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Alexander Sinclair (21 October 1918 – 3 May 1998) was an amateur filmmaker who lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Evelyn Sinclair for approximately 20 years from 1959 onwards. They lived in Port Moresby for three years, followed by Goroka. He made home movies of life in Papua New Guinea and travels with Evelyn and their friends to the UK, the Netherlands, USA, Melbourne and Sydney throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
The collection of home movies, originally made on Super 8mm film, was donated to ACMI by their daughter Elizabeth Robbins.
This is a very short film, featuring graduating students posing with certificates from Goroka Technical College, Margot Gillian, Chapel and opening of the Development Bank at Goroka.
Selected Highlights List (time codes from Access Overscan)
00:01:07:00 opening of Development Bank, Goroka
00:01:43:00 local group perform ceremony in traditional dress to celebrate opening of bank
00:02:11:00 amazing mouth pieces worn by First Peoples as part of their ceremonial dress, procession
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003517
Language
No spoken word
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Papua New Guinea - Commerce
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Papua New Guinea
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Papua New Guinea - Rural conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Papua New Guinea - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
Super 8mm film; Master
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy