- published: 12 Aug 2013
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Samoa (i/səˈmoʊ.ə/; Samoan: Sāmoa, IPA: [ˌsaːˈmoa]), officially the Independent State of Samoa (Samoan: Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Sāmoa), formerly known as Western Samoa, is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in Polynesia, Savai'i. The capital city, Apia, and Faleolo International Airport are situated on the island of Upolu.
Samoa was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976. The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was called Navigators Islands by European explorers before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills.
The oldest date so far from pre-historic remains in Samoa has been calculated by New Zealand scientists to a likely true age of circa 3,000 years ago from a Lapita site at Mulifanua during the 1970s.
The origins of the Samoans is closely linked to modern research about Polynesia in various scientific disciplines such as genetics, linguistics and anthropology. Scientific research is ongoing although a number of different theories exist; including one proposing that the Samoans originated from Austronesian predecessors during the terminal eastward Lapita expansion period from Southeast Asia and Melanesia between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE. The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards.
Actors: Guido Malatesta (writer), Andrea Aureli (actor), Mirella Malatesta (miscellaneous crew), Jolanda Benvenuti (editor), Guido Malatesta (director), Walter Patriarca (costume designer), Gianni Pulone (actor), Claudio Ruffini (actor), Ivano Staccioli (actor), Femi Benussi (actress), Edwige Fenech (actress), Tullio Altamura (actor), Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (composer), Fortunato Misiano (producer), Gianfranco Clerici (writer),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Luigi Capuano (writer), Arpad DeRiso (writer), Mino Doro (actor), Alberto Farnese (actor), Veriano Ginesi (actor), Guy Madison (actor), Raf Baldassarre (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Luigi Capuano (director), Ray Danton (actor), Isarco Ravaioli (actor), Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni (costume designer), Ottavio Poggi (producer), Carlo Rustichelli (composer), Ferdinando Poggi (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Luigi Capuano (writer), Ottavio Poggi (producer), Mino Doro (actor), Franco Fantasia (actor), Alberto Farnese (actor), Aldo Bufi Landi (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Guy Madison (actor), Luigi Capuano (director), Carlo Rustichelli (composer), Ray Danton (actor), Arpad DeRiso (writer), Ferdinando Poggi (miscellaneous crew), Ferdinando Poggi (actor), Emilio Salgari (writer),
Plot: Samoa is kidnapped and held captive hypnotized in caves by her cousin Charles Druk, whose father has been murdered by her future husband Sandokan, lord of Malaya. Assisted by his European friend Iannis, he wants to rescue her.
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