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Clip description
A shot of Hurley’s boat and his seaplane being unloaded off a ship from Sydney at Hanuabada, near Port Moresby. The people in their canoes help Hurley with his plane.
Curator’s notes
On his boat, the Eureka, and on the seaplanes, Hurley travelled around Papua creating some of the most spectacular footage of the time. As noted on the intertitle, this was the first time a plane had flown in Papua New Guinea.
