Birth of a region Act I & Act II Secretariat of the Pacific Community

By: Contributor(s): Language: ENG Publication details: Suva, Fiji Secretariat of the Pacific Community [2008]Description: 1DVDSubject(s): Summary: Out of the ashes of war an organization was formed ; the South Pacific Commission now known as the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and commonly referred to as SPC. The video takes you back to the humble beginnings and to the first 25 years of the oldest and biggest regional/international organization in the Pacific. Featured in the programme are former employees of SPC and prominent figures of the Pacific at that time : the renown Pacific Historian/Anthropologis, Harry Maude of Australia, the late Prime Minister and President of Fiji, Ratu Kamisese Mara of Fiji, Sir Tom Davies of Cook Islands, to name a few. "Birth of a region" unfolds the important role SPC plays in preparing and influencing members becoming independant nations.
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SPC Special Collections SPC AV 341.246 BIR 2008 Available 33378
SPC Special Collections SPC AV 341.246 BIR 2008 Available 33377

Act I : 64 mins, Act II : 40 mns

Out of the ashes of war an organization was formed ; the South Pacific Commission now known as the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and commonly referred to as SPC. The video takes you back to the humble beginnings and to the first 25 years of the oldest and biggest regional/international organization in the Pacific. Featured in the programme are former employees of SPC and prominent figures of the Pacific at that time : the renown Pacific Historian/Anthropologis, Harry Maude of Australia, the late Prime Minister and President of Fiji, Ratu Kamisese Mara of Fiji, Sir Tom Davies of Cook Islands, to name a few. "Birth of a region" unfolds the important role SPC plays in preparing and influencing members becoming independant nations.