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Carey Wilson

Carey Wilson

Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 – February 1, 1962) was an American screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include Green Dolphin Street (1947). He also narrated many nuclear test films, produced by the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy) and by the Department of Defence, including Operation Sandstone of 1948 and Operation Greenhouse of 1951.

He was one of the thirty-six Hollywood pioneers who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He collaborated with Jean Harlow on her novel Today is Tonight.

For his contribution in films, Wilson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.

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Movies Made By Carey Wilson (46)

This Is Russia! (1957)

Documentary footage of late 1950s Russia covers such cities and towns as Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, the Black Sea, Kharkov, Sochi, Sukumi, Gori, Bukhara, Samarkand, Frunzo and Siberia. ...

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Nostradamus and the Queen (1953)

An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and herself. ...

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Scaramouche (1952)

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder. ...

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Moments in Music (1950)

Using clips from several unidentified films of the preceding decade, featuring many well-known stars of the day, this short demonstrates that an endless variety of music to entertain all tastes can be heard when you go to the movies. Preserved by the Acad ...

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The Happy Years (1950)

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible ...

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The Red Danube (1949)

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect. ...

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Dark Delusion (1947)

Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town. ...

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Green Dolphin Street (1947)

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timo ...

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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. ...

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Between Two Women (1945)

A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital. ...

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Nostradamus IV (1944)

This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus. ...

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You, John Jones! (1943)

John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs. ...

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Mr. Gardenia Jones (1942)

Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops. ...

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Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942)

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II. ...

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The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. ...

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The Greenie (1942)

Told on the premise that the United States has always been a refuge from those seeking a reprieve from poverty and bigotry, this Miniature short from M-G-M is the story of a young Polish boy, unable to speak English, just arriving in New York City with hie ...

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More About Nostradamus (1941)

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, ...

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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home. ...

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A Failure at Fifty (1940)

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man. ...

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Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things (1940)

Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for the $200 and they go used car shopping. ...

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Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest. ...

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Prophet Without Honor (1939)

This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents. ...

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Nostradamus (1938)

A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions. ...

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What Do You Think? Tupapaoo (1938)

An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island. ...

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What Do You Think? (Number Two) (1937)

John Jones, newlywed, attends a party with his wife, when an incident occurs with his mother-in-law. His sweetie believes him to be the culprit of a supposed prank, and forces him to sleep in the guest room, but could the accident have been the benevolent ...

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You're Only Young Once (1937)

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina. ...

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Conquest (1937)

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence. ...

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The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (1937)

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on Friday and is convinced he is going to get fired. ...

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The Women Men Marry (1937)

A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him. ...

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Between Two Women (1937)

Hospital intern Allen Meighan assures himself residency when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse Claire Donahue, and she with him, but she's married to the physically abusive Tom. ...

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Dangerous Number (1937)

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover t ...

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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge. ...

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Sequoia (1935)

A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends. ...

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The President Vanishes (1934)

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex St ...

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Outcast Lady (1934)

A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry. ...

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Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, po ...

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Sadie McKee (1934)

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house. ...

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Bolero (1934)

The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves. ...

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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident. ...

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Fast Workers (1933)

Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a ...

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What! No Beer? (1933)

When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters. ...

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Faithless (1932)

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him. ...

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Polly of the Circus (1932)

When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebe ...

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Arsène Lupin (1932)

A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon ...

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Fanny Foley Herself (1931)

A vaudeville performer has trouble dividing her time equally between her career and her two daughters. ...

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Behind Office Doors (1931)

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him. ...

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Movies Starring Carey Wilson (43)

This Is Russia! (1957)

Documentary footage of late 1950s Russia covers such cities and towns as Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, the Black Sea, Kharkov, Sochi, Sukumi, Gori, Bukhara, Samarkand, Frunzo and Siberia. ...

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Nostradamus and the Queen (1953)

An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and herself. ...

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Let's Ask Nostradamus (1953)

Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution. ...

