Hunting in the South Seas (1940)
• August 30th, 1940 • 0h 12min
Documentary
Overview
The film depicts one of the great hunts the South Sea Islanders. Come schools of fish in one of the bays on the island, so hurry on an alarm signal all the people out to sea to seal off the bay to drive the fish towards the coast and to impose there with spears.
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