Release
When the film was submitted to the censors, they objected to several scenes, including the bare breasts and depiction of floggings. Chauvel protested that the dancing scenes were supervised by a Methodist clergyman. Chauvel announced he would appeal and was successful in getting the film passed after a comprise version was agreed upon. Chauvel had criticised the censors so much that the Minister for Customs was moved to defend them.
The movie was released by Universal Pictures, whose Australian managing director, Herc McIntyre, became an important supporter of Chauvel throughout the director's career.
Critical opinion was generally positive about the documentary footage but not the dramatic scenes.
In 1935, some of the documentary scenes from Chauvel's film were bought by MGM and re-edited into trailers for the 1935 Hollywood film about the mutiny, as well as for two short promotional travelogues, Pitcairn Island Today (1935) and Primitive Pitcairn (1936).
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