A VALUABLE FILM
The British Museum trustees have been placed in a quandary by conditions . attached to one of the most recent giftsit is a film depicting the life of the Worora tribe, of North-west Australia, and has been presented by Mr H. R. Balfour. The tribe is one of the most primitive in the world. It lives as if it were in the Stone Age. The film shows native dances, rituals, ceremonies, and the rude arts and crafts of the aborigines. Its interest and value are unique. The difficulty of the museum trustees is to make full use of the gift. The Australian Government regulations relating to Government " reserves "—the tribe lives in one of them —forbid the commercial use of any film taken in a " reserve." That rules out the possibility of the film being shown to the public on payment of a small admission charge, the profits to go to the purchase of new museum acquisitions. It is possible that- the film <nay be shown in some hall outside the museum, and that only scientific audiences will have the advantage of seeing it.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22519, 13 March 1935, Page 8
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186A VALUABLE FILM Otago Daily Times, Issue 22519, 13 March 1935, Page 8
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