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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Part 1: “Schley Ride to the South Pacific” () is a color travelog film by Norman E. Schley as he embarks on a tour of countries in the South Pacific - French Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the Hawaiian Islands. This film was made in two parts and this particular installment highlights Schley’s time during the second half of his tour as he traveled to New Zealand, Fiji, and Hawaii. Note: this film is silent, but originally may have had a soundtrack, or alternatively would have been screened with accompanying live narration by the filmmaker. Title page (0:06). World map highlighting the Pacific Ocean; various flag pins placed across map; camera zooms into Australia and New Zealand (0:18). POV riding Wellington cable car (0:31). Panoramic views from perhaps Mount Victoria Lookout of Wellington and harbor (1:08). Wellington Botanic Garden (1:33). Tip Top ice cream parlor (1:38). Shots of residential homes, passing cars on road down from Mount Victoria Lookout (1:42). Cargo ship “Taranui” docked at port; Other scenes from around harbor as crane unloads imported goods off cargo ship (2:11). Perhaps Tonks Brick Factory: employees operate fork lift to move and adjust concrete bricks, organized columns of various brick types (2:56). St. John’s Presbyterian Church (3:34). Scenes of bustling downtown Wellington, pedestrian traffic, 1970s fashion, trolly system (3:44). Passengers climb air stairs onto Air New Zealand flight; Views from window of vast green plains, mountainous terrain (5:03). Geysers and hot springs around Te Puia, Rotorua Geothermal Park; Ngamokaiakoko Boiling Mud Pool; Norman Schley posing and exploring the springs (6:14). Memorial gateway to Māori village and geothermal area of Whakarewarewa commemorates Tūhourangi soldiers who lost their lives in the two world wars: ‘Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū’ (the 140 warriors of the war god) (8:47). Paradise Valley Springs Wildlife Park Māori entrance gate; Kids try and feed wild trout (9:12). Rotorua Museum (Bath House Building) (10:57). New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute: young woman in Māori dress demos weaving technique, traditional Māori homes, Entrance of Pa (Māori fortified village) (11:18). Rachel Spring in Government Gardens (12:27). POV driving along rural road as clouds billow above sulfur pools (12:50). Wairakei Thermal Valley; Pipe structures transporting thermal smoke for perhaps thermal energy (13:25). Wool sheep on farm (14:18). Golf links (16:14). Map highlighting journey from New Zealand to Fiji (16:38). Fiji Airways passenger plane (16:48). Street scenes around capital city of Suva; Fijian-Indian population (17:03). Outdoor market and street food carts (17:32). Changing of the Guard Ceremony in front of Government House, Suva (18:18). Cargo ships at port; sacks of coconut scraps (19:38). Sunbathers and swimmers at white sand beach, crystal clear blue waters (19:48). Small ferry boat pulls away from beach; Local Fijian young men play guitars and sing for passengers (21:00). Direction sign for different bures on property (“Bure” = Fijian word for wood-and-straw hut) (21:25). Map highlighting journey from Fiji to Hawaii (24:10). Royal Hawaiian Hotel and grounds; Surfers, sunbathers along Waikiki Beach; Diamond Head (24:37). Rural farmland; Cows pasture along green hills (27:28). Parker Ranch Center Kamuela (Waimea), Hawaii (28:20). Businesses around Kamuela: First Hawaiian Bank, United States Post Office (28:48). Small fishing boats in harbor; Sign for Kawaihae Canoe Club in Kawaihae, Hawaii (29:05). Orange Hawaiian outrigger canoe “wa’a” along beach; Club members carry “wa’a“ overhead and head towards water; Kids watch from shore as two boats race each other (29:32). Mauna Kea Beach Hotel along Kohala Coast, Big Island: Hotel guests lounging by pool, surfing, snorkeling (33:51). Flora and fauna: Bottlebrush, bougainville, red hibiscus flour (37:18). Spread for hotel dinner cookout buffet; Tiki torches burn as sun sets and sky turns orange (37:53). Sailing on catamaran in crystal blue waters (39:13). Parrot in tree, film ends (41:26). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
