Summary

Smiles make a great difference in faces Take this Fiji Island Beauty - A Fijian woman poses behind a bush She smiles and laughs and looks coy C/U of her as she speaks to camera (no sound) or this newly wedded couple

An extremely young looking couple smile for the camera (they look to be mid teens) They smile and laugh More pleasant than this scowl, isn't it? C/U of a young girl holding a basket on her head with a shawl wrapped around her She looks at the camera but doesn't smile A baby's face is always entrancing, whether black, yellow or white Here's one from Borneo C/U of baby's face Various babies are seen

Manchurian kiddies C/U of baby in ornate head dress C/U of a young boy in traditional dress He looks at the camera - very wary C/U of four children - two smile, two scowl They all wave at the end of the shot One of our own C/U of a baby wearing very large spectacles - very cute! Having called this subject Smiles, we must finish with some So we'll go to the West Indies for them C/U of a young woman and smiling then a man who rolls a coconut in his hands and smokes, laughing and showing his bad teeth

Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 602

Source British Pathé
Title SMILES - AND OTHERS
Description Smiles make a great difference in faces Take this Fiji Island Beauty - A Fijian woman poses behind a bush She smiles and laughs and looks coy C/U of her as she speaks to camera (no sound) or this newly wedded couple

An extremely young looking couple smile for the camera (they look to be mid teens) They smile and laugh More pleasant than this scowl, isn't it? C/U of a young girl holding a basket on her head with a shawl wrapped around her She looks at the camera but doesn't smile A baby's face is always entrancing, whether black, yellow or white Here's one from Borneo C/U of baby's face Various babies are seen

Manchurian kiddies C/U of baby in ornate head dress C/U of a young boy in traditional dress He looks at the camera - very wary C/U of four children - two smile, two scowl They all wave at the end of the shot One of our own C/U of a baby wearing very large spectacles - very cute! Having called this subject Smiles, we must finish with some So we'll go to the West Indies for them C/U of a young woman and smiling then a man who rolls a coconut in his hands and smokes, laughing and showing his bad teeth

Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 602
Archive British Pathe
Year 01/01/1932
Duration 00:02:15:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Mute
Film ID 97019

Keywords

Fiji Islands beauty glamour marriage weddings teenagers laughing anger babies racism indigenous peoples Borneo Manchurians head dresses traditional costumes spectacles West Indies smoking tooth decay anthropological spectacles
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