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THE "BOUNTY" FILMS (Unrealised Film Project, 1977 - 1980)

Item id: DL/12/28

Description: Background material, including a letter to David Lean from Ben Finney, professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii and author of a number of books and articles on the subject of Pacific Island voyaging and settlement, 28 October 1977, describing the enclosures: i) Written answers to questions asked of him by Robert Bolt. ii) Written answers to questions asked of him by John Box. iii) Photocopies of sections of art books, depicting Tahitian artefacts, nd. iv) Photocopy of an article comparing Bligh and Cook: 'Captain Cook and Captain Bligh' by John C. Beaglehole, The Victoria University of Wellington, 1967, nd.