John Frum and the big death : WWII and the Pacific islanders

John Frum and the big death : WWII and the Pacific islanders /

Tells of some of the effects of World War II on Pacific island people and environment: the creation of the John Frum cult after a pilot visited Tanna Island and was mistaken for a god, a legend begun after the crash of a B-17 off Guadalcanal, and military equipment left to rust on the islands and in...

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Corporate Authors: Juniper Films, Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), Discovery Channel (Firm), Dandelion Distribution, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Tristram, John, Wilson, I. James, Amadio, Nadine
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [1995]
Series:Pacifica, tales from the south seas.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Cargo cults.
World War, 1939-1945 > Oceania.
Tanna Island (Vanuatu)
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Oceania > Legends.
Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal.
Oceania.
Pacific Ocean > Islands of the Pacific.
Vanuatu.
Vanuatu > Tanna Island.
Legends.

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