unitCode: HSFA

level: collection

title: City of Singapore

label: Place

content: Asia

indexedContent: Asia

content: Singapore

indexedContent: Singapore

label: Provenance

content: Received from American Film Institute (National Center for Film and Video Preservation) in 2001.

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 293 feet, 35mm)

label: Date

label: Custodial History

content: Previously part of the David and Margo Navone, American Film Institute.

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

label: Type

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: Silent films

indexedContent: Silent films

label: Citation

content: City of Singapore, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Rights

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

label: Genre/Form

content: silent films

indexedContent: silent films

label: Scope and Contents

content:
CITY OF SINGAPORE from the Navone Collection at the NCFVP/AFI.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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 not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

label: Restrictions

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

type: Collection

unitid: Collection HSFA.2001.07

unittitle: City of Singapore

archival_repository: HSFA

title: City of Singapore


level: file

title: Cruises (IV)

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

label: See more items in

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: Travel photography / 9.3.2: Travel slide collection / International:

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1986/1993 type:inclusive

label: Container

content: Box 82

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: HSFA.2015.16, File 2015.16.1-108 OP

content: Archival materials

content: Slide sheet

indexedContent: Slide sheet

label: Collection Citation

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield Collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content: Queen Elizabeth 2 and London, Crown Dynasty: Crown Dynasty; Mexico, Cozumel beach and dock, resort area; Top QE2's old ship; London; R+Os

label: Collection Restrictions

content: The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

type: Series

unittitle: Photographs

type: Subseries

unittitle: Travel photography

unittitle: Travel slide collection

type: File

unittitle: International:

unittitle: Cruises (IV)

digital_assets_available: false

title: Cruises (IV)


level: item

title: East Africa, Kordofan (Masakin) -- Practice of Wrestling Matches

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.277; E00705

label: Collection Creator

content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film: shows first two boys attempting to imitate the ways of adult wrestling. Then the film presents practice fights of youths wrestling two-on-two, again imitating the movements and holds in adult wrestling.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; East Africa, Kordofan ; Africa; Masakin

usage_flag: Large EAD

type: Item


title: Central Sudan, Southern Wadai (Omar Arabs) -- Recreational Dance "Goshele"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.285; E01364

indexedContent: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, color sound, 16mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: male and female dancers take part in the goshele dance in the Sara village in Chad. Women and girls provide the clapping rhythm while singing songs praising several rich and famous men of the country. Several partners perform the dance which is characterized by leaps and foot-stamping.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; Central Sudan, Southern Wadai ; Africa; Omar Arabs


title: Hand Industries of Mexico

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.13

content: REMC 2 educational film collection

indexedContent: REMC 2 educational film collection

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 359 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: REMC 2 educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Edited film, produced by Coronet Instructional Films, illustrates various craft making activities in smaller Mexican towns. Included are scenes of adobe tile and brick making; creating decorative tiles and pottery; sewing shoes in Cuernavaca, silversmithing in Tasco and laquerwork in Patzcuaro.

unittitle: REMC 2 educational film collection

unittitle: Hand Industries of Mexico

title: Hand Industries of Mexico


title: Maragoli (Outtakes, RF 33)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1978.2.1 (RF 33)

content: Nichols, Sandra

indexedContent: Nichols, Sandra

content: Sandra Nichols collection

indexedContent: Sandra Nichols collection

content: Sandra Nichols collection / Maragoli (Outtakes)

content: Film reels (16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Sandra Nichols collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Outtakes from edited film shows the homestead of a man with his wife, and their children; interview footage with a young woman about the difficulties she encounters in providing for her children, the size of family she would like, the reasons for her preferences regarding boys or girls, attitudes toward family planning; establishing shots of adjacent cornfields and grove of papaya trees next to house; shots of girls drawing and carrying water from a common pipe; Shots inside local school house with teacher giving lessons in English.

