The Super Pork Feast! 1938

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Titles read: "THE SUPER PORK FEAST!"

New Zealand.

Various shots of an outdoor Maori ceremonial feast. Hot stones on a fire are covered with leaves and pork, buried under bags or sacks and covered with earth, then left for two hours.

When the earth and sacks are uncovered,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40578
Sort Number:
PT 445
Time in/Out:
01:09:35:00 / 01:11:06:00
Canister:
PT 445
Film ID:
1178.06
Issue Date:
03/10/1938

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