02 October 1951 Factual 31 mins
A documentary portrait of life in the Cook Islands, focusing on Rarotonga and neighboring islands. The film records traditional fishing, weaving, agriculture, canoeing, music, and dance against the islands' picturesque tropical landscapes.
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New Zealand 02 October 1951
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Bored with her bourgeois life, the young Maria Variani, daughter of a professor, meets Bruno, who is part of an amateur jazz group, and allows herself to be persuaded to join the band that plays during the radio program "The microphone is yours".
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A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.
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Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
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Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones.
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This short little cartoon is based on the popular song by Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson, first recorded in 1950 by Gene Autry as his followup to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
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Tango musician moves to France to put an unhappy love affair behind him. Inspired by the life of tango composer Eduardo Arolas.
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A biography of the eighteenth century Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa.
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