Credits:
Ssennyonga, Joseph (Social Anthropologist)
Strasburg, Ivan (Cameraman)
McDuffie, Michael (Soundman)

Legacy Keywords: Residence compounds houses extended family ; Family planning ideas about ; Fertility ideas about ; Children social security ideas about ; Children labor ; Teaching schools ; Schools school houses ; Education ; Language and culture

unittitle: Sandra Nichols collection

unittitle: Maragoli (Outtakes)

unittitle: Maragoli (Outtakes, RF 33)

title: Maragoli (Outtakes, RF 33)


title: Nyae Nyae Projects: Nyae Nyae Village Radio

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

indexedContent: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

indexedContent: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

indexedContent: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

indexedContent: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

indexedContent: Asch, Timothy

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 8: Nyae Nyae Development Foundation & Advocacy Files

label: Sponsor

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:2001/2001 type:inclusive

content: Box 6

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.


title: Travelers in Time: South with Shackleton

content: Local Number: HSFA 1989.22.31

content: Films Incorporated

indexedContent: Films Incorporated

content: Films Inc. educational films collection

indexedContent: Films Inc. educational films collection

content: Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,144 ft)

flag: datechar:creation type:inclusive

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: Films Inc. educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Edited film is a BBC Television production covering the ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expediton of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Film consists mostly of archival footage shot by arctic cinematographer, Frank Hurley.

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Films Inc. educational films collection


title: Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- Children's Games

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.763; E00875

content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: 1 Film reel (3 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film: two small girls sitting across from one another perform a few hand-clapping games by singing various children's songs and clapping their hands together with the rhythm of the music.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians


title: Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region (Makiritare) -- Slash-and-Burn Cultivation, Field Work and Harvesting

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.969; E01858

indexedContent: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (13 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: after the men clear the field with fire, the new arable ground is tilled with a digging stick. Women plant manioc, ananas, and banana shoots; later scenes of the harvesting of these plants are seen. The ritual aspect of cultivation is indicated by the appearance of a drummer.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region ; South America; Makiritare


title: Central Europe, Lower Austria -- Construction of a Rack Wagon

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.461; E00371

indexedContent: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (32 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Edited film: shows the process of constructing a four-wheeled rack wagon. Includes the making of all wooden parts in the carriage shop and the creation of the driving mechanism and the necessary metal parts by a blacksmith.
Legacy Keywords: Austria ; Central Europe, Lower Austria ; Europe


title: Central Asia, Nepal (Newar) -- Cultivation of the Soil and Harvest

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.372; E00264

content: 1 Film reel (4 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: the first part of the film shows two kinds of field work using the short-shafted hoe: turning earth over, and digging out a channel for irrigation. The second part of the film shows how rice is harvested with the sickle, how the sheaves are threshed, and how the grains of rice are turned and dried.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Newar

unittitle: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection


title: Central Africa, Lake Chad (Buduma) -- Building a Papyrus Boat

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.53; E00571

content: 1 Film reel (20 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: papyrus stalks are cut, transported, and finally bound together to form a boat known as a kadei.
Legacy Keywords: Chad ; Central Africa, Lake Chad ; Africa; Buduma


title: South Africa, Kalahari Desert (!Ko Bushmen) -- Maiden's Initiation Rites

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.192; E01849

content: 1 Film reel (11 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: an edited recounting of a five-day ritual in which the young initiate spends most of the time in an isolation hut. Shows the ceremonies that take place on the fifth day when she emerges and the villagers perform the fertility dance. The next day she is led around the village to receive presents, to meet people, and to bring good luck to their homes.
Legacy Keywords: South Africa ; South Africa, Kalahari Desert ; Africa; !Ko Bushmen


level: subseries

title: Kinship Diagrams

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

content: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 13: Maps and Kinship diagrams

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.

unittitle: Maps and Kinship diagrams

unittitle: Kinship Diagrams

title: Kinship Diagrams


title: Ukraine: see Baltic

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: Travel photography / 9.3.2: Travel slide collection / Europe:

