maps                                             :40 / VHS / MOS / NO

  B.  History of Lamotrek                    4:57 / S8mm / SYNC / YES

  C.  Interviews of people                     9:40 / S8mm / SYNC / YES
 

II.  HIGH STATUS ART FORMS

  A.  Navigatorâs magic                       2:10 / 16mm / MOS / YES

  B.  Building a canoe                          3:35 / 16mm / MOS / NO

  C.  Divination art

      1.  Bad fortune                              1:05 / S8mm / SYNC / YES

      2.  Good fortune                           1:12 / 16mm / MOS / NO

  D.  Medicinal art                               1:75 / 16mm / NO / NO

  E.  Weatherman's magic                   2:25 /  S8mm / SYNC / YES

  F.  Weatherman's initiation rite          1:05 / 16mm / MOS / YES

  G.  Indigenous martial arts

      1.  Standing position                       :25 / 16mm / MOS / NO

      2.  Slow motion study                     :30 / 16mm / NO / NO

      3.  Sitting position                         2:10, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      4.  Slow motion study                     :30, S8mm, NO, NO
 

III.  COMMON ART FORMS

  A.  Loom weaving                            1:40, 16mm, MOS, NO

  B.  Making a flower wreath               1:12, 16mm, MOS, NO

  C.  Canoe house graphics                   :40, 16mm, MOS, NO

  D.  Tatoos

      1.  Sixty year-old man                    :30, S8mm, MOS, NO

      2.  Author receives a tatoo            1:40, S8mm, MOS, NO

      3.  Time-lapse study                        :40, S8mm, MOS, NO

  E.  Handicrafts for export

      1.  Wooden spirit figure                 1:10, 16mm, MOS, NO

      2.  Wooden pig                               :40, S8mm, SYNC, YES

  F.  Songs

      1.  Sailing song                              1:30, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      2.  Canoe-hauling chants                3:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      3.  Lullaby song                               :50, 16mm, MOS, NO

      4.  Women's love songs

         a.  Sitting on public path             1:15, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         b.  Sitting in taro garden               :50, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      5.  Hand-clapping song                   :45, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      6.  Funeral song (time lapse)           :45, S8mm, MOS, NO

      7.  Song with guitar
           accompaniment                         :50, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      8.  Kiribati (Gilbertese) song
           with guitar accompaniment       3:00, S8mm, SYNC, NO

      9.  American song with guitar
           accompaniment                         :25, S8mm, SYNC, NO

      10.  Japanese song with harmonica
             accompaniment                       :30, 16mm, MOS, NO

  G.  Dances

      1.  Dances to celebrate a large
           catch of bonito

         a.  Dance varieties                     4:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         b.  Slow motion study                2:35, 16mm, NO, NO

      2.  Menâs stick dances

         a.  Practice in canoe house         1:05, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         b.  Practice in front of canoe
              house                                      :25, 16mm, MOS, NO

         c.  Performance on beach           1:20, S8mm, SYNC, NO

      3.  Little boy's "Monkey" dance    1:30, S8mm, SYNC, NO

      4.  Boys imitate a men's dance       1:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      5.  Early 20th Century song and
           dance compositions

         a.  Women practice "Marespa"
              (on Catholic Holiday:
              Assumption of Mary)             2:35, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         b.  Women perform "Marespa"
              (for Catholic Holiday:
              Assumption of Mary)              :35, S8mm, SYNC, YES

       6.  World War II song and dance
           compositions

         a.  Women perform "Japanese
              Interpreter" (on Catholic
              Holiday:  Assumption of
              Mary)                                    2:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

       b.  Men practice "Protective
               Spirits"                                 2:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         c.  Men perform "Protective
               Spirits"                                 3:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      7.  Post-World War II song
           and dance compositions

         a.  Women perform "American
              Interpreter" (on Catholic
              Holiday: Assumption of
              Mary)                                   1:20, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         b.  Women perform "Song for
               the Bonito Fishermen"
               (on Catholic Holiday:
               Assumption of Mary)           2:15, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         c.  Women perform "Song for
              the Women"
              (on Catholic Holiday:
              Assumption of Mary)            1:40, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         d.  Men and women perform
              "Song for the Chiefs"
              (on Catholic Holiday:
              Assumption of Mary)            2:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         e.  Women practice "Song for
              Mary and Jesus"
              (for Christmas)                     3:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         f.  Women perform "Song for
              Mary and Jesus"
              (for Christmas)

