Won the 1960 Senate Gold Medal at the Festival de Popoli Film festival in Florence, Italy.
This film was broadcast on American television on John Gunthers TV travelogue series John Gunther's High Road (1959).
This documentary records a 'first contact' between indigenous native Papua New Guineans and a foreign film crew.
Filmed during June, July and August 1957.
According to the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA), "This film was of great assistance to the Australian Government in persuading the United Nations to delay a demand for a crucial early vote on Independence until further uncontacted New Guineans could be educated".