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William Wheeler videos of the Efe Pygmies, Ituri Forest
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Creators:
Wheeler, William F., 1943- (William Felix)
Dates:
1994-1996
Size:
10 Videocassettes (Hi8) (10 hours, color sound)
Collection ID:
HSFA.2004.07
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Video project by William Wheeler of the Efe Pygmies. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within...

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Digitized Content Colin Turnbull and Joseph Towles films
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Creators:
Towles, Joseph A.
Turnbull, Colin M.
Dates:
circa 1950-1972
Size:
Film reels (32,350 ft)
Video recordings
Linear feet
Collection ID:
HSFA.1991.13
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Footage shot by Colin Turnbull and Joseph Towles among the Mbuti Pygmies, Zaire and the Ik, Uganda, between 1954 and 1972. Footage documents the nkumbi initiations among the Mbuti, villager-Pygmy interactions; subsistence and daily life among the Ik pastoralists of northwestern Uganda. Supplementary materials: associated texts and annotations (re...

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William F. Wheeler photographs of Africa and Efe people
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Creators:
Wheeler, William F. (William Felix), 1943-2008
Dates:
1986-1998
Size:
5,200 Color slides (circa)
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.2005-19
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs made by William F. Wheeler during his expeditions to Africa in July 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998, mostly documenting the Efe of Akokora in the Ituri forest. Photographs relating to the Efe people of Akokora in the Ituri forest include images of Efe people, camps, musical instruments, dances, archery and poison arro...

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Digitized Content John W. S. and Arthur D. Foster world travel films collection
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Creators:
Foster, John W. S.
Foster, Arthur D.
Dates:
circa 1927
Size:
6 Film reels (63 minutes, black-and-white silent; 2,386 feet, 35mm; 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1996.08
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Incomplete amateur edited film documenting an around-the world trip. The Fosters travel through southern Sudan and the Belgian Congo (Republic of Congo), Africa; Iraq; Thailand; Cambodia; and Calcutta, India. In Africa film records steamship voyage up unidentified tributary of the White Nile through marshy vegetation to British border post of Reja...

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Digitized Content Lewis Cotlow films
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Creators:
Cotlow, Lewis, 1898-1987
Dates:
1949-circa 1969
Size:
Film reels (8 hours 16 minutes, color sound; 17,400 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
Collection ID:
HSFA.1985.11
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Original film, prints, elements, sound materials and associated texts from the following films produced by explorer Lewis Cotlow: SAVAGE SPLENDOR, ZANZABUKU, VANISHING AFRICA, TWIGHLIGHT OF THE PRIMITIVE, PRIMITIVE PARADISE, JUNGLE HEADHUNTERS, HIGH ARCTIC, IN SEARCH OF THE PRIMITIVE. Please note that the contents of the collection and the lang...

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Digitized Content Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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Creators:
Elisofon, Eliot
Dates:
circa 1935-1978
Size:
14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 Slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
Collection ID:
EEPA.1973-001
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.

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Tembo
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Creators:
Hill, Howard, 1899-1975
RKO Radio Pictures
Dates:
1951
Size:
Film reels (1 hour 30 minutes, color sound; 2390 feet, 35mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1988.03
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Collection consists of TEMBO, a 1951 film produced and directed by Howard Hill, documenting a safari and search in Africa for the tribe of "Leopard Men," and a trailer for the film. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical d...

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Digitized Content Ethel Cutler Freeman films
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Creators:
Freeman, Ethel Cutler, 1886-1972
Dates:
circa 1949-1950
Size:
Film reels (3 hours 40 minutes, color silent; 6900 feet, 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1986.11F
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Collection consists of films shot in Africa and Florida by Ethel Cutler Freeman. The films form part of the Ethel Cutler Freeman papers in the National Anthropological Archives. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical docume...

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Digitized Content African Postcard Collection
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Dates:
1898-[ongoing]
Size:
61 Volumes
Collection ID:
EEPA.1985-014
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.

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Man TV
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Creators:
Ushiyama, Jun'ichi, 1930-1997
Dates:
1967-1982
Size:
37 Film reels (color sound; 70,740 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
Collection ID:
HSFA.2004.10
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Collection consists of 37 episodes of the Japanese documentary series Man TV. The tevision broadcast series was produced by Jun'ichi Ushiyama for Nippon A-V (NAV). Film crews would spend extended periods, often over several years, with the cultural groups documented. The series was originally produced for Japanese audiences and later modified and ...

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