Ferdinand Rice films of world travel
Footage by Ferdinand Rice of South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Central America, and North America.
By Aeroplane to Pygmyland
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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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 this collection does …
Benjamin T. Kurtz films
Edited silent films depicting various aspects of life of a Cherokee community in North Carolina and a Catawba community in South Carolina. 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 …
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection
Film collection contains 34 travel films from around the world made by Thayer Soule, some of which were made with associates, that he used in presenting travel lectures around the country from 1935 to 1995. He was an associate with Burton Holmes, dean of travel lecturers, from 1946 to 1958. Collection also includes still photographs …
Thomas Seymour films
6 Film reels (black-and-white silent, 16mm)
Amateur film of Gallup Ceremonial ca. 1927 and other footage of New Mexico and Arizona including Pueblo Bonito (Chaco), Aztec ruins, 4th of July celebration in Gallup, travels by horse into Canyon de Chelly, Acoma Pueblo. Most footage was taken by donor's father, Thomas Hartley Seymour. Please note that the contents of …
P. D. Klusmeier travel films
Photographic slides (color transparencies, 35mm)
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Klusmeier was a major in the military and this footage and at least some of the slides were shot in Vietnam, New Zealand, Hawaii, Hong Kong and Thailand. Film also includes some American locales. Supplementary materials include 35mm color transparencies and notebooks including a log of slides. Please note that the …
Brooklyn San Paulino Feast film
Footage documenting Giglio or Feast of St. Paulinus, an Italian religious pageant of liberation which originated in Nola, Italy and was recreated in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York by immigrants. Giglio refers both to the ceremonial structure and to the spectacle surrounding its transport through the streets. Footage …
William Vitarelli films of the Western Caroline Islands
Silent footage taken by Vitarelli in Micronesia from 1951-1974. Cut and uncut footage. 3,300' is footage of the Modekngei people building their own school (Belau Modekngei School) on Babelthaup Island, Palau Group, Western Caroline Islands in 1974. Other footage includes the Vitarelli family in Micronesia, Saipan, Ponape, Palau, Grotto Marpi, old Abai, new …
Roger Hilsman films of the Philippines
Silent footage shot by Captain Roger Hilsman of the U. S. Army in the Philippines in 1929. Footage is cut and uncut (outtakes) with some intertitling. Footage includes scenes of Northern Philippines tribes, Bontoc iggorotes, Ifagao, Kalinga and Negrito Pygmies, eruption of Mayon volcano, flagellente sect, Culion leper colony and scenes …
James Wilborn Marshall Films of the Amazon
0.25 Linear feet
Film footage shot for expeditions conducted by James Wilborn Marshall in the Amazon River region of Brazil to document indigenous cultures undergoing rapid change. Marshall focussed particularly on the Xingu. Film footage includes processes such as making a beaded necklace and making an arrowhead. Supplementary materials: photographs, production logs, correspondence …
