Film offcuts, Solomon Islands expedition, 'Solomons Master, first reject'
0.48. Taking silt samples from the ocean, insects, snails.
2:00. Sampling, taking specimens from under rocks on the coast.
2:53. In the shallows, rock pools.
4:31. Fossils, rock breaking.
5:50. Dropped camera.
6:43. A scientist wades through the river.
6:50. Tree climbing.
8:00. Building camp (?).
10:00. The hole for soil sampling.
10:45. A view of the mountains and ship.
11:10. Local men walking through the forest, scientist examining foliage while smoking a pipe.
12:10. A shot of the river from the boat, framed through a pair of legs.
13:00. Soil sampling.
13:00. A local fruit (red, spiky).
13:40. Butterfly collecting machine; collecting specimens.
14:40. Shots of the butterflies caught.
15:10. A scientist using the butterfly catching machine.
15:50. Local people in a village, smoking.
16:40. Locals climbing.
17:00. A view of the mountain summit.
17:20. A local man carrying a child in a village, walking towards the camera.
17:50. A shot of the camps.
18:40. Local people crossing the river with equipment on their backs.
21:00. Taking samples from a pond.
22:00. The butterfly catcher.
22:10. A view from the summit.
Colour, no sound, 16mm. 22 min 57.
[1960s]