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Nostradamus Says So! (1953)

The life of the French seer and some of his selected quatrains are reviewed. ...

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Westward the Women (1951)

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whi ...

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Target Nevada (1951)

The Story of United States Air Force support to the Atomic Energy Commission on Continental Atomic Tests. ...

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Operation Sandstone (1948)

In 1948, the U.S. nuclear stockpile consisted of approximately 50 atomic bombs. Since the industrial complex to produce more nuclear weapons was not fully complete and there were limited amounts of plutonium, researchers wanted to develop more efficient im ...

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Bikini, the Atom Island (1946)

This shows the natives of Bikini Island as they were being evacuated and dispossessed from their island prior to the atom bomb tests. ...

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Nostradamus IV (1944)

This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus. ...

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Hitler's Madman (1943)

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort. ...

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Inca Gold (1943)

Legends associated with the lost treasures of Incan gold, thought to be located at the bottom of one of the many shafts of what is called the hawk's nest above the city of Cusco, Peru are presented. These stories begin in 1531 with the arrival of explorer ...

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Portrait of a Genius (1943)

Leonardo Da Vinci was seen as a great artist during his lifetime. The same cannot be said for his life as an inventor. His genius as an inventor was only truly known through reading his secret manuscripts after his death. His want to invent was because of ...

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You, John Jones! (1943)

John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs. ...

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Mr. Gardenia Jones (1942)

Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops. ...

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Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942)

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II. ...

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The Lady or the Tiger? (1942)

Author Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending of his story, The Lady or the Tiger? ...

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The Greenie (1942)

Told on the premise that the United States has always been a refuge from those seeking a reprieve from poverty and bigotry, this Miniature short from M-G-M is the story of a young Polish boy, unable to speak English, just arriving in New York City with hie ...

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Ghost Treasure (1941)

This short film presents three legends of hidden gold in California's Death Valley. ...

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More About Nostradamus (1941)

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, ...

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie M ...

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A Failure at Fifty (1940)

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man. ...

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Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things (1940)

Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for the $200 and they go used car shopping. ...

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Prophet Without Honor (1939)

This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents. ...

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The Great Heart (1938)

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. ...

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Nostradamus (1938)

A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions. ...

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The Man on the Rock (1938)

A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821. ...

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Bravest of the Brave (1938)

This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France. ...

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Strange Glory (1938)

During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which involves stopping the Confederate supply line on the Tennessee River. This proved to be a vital action for the North in its push south... ...

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What Do You Think? Tupapaoo (1938)

An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island. ...

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Joaquin Murrieta (1938)

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s. ...

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Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)

A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A. ...

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What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)

This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect. ...

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What Do You Think? (Number Two) (1937)

John Jones, newlywed, attends a party with his wife, when an incident occurs with his mother-in-law. His sweetie believes him to be the culprit of a supposed prank, and forces him to sleep in the guest room, but could the accident have been the benevolent ...

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What Do You Think? (1937)

The narrator's voice tells of John Dough, who wakes up after a late-night party and prepares to go to work. However, a few interruptions, including thinking for a moment that he sees a woman's body in his bed, having his car key not work, and thinking he h ...

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The Man in the Barn (1937)

After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the blaze. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on ...

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The King Without a Crown (1937)

This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America. ...

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The Rainbow Pass (1937)

In Chinese culture, live theater performances are attended by all classes of society. This short shows a performance of "The Rainbow Pass," a tale of a wife who challenges her husband's murderer to combat. ...

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The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (1937)

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on Friday and is convinced he is going to get fired. ...

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Dangerous Number (1937)

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover t ...

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Master Will Shakespeare (1936)

A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater. ...

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Hollywood - The Second Step (1936)

This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutti ...

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Pitcairn Island Today (1935)

This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has changed little in the years since Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers on HMS Bounty, along with several Tahitian natives, landed here. The island is self ...

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Primitive Pitcairn (1935)

This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has changed little in the years since Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers on HMS Bounty, along with several Tahitian natives, landed here. The island is self ...

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