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield Collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution

content: The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

unittitle: Europe:

unittitle: Ukraine: see Baltic

title: Ukraine: see Baltic


title: Hermogenes Cayo

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

indexedContent: Preloran, Jorge

content: Jorge Prelorán films

indexedContent: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 3: Audio / 3.1: Audio Recordings for Films

content: Funding for film preservation and finding aid provided by the Latino Center, Smithsonian Institution.

content: 2 Sound tape reels (¼" tape)

content: Item 2007.10.31-001 and -002

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Sound tape reels

indexedContent: Sound tape reels

content: The Jorge Prelorán films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: [music and narration]

label: Series Restrictions

content: Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Jorge Prelorán films

unittitle: Audio

unittitle: Audio Recordings for Films

unittitle: Hermogenes Cayo

title: Hermogenes Cayo


label: Creator

content: National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)

label: Place

content: Africa, East

indexedContent: Africa, East

content: East Asia

indexedContent: East Asia

content: Europe

indexedContent: Europe

content: Middle East

indexedContent: Middle East

content: North America

indexedContent: North America

content: South Asia

indexedContent: South Asia

content: Kenya

indexedContent: Kenya

content: China

indexedContent: China

content: Japan

indexedContent: Japan

content: Italy

indexedContent: Italy

content: Sri Lanka

indexedContent: Sri Lanka

label: Provenance

content: Received from American Film Institute (National Center for Film and Video Preservation) in 1989, 1994, and 1997.

content: 9 Film reels (black-and-white color silent; 1659 feet, 35mm, 9.5mm)

content: circa 1910-1963

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Silent films

indexedContent: Silent films

label: Citation

content: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Processing Information

content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.

label: Rights

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

label: Genre/Form

content: silent films

indexedContent: silent films

label: Scope and Contents

content:
Collection consists of films from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.  Additional titles include [C. W. Barnes Home Movies], THE CHASE FOR THE COCKADE, [Domesticating Elephants in Africa], HUNTING THE WHITE BEAR, IN THE FOREST, INTERNATIONAL NEWS: ARCTIC EXPLORERS RESCUE ORPHAN (ANIMAL) FROM ICE FLOWS, KINGDOM OF THE WATERS, MARVELS IN MOTION.

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 not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unitid: Collection HSFA.1989.09


title: "What Exactly Is a Travel-Film Lecturer?"

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

label: See more items in

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 3: Writings / 3.1: Book materials / Behind the Travel Picture: / Chapters:

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1954/2015 type:inclusive

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 4

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Rights

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Writings

unittitle: Book materials

unittitle: Behind the Travel Picture:

unittitle: Chapters:


title: [NNFC RADA Report]

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

indexedContent: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

indexedContent: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

indexedContent: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

indexedContent: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

indexedContent: Asch, Timothy

label: Collection Creator

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 8: Nyae Nyae Development Foundation & Advocacy Files

label: Sponsor

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

label: Date

content: 1995 May 2-4

content: Box 4

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.

unittitle: [NNFC RADA Report]

title: [NNFC RADA Report]


title: China (II)

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: Travel photography / 9.3.2: Travel slide collection / Asia:

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1981/1984 type:inclusive

content: Box 33-34

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: HSFA.2015.16, File 2015.16.1-8 OP

content: Archival materials

content: Slide sheet

indexedContent: Slide sheet

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield Collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution

content: Macao, [Photo Researchers] returns, Beijing, Great Wall

content: The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

unitid: Collection 2015.16.1-8 OP

unittitle: Photographs

unitid: Subseries 2015.16.1-8 OP

unittitle: Travel photography

unittitle: Travel slide collection

unittitle: Asia:

unittitle: China (II)

title: China (II)


title: Burma: Pwe Festival and Miscellaneous

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.2.6

content: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947

content: Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958

indexedContent: Holmes, Burton

content: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films

indexedContent: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, silent black-and-white; 126 feet, 16mm)

content: circa 1925

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Edited film documents a pwe ceremony typically held to commemorate the dedication of a house or monastery. Included are scenes of pwe musicians playing drum, xylophones, and flutes while young girls dance. Also recorded are shots of local inhabitants and women washing clothes at river's edge and brief shots of Pagan, the old Burmese capital, and the Ananda temple.