              (1). Introduction                      :45, S8mm, SYNC, YES

              (2). Details                            1:10, S8mm, NO, NO

      8.  Contemporary song and
           dance compositions

         a.  Young ladies practice
              "E.R.I.C."
              (for Christmas)                        :50, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         b.  Young ladies practice
              "Song for Lamotrek
              Teachers"
              (for Christmas)                      2:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         c.  Young ladies practice
              "Mikelito"
              (for Christmas)                      1:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         d.  Young ladies practice
              "E.R.I.C."
              (for Christmas)                        :45, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         e.  Young ladies dance
              preparations
              (on Christmas)                      2:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         f.  Young ladies put on bras
              (on Christmas)                      1:55, S8mm, SYNC, NO

         g.  Young ladies perform
              ãHandsome Faceä
              (on Christmas)                        :30, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         h.  Young girls perform
              ãRegimentationä
               (on Catholic Holiday:
               Assumption of Mary)              :40, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         i.  Young girls perform
             "Burning Heart"
              (on Catholic Holiday:
              Assumption of Mary)            1:30, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         j.  Young girls perform
             "Mikelito"
              (on Catholic Holiday:
              Assumption of Mary)              :55, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         k.  Young ladies perform
              "July 6, 1966" (on
              New Yearâs Day)                 2:15, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         l.  Young ladies perform
             "July 1970" (on
             New Yearâs Day)                  1:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         m.  Men observe dancers
               from afar
               (on New Year's Day)          1:25, S8mm, NO, NO

         n.  Young ladies perform
              "E.R.I.C." (on New
              Year's Day)                          1:35, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         o.  Young ladies perform
              "Memory" (on New
              Year's Day)                          2:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

         p.  Slow motion study
              (on New Year's Day)             :50, S8mm, NO, NO

         q.  Fast Motion
              (on New Year's Day)           1:35, 16mm, MOS, NO

          r.  Women perform Kiribati
              (Gilbertese) song
              (on New Year's Day)             :40, S8mm, SYNC, NO

         s.  "Freestyle" dancing to
              Kiribati (Gilbertese) song
              (on New Yearâs Day)           1:05, S8mm, SYNC, NO

SUBJECT  (CONTINUED)

      8.  Contemporary song and
           dance compositions (Cont'd)

         t.  "Rock Band" Skit                  2:30, S8mm, SYNC, YES
 

IV.  HOUSING

  A.  Constructing a house
         (time lapse)                                4:00, S8mm, MOS, NO

  B.  Constructing a canoe house
         (time lapse)                                2:30, S8mm, MOS, NO

  C.  Thatching a canoe house

      1.  Men work while women
           prepare food                            1:25, 16mm, MOS, NO

      2.  Time lapse study                       3:15, S8mm, MOS, NO
 

V.  FOOD AND DRINK

  A.  Bonito fishing                               4:55, S8mm, SYNC, YES

  B.  Making and using a fish trap         2:50, 16mm, NO, NO

  C.  Underwater fishing                       2:55, 16mm, NO, NO

  D.  Hunting Birds on Falipi
        Island,   Olimarau Atoll                5:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

  E.  Catching turtles near  Ulor
        Island, Elato Atoll                        1:15, 16mm, NO, NO

  F.  Turtle Meat

    1.  Chopping off the flippers
         and preparation of fire                2:00, S8mm, SYNC, NO

    2.  Children tending the fire              1:00, 16mm, NO, NO

    3.  Butchering the turtle                    2:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES

  G.  Distribution of food                      4:15, S8mm, SYNC, YES

  H.  Women working in the
        taro garden                                  1:40, 16mm, NO, NO

  I.  Women preparing food

      1.  Getting water and
           pounding taro                           1:25, 16mm, NO, NO

      2.  Grinding coconut meat              2:25, S8mm, SYNC, YES

      3.  Making coconut cream               :50, 16mm, MOS, NO

  J.  Men drinking coconut liquor

    1.  At the canoe house                       :50, S8mm, SYNC, YES

    2.  Time lapse study                         2:25, S8mm, MOS, NO

    3.  ãCoconut liguor fightä skit           2:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES
 

VI.  RELIGION

  A.  Catholic Mass (time lapse)           2:30, S8mm, MOS, NO

  B.  Catholic holiday procession
        (Assumption of Mary)                 1:50, S8mm, MOS, NO

  C.  Funeral

      1.  ãLamentä singing
           (time lapse)                              1:25, S8mm, MOS, NO

      2.  Burial in cemetary                     3:40, S8mm, MOS, NO
 
 

VII.  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
        GRADUATION                       2:00, S8mm, SYNC, YES
 

VIII.  CHILDREN AT PLAY

  A.  Jumping rope                              2:00, S8mm, SYNC, NO

  B.  Swinging (slow motion)               1:40, S8mm, MOS, NO

  C.  Pets                                             :30, S8mm, MOS, NO

  D.  Paddling canoe                            :10, 16mm, MOS, NO
 

IX.  COMMUNICATION
       AND TRADE

  A.  Ship contact                                 :25, S8mm, NO, NO

  B.  Exporting copra                          1:45, S8mm, NO, NO

  C.  Two-way radio contact                :25, S8mm, NO, NO

  D.  Listening to tape cassette              :50, 16mm, MOS, NO

  E.  Listening to Guam
        radio broadcast                            :20, S8mm, MOS, NO