Description (source: www.beeldengeluid.nl): 00.00 Images of the Baliem Valley seen from the surrounding mountains. On the slopes cultivated plots and in the valley fenced-in huts with vast compounds. 00.29 Taken with telelens: woman leaves round hut. 00.35 Papua tills soil with a digging-stick and turns the loosened turfs manually. 00.56 Papuan women with head nets loosen ubi's (a kind of sweet potatoes, the size of sugar beets) with digging-sticks. 01.04 Collecting tomatoes in carrying nets for which missionary pays with loose salt. 01.26 Old man, his arms around his daughter, informs her of the death of her mother. 01.33 Three chattering women sitting behind nets with beans. Missionary transfers tomatoes from carrying nets into net sacks and pays with salt for a portion of beans. 01.54 Villagers are streaming from community compound. Missionary on his way to his post, meets with Papua with white cabbage, greets him and is having a little chat with him. Close-up of full-grown white cabbage and strawberries in a garden. Missionary takes leave and continues his way along the long straight road. 02.33 Sheep, reared in the tropics, Papuan attendant takes pail of water into the chicken-run. Missionary caresses a little group of goats and arrives at his post. 02.59 Dogs are chasing stray half-wild pig, missionary's wife feeding imported pigs. Missionary with younger colleague, the latter's son and two dogs climbing over and under protective fences around their post and around this Papuan village. 03.49 Little arrows land aside of target in the ground. Little group of young Papuan archers playing with bow and arrow. 04.00 The older missionary conversing with a mother about her children, while his younger colleague is having a little chat with woman, coming from big hut. 04.22 Missionary indicates missing finger of the woman and continues to talk a little more. Hair nets on poles and bracelets to the memory of their deceased. 04.42 Piper Cub of the Missionary Flying Service in full flight, a second plane taking off, looked after by Papuans. 04.57 Filmed from the starting plane: vegetation dashing along, sinking away as the machine gets off the ground. Images of the ravines around the valley, in which the mission post and the settlement are. 05.24 Attendant of the meteorological station studies registration slip. Weather station with instruments and precipitation basin. 05.31 Flag parade of the Papua Police Force at government post, at which the commander brings the salute during the flag hoisting. Papuans are looking on from behind the barbed wire fence. 05.45 Inspector of the Civil Service in uniform embarks with his team into small motor flat and pushes off, after which the little vessel ascends the broad river along Papuans on a raft and finally courses onto the bank. 06.29 Village on mountain slope, which is climbed by team. 06.48 Long atap covered huts, built side by side on the terrace. 06.51 Inspector shakes hands with headman and talks with him through an interpreter. 06.59 Papuan attendant inspects patient's foot soles, disinfects left buttock, puts injection needle into the flesh, puts the syringe on to it and presses the piston. After this he puts a plaster on to the left lower leg. 07.18 Inspector amongst tribal heads, sitting with his back against a hut, discusses the local problems. 07.29 A piglet is being killed, sparks in a handful of straw are blown and a log-fire is built. 07.43 The killed pigs are held over the fire to singe off the bristles, after which the skin is scraped clean with the fingers, and then it is cut open with a small bamboo knife. 08.00 Bunches of leaves for the stew pit are carried along, while big stones are being put on to the fire. Leaves are spread on to the bottom of a shallow pit, the hot stones carried on with forked poles or with liana bearers are put on to these leaves. Potatoes go on these, then alternately leaves, stones, vegetables and as top layer the meat. Then pit is sprinkled with water, covered with leaves which are bent together and tied up. 08.49 Witch doctor announces the reason of the feast. 08.57 Inspector and tribal heads are awaiting the preparation of the food, sitting near the pit. 09.05 Inspector offers a big shell to the headman expressing his thanks for his hospitality and a hunting knife to another headman. In the end he gives a roll of home-grown tobacco for all of them. 09.22 Inspector sitting between the headmen feasting upon the food. 09.30 Close-up of two women with head nets being greeted by the two missionaries and the little son with the so-called 'knuckle greet' 09.45 The missionaries visit the cottager and make it clear to him that they want to buy wood, indicating his axe and tree trunk. 10.09 Papuans fell together a slender trunk on breast's height, cutting it immediately in handy pieces. 10.25 Chopping a piece of wood. Sticks are put into the cleft on both sides, so that the wood keeps under tension, thus facilitating the chopping. 10.41 Missionary pays the price agreed upon in shells. 10.52 Missionaries continue their way, the little son on his father's shoulders. They meet a villager who takes the little son on his shoulders. Together they descend to a couple of huts. 11.21 Long and straight path leads onto the mission post, on which a young missionary teaches a Papua how to cycle. 11.46 Older missionary makes first an older than a younger Papua speak a word in their language, while young Papuans from the coast in training to be teachers, are looking on. 12.09 End.