Tahitian Fighters Can Hula Too! AKA Tahitian Fighters Sing Native Songs (1940-1945)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Titles read: ’TAHITIAN FIGHTERS CAN HULA TOO!’ Australia. Nice footage of a group of Tahitian men of the Fighting French Army singing a traditional Tahitian song and playing guitars / ukuleles. They are dressed in army uniforms. Then a small group of men in short sarong-type garments do a hula dance to the music. Brief shots of the men waggling their hips to the beat. Commentator notes the similarity to Hawaiian music and dancing. 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