Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.
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H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2026
At Lake Natoma, home to the Sacramento State Aquatic Center, motorboats are more restricted, so sports like rowing, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing proliferate.
Other footage showed Israeli forces on speedboats approaching and instructing the activists to move to the front of the boat.
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Suzan Fraser,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Aircraft and speedboats were deployed for a major search after the group of five was reported missing on Thursday afternoon, the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) said.
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