New Paris - Tahiti Air Route (1961)

Unissued / Unused material - Two GVs. of the coral lagoon of Papeete, capital of Tahiti. General view of the new airfield which has been built for the opening of a new air route linking France to Tahiti. Spacing. GV of crowds at the airport for the opening ceremony. MS State Minister Lecourt arriving for the ceremony. VS Locals of Tahiti playing drums. Various shots, Tahitian girls in grass skirts dancing. (Dupe Neg.) Old record suggests material dates from around 15/05/1961. 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 (1934-1959), as well as Visne