unittitle: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films

unittitle: Burma: Pwe Festival and Miscellaneous

title: Burma: Pwe Festival and Miscellaneous


title: N/um Tchai (study guide)

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

content: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 10: Study Guides

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1974/1974 type:inclusive

content: Folder 1

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Text

unittitle: Study Guides

unittitle: N/um Tchai (study guide)

title: N/um Tchai (study guide)


title: Fort Nelson, B.C., Army Operations

label: Local Number

content: HSFA 1993.16.4

content: Irwin, David, 1910-1970

indexedContent: Irwin, David

content: Film reels (black-and-white silent; 727 feet)

content: circa 1938

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: David Irwin films of the Canadian Arctic, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content: Footage taken near Fort Nelson in Brtish Columbia, Canada, documenting Irwin's strategy of rescuing downed pilots in the Arctic during World War II. Film appears to be a staged rescue including parachuting of trained sled dogs ("parapups") from airplanes, dogs being hitched to sled, and rescuing pilot.

unittitle: Fort Nelson, B.C., Army Operations

title: Fort Nelson, B.C., Army Operations


title: Medoonak, the Stormmaker

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.125

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 468 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Matanuska-Susitna School District educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Scope and Contents

content:
Edited film directed by Les Krizsan is a retelling of the Mi'kmaq legend of Medoonak, the reckless ruler of the winds and the seas who was persuaded to quieten his magical wings and calm the churning waters so that the Mi'kmaq fishermen could catch food for their starving people. The legend is interpreted in mime, dance and narration by elaborately garbed and masked actors of the Mermaid Theatre of Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Legacy Keywords: North America ; Canada ; National Film Board of Canada

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Medoonak, the Stormmaker

title: Medoonak, the Stormmaker


title: The Tree of Life

label: Local Numbers

content: HSFA 2004.14.1

content: Lane, Bruce, 1938-

indexedContent: Lane, Bruce, 1938-

content: Pacho Lane films

indexedContent: Pacho Lane films

content: 1 Film reel (30 minutes, color sound; 1,055 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Edited film by Pacho (Bruce) Lane documents preparations and performance of "Los Voladores" (men who are suspended from and "fly around" a tall pole made from a selected tree in the nearby forests), a 1500 year old ritual performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico that lies at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico and combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry (from the "Cantares Mexicanos, a collection of pre-hispanic Nahuatl verse from Texcoco) and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives. Originally filmed in 1973? in Huehuetla in Sierra Norte de Pueblo in the Nuasteca region of Mexico.

unittitle: Pacho Lane films

unittitle: The Tree of Life

title: The Tree of Life


title: Banks Islands (1975.1.4 - 1)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.4 - 1

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

indexedContent: Müller, Kal, 1939-

label: See more items in

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 4: Banks Islands films

content: 1 Film reel (21 minutes, color silent; 742 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Footage shot by Kalman Muller on the Banks Islands during 1971. Footage taken from the ship Alize owned by the French New Hebrides Administration; the ship landing and embarking natives; shots of residential hamlets, swidden garden plots, natives congregated on rocky beach with outrigger canoes; transit to another island.

content:
Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Some of this material contains sensitive content and is not available for access. Please contact the repository for more information.

unittitle: Banks Islands films

unittitle: Banks Islands (1975.1.4 - 1)

title: Banks Islands (1975.1.4 - 1)


title: Slide roll #92A

content: Local numbers: NEW HEBRIDES 1970 KM EKTA #92A

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides / 5.15: Vanuatu slides

content: 36 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: October 1970

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

label: Series Restrictions

content: Some of this material contains sensitive content and is not available for access. Please contact the repository for more information.

