New Zealand - Maoris (1938)

Soundtrack is currently missing for this item. New Zealand. Various shots of Maori men and women doing a traditional Haka dance. A European (?) man seems to be visiting; he sits wearing a sort of flowered shawl around his shoulders while another white man makes a speech. More dancing - one of the Maori men is really putting a lot into his dance, grinding his hips and making faces. Other Maori men and women do a dancing with spears that involves lots of leaping about. Note: may not belong to this issue. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934