Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Connolly, Bob
Anderson, Robin
Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
Filmakers Library, inc.
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ISBN: | For sale ($700.00)
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Notes: | Title from data sheet. Issued as U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in. Issued also as motion picture.
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Summary: | Recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what had been thought to be an uninhabited area. Inhabitants of the region and surviving members of the Leahy brothers' gold prospecting party recount their astonishment at this unforeseen meeting. Includes still photographs taken by a member of the expedition and contemporary footage of the island's terrain.
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