unittitle: Vanuatu slides

unittitle: Slide roll #92A

title: Slide roll #92A


title: Slide roll #76

content: Local Numbers: Slide box KR2-76

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 6: Tanna Island slides / 6.2: Tanna Island slides

content: 29 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: October 1973

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Citation

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

unittitle: Tanna Island slides

unittitle: Slide roll #76

title: Slide roll #76


title: Slide roll #65

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2-65 OP; Slide box KR3-65

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 6: Tanna Island slides / 6.4: Tanna Island slides

content: 36 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: September 1974

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

label: Collection Rights

content: Slide photographs (transparencies) shot on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, Laonelao, as part of film project led by Kalman Muller. Slides show portraits of male dancers, women dancing, and numerous slaughtered pigs laid out in a line for "Nekowiar".

label: Subseries Restrictions

unittitle: Slide roll #65

title: Slide roll #65


title: Slide roll #22A

content: Local numbers: NEW HEBRIDES 1970 KM KODA #22A

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides / 5.14: Vanuatu slides

content: 29 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: September 1970

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unittitle: Slide roll #22A

title: Slide roll #22A


title: Footage of Quirigua, Guatemala and Locale

content: HSFA 1992.8.2

content: Mekeel, H. Scudder (Haviland Scudder), 1902-1947

indexedContent: Mekeel, H. Scudder (Haviland Scudder)

content: Scudder Mekeel films

indexedContent: Scudder Mekeel films

content: Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

content: 1 Film reel (22 minutes, black-and-white silent; 795 feet)

content: circa 1945

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Scudder Mekeel films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Film documenting Maya culture in Southeastern Guatemala. Includes footage of traditional weaving and textiles, methods of travel including train and canoe, village life, and market and festival scenes in several different locations. Briefly documents the stelae at Quirigua, a Classic Maya archaeological site, along the Montagua River.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Scudder Mekeel films


title: Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.3-19OP)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-19OP

label: Collection Creator

content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)

content: Dorjee, Ragpa

indexedContent: Dorjee, Ragpa

content: Schecter, Steven

indexedContent: Schecter, Steven

content: Sorenson, E. Richard

indexedContent: Sorenson, E. Richard

content: National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

content: Slides (color, 35mm)

content: 1978 July 21

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

content:
Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-4 woman with baby in shawl strapped to her back walking through courtyard with painted columns; 6-8 group of woman walking through courtyard with painted columns; 10 old woman walking through courtyard; 11 inside dukang (main prayer room), boy monks sitting in line between wood columns with backs to older monks; 12 monks sitting behind wooden tables, two of them helping another who is leaning forward; 13 lap of monk infront of wooden table with bowl on it, boy monk in shadows in background; 14-16 boy playing kangling (horn) 17-19 boy looking at camera holding the kangling; 20-21 two boy monks, one helping the other play the kangling; 22-23 boys making handgestures looking to front of dukang; 25 boy monk playing kangling as the other looks away; 26 boy monks watching front of dukang, one holding a kangling; 28 boy monks lined upand sitting on the floor; 29 boy monk playing a drum; 30 boy monk holding kangling looking up, other boy monk playing drum; 31-32 two women infront of rakes, one with peyrak one with tall hat; 33-34 the two women talking to each other and joined by man in red shirt with straw hat; 35 woman in tall hat behind man in red shirt with straw hat; 36 two women, one with a tall hat, other one with a peyrak

Time: 3pm


title: Nevada

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: Travel photography / 9.3.2: Travel slide collection / North America:

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1998/1998 type:inclusive

label: Container

content: Box 101

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: HSFA.2015.16, File 2015.16.1-153 OP

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slide sheet

indexedContent: Slide sheet

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield Collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution

content: Las Vegas: Tops, R+Os

content: The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

unittitle: Photographs

unittitle: Travel photography

unittitle: Travel slide collection

unittitle: North America:

unittitle: Nevada

title: Nevada


title: 1957/8 VII Subject Reels + B/W Reels

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

indexedContent: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

indexedContent: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

indexedContent: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

indexedContent: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

indexedContent: Asch, Timothy

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 5: Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations / 5.4: Expedition VI Shot logs and translations

label: Sponsor

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1960/1970 type:inclusive

label: Date

content: circa 1965

content: Box 12

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.

unittitle: Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations

unittitle: 1957/8 VII Subject Reels + B/W Reels

title: 1957/8 VII Subject Reels + B/W Reels


title: Lava and the River (Outtakes)

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1996.6.79

content: Martin Moyer Productions

indexedContent: Martin Moyer Productions

content: Martin Moyer film collection

indexedContent: Martin Moyer film collection

label: Extent

content: 2 Film reels (color silent; 500 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: Martin Moyer film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Outtakes from an educational film, "Lava and the River".

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guides, promotional materials, newspaper articles

unittitle: Martin Moyer film collection

unittitle: Lava and the River (Outtakes)

title: Lava and the River (Outtakes)


label: Local Numbers

content: HSFA 1981-005; HSFA 1986-013

label: Provenance

content: Received from the National Human Studies Film Center in 1981 (accession 1981-005).

content: Film reels (16mm)

content: Linear feet

content: circa 1935 and circa 1960-1980

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Sound films

indexedContent: Sound films

label: Citation

content: National Human Studies Film Center collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Processing Information

content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.

label: Rights

label: Genre/Form

content: Sound films

label: Scope and Contents

content:
The collection consists of prints of edited films and unedited reels of footage that were tranferred from the National Human Studies Film Center/National Anthropological Film Center to the Human Studies Film Archives upon creation of the Archives.

The Film Archives received no information as to the source or agreements.

Films include: THE AX FIGHT, THE SONS OF HAJI OMAR, A PIONEER FAMILY IN ALASKA, I AM THE PAIN DOCTOR, SILLA'S TWIN TUMULUS (For I AM THE PAIN DOCTOR see accession number 90-002.)  RED BASIN KUANHSIEN, THE OPIUM TRAIL, TO FIND OUR LIFE, HELICOPTER VIEWS OF SUMATRA.

Supplementary materials: associated texts, field notes, production logs

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 not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

label: Restrictions

unitid: Collection HSFA.1986.13


title: The Emerging Eskimo

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.86

label: See more items in

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 540 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: Matanuska-Susitna School District educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content: Edited film reviews the changing world of the Eskimo from the western exploitation of Alaskan resources of furs, whales, gold, uranium and oil. Contemporary Eskimo leaders emphasize employing some of the technologies to move towards greater autonomy and independence from the cultural forces that challenge their way of life.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: The Emerging Eskimo

title: The Emerging Eskimo


title: The Soil Makers

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1996.6.27

label: Collection Creator

content: Martin Moyer Productions

content: Martin Moyer film collection

label: Sponsor

content: Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 584 feet, 16mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film made by Martin Moyer for educational use explains the complex processes that produce fertile top soil, including rotting plant debris and the actions of bacteria, organisms and earth worms.

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guide with transcription of narration, promotional materials, newspaper articles

unittitle: The Soil Makers

title: The Soil Makers


title: Merlino - entrevista

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

indexedContent: Preloran, Jorge

content: Jorge Prelorán films

indexedContent: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 3: Audio / 3.2: Miscellaneous Audio Recordings

content: Funding for film preservation and finding aid provided by the Latino Center, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Extent

content: 2 Sound cassettes

label: Container

content: Item 2007.10.117-079 and -080

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Sound cassettes

indexedContent: Sound cassettes

content: The Jorge Prelorán films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Series Restrictions

content: Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Jorge Prelorán films

unittitle: Audio

unittitle: Miscellaneous Audio Recordings

unittitle: Merlino - entrevista

title: Merlino - entrevista


title: Metos Jah Hut (film)

label: Local Number

content: HSFA 1989.11.2

content: Holaday, Duncan

indexedContent: Holaday, Duncan

content: Metos Jah Hut

indexedContent: Metos Jah Hut

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 900 feet)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Metos Jah Hut, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content: Full film record shot among the Senoi of Malaysia documenting aspects of their religion, mythology, and curing rituals.

unittitle: Metos Jah Hut

unittitle: Metos Jah Hut (film)

title: Metos Jah Hut (film)


title: Newari Film Project (1986.13.1-10)

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-10

content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)

content: Johnson, Barbara

indexedContent: Johnson, Barbara

content: Dorjee, Ragpa

indexedContent: Dorjee, Ragpa

content: Reinhard, Johan

indexedContent: Reinhard, Johan

content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

content: 1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; August 20, 4PM, girls play a toss game with fruit pits, and a baby is passed from arm to arm as they take turns playing; toddlers share food; an aunt disciplines her young nephew; several boys play a one-legged hopping game; and older children care for younger ones. August 20, after dark, a gathering in which men play drums, sing, and watch as one man masquerades as a female witch figure, or demoness, called "La-Khe", who makes gestures with obscene sexual connotations. This activity is part of Gai Jattra, an annual festival to both honor and aid the souls of recently deceased relatives. August 26, 3 to 4 PM, courtyard activities including 5 to 6 year old boys playing a jumping game, then wrestling and pushing. August 26, 4 to 5 PM, a girl cries when her mother leaves, her brother picks her up and he and a boy cousin play with her. Other courtyard scenes, including example of affection between men. starts to rain.

unittitle: Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

unittitle: Newari Film Project (1986.13.1-10)

title: Newari Film Project (1986.13.1-10)


title: Festivals

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

content: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 6: Project Files

content: undated

content: Box 1

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Programs, submission forms, and other documentation of various film festivals.

content:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and the digital books.

Access to the Jorge Prelorán collection requires an appointment.

unittitle: Project Files

unittitle: Festivals

title: Festivals


title: Australia's Wild Nor-West

content: HSFA 1990.7.10

label: Collection Collector

content: Oregon Historical Society

indexedContent: Oregon Historical Society

content: Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee

content: 1 Film reel (12 minutes, black-and-white silent; 795 feet, 35mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Oregon Historical Society's Robert McCoy films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Incomplete edited film of the 1917 North-West Scientific Expedition of Australia led by E.J. Stuart. Expedition explored the Australian coast between Broome and Wyndham and documented selective aspects of aboriginal people of the insular and coastal Northern Territory. Footage includes examples of scarification used as tribal markings and capture of sea cows, stingray, shovel-nose sharks, and baby and adult sea turtles in water and travelling across beach.  Also includes National Geographic article and 1920 Australian film review.

Legacy Keywords: Culture contact Aboriginal Australia ; Language and culture ; Turtles ; Ecology ; Oceania ; Australia ; Northwest Territory, Broome, Wyndham ; Aborigine, Montgomery Islanders ; Greenwood-Adams, M.P., producer, distributor ; William Jackson, photographer

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Australia's Wild Nor-West

title: Australia's Wild Nor-West


title: Iruya

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

content: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 5: Production Files

content: Funding for film preservation and finding aid provided by the Latino Center, Smithsonian Institution.

content: circa 1968

content: Box 3

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Production Files

unittitle: Iruya

title: Iruya


title: Cincinnati Museum Center films

label: Provenance

content: Received from the Cincinnati Museum Center in 2000.

content: 16 Film reels (color silent, 16mm)

content: Undated

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Silent films

indexedContent: Silent films

label: Citation

content: Cincinnati Museum Center films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Rights

label: Genre/Form

content: silent films

indexedContent: silent films

label: Scope and Contents

content:
16 cans of film thought to be "educational titles" but on brief inspection appear to be amateur film/footage and other footage of different areas of the world.

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 not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

unitid: Collection HSFA.2000.08

unittitle: Cincinnati Museum Center films

title: Cincinnati Museum Center films


content: HSFA 2004-005

label: Names

content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Mineral Sciences

content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Paleobiology

label: Place

content: North America

indexedContent: North America

content: Washington (D.C.)

indexedContent: Washington (D.C.)

content: 1 Videocassettes (Hi8) (2 hours)

content: undated

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Videocassettes (hi8)

indexedContent: Videocassettes (hi8)

content: Video recordings

indexedContent: Video recordings

content: Video of 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Mineral Sciences and Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Processing Information

content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content: Video recordings

content:
Amy Staples (HSFA Fellow) recorded 40th Anniversary Celebration of Dept. of Mineral Sciences and Paleobiology, NMNH.

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 not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

label: Restrictions

unitid: Collection HSFA.2004.05


title: Belgian Farm

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.22

label: See more items in

content: REMC 2 educational film collection

indexedContent: REMC 2 educational film collection

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 402 feet, 16mm)

label: Date

content: circa 1955

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: REMC 2 educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content:
Edited film shows the day in the life of farmers on an old prosperous farm in the lowlands of Flanders, Belgium. Activities featured include feeding farm animals; plowing fields, cutting, bundling and loading wheat into horse drawn haywagon; setting windmill to grind grain; Belgian draft horses pulling wagon; and milking cows by hand. Film also includes bargainning session between farmer and butcher for a fatted cow featuring hand slapping routine which emphasizes offers and counter offers with deal being settled on a handshake.

Legacy Keywords: Agriculture Belgium ; Livestock

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: REMC 2 educational film collection

unittitle: Belgian Farm

title: Belgian Farm


title: Arabia, Hadhramaut -- Forming and Painting a Clay Vessel

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.712; E01186

label: Collection Creator

content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: 1 Film reel (9 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film: a potter in South Yemen forms a vessel from a ball and a roll of previously prepared clay. The bottom of the container is formed out of the ball, the sides from the roll. The potter then adds the handle, which he has made out of a second roll; he pierces the opposite side with his finger to provide the vessel with a spout. A day later he adds the finishing touches and paints the container with red-earth color.
Legacy Keywords: Yemen ; Arabia, Hadhramaut ; Middle East


title: Yugoslavia

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.8-2

content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980

indexedContent: Boulton, Laura

content: Laura Boulton films

indexedContent: Laura Boulton films

content: Film reels (16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Laura Boulton films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Footage by Laura Boulton of traditional Yugoslavian dances. Features the use of traditional instruments: flutes, tambourines, drums; demonstrations of dances by men, women, and children; and women weaving. ; Footage by Laura Boulton of traditional Yugoslavian dances. Features traditional and non-traditional instruments, traditional costumes, and a demonstration of the "sword dance".

Legacy Keywords: Dance traditional Yugoslavia ; Dance sword dance Yugoslavia ; Instruments musical instruments Yugoslavia ; Costume traditional Yugoslavia ; Musical instruments guitar bass

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Laura Boulton films

unittitle: Yugoslavia

title: Yugoslavia


title: CAN 1952-2, Expedition III, Reels 25-48

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

indexedContent: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

indexedContent: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

indexedContent: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

indexedContent: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

indexedContent: Asch, Timothy

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 5: Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations / 5.2: Expeditions I-III Shot logs and translations

label: Sponsor

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1952/1952 type:inclusive

label: Container

content: Box 3

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.

unittitle: Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations

unittitle: CAN 1952-2, Expedition III, Reels 25-48

title: CAN 1952-2, Expedition III, Reels 25-48


title: Brazil, Araguaia Region (Caraja) -- Knotting a Feather Headdress: "Lori-Lori"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.863; E00452

indexedContent: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (5 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

label: Scope and Contents

content:
Edited film: an Indian knots the netted headdress base, to which feathers are attached later. A boy models the finished product.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Araguaia Region ; South America; Caraja


title: Episode 3. Mistaken Identity

label: Collection Producer

content: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

content: British Broadcasting Corporation

indexedContent: British Broadcasting Corporation

content: Grant, Michael

indexedContent: Grant, Michael

content: Meech, Richard, 1954-

indexedContent: Meech, Richard, 1954-

content: Malone, Adrian

indexedContent: Malone, Adrian

content: Biniman Productions (Firm)

indexedContent: Biniman Productions (Firm)

label: Collection Host

content: Maybury-Lewis, David, 1929-2007

indexedContent: Maybury-Lewis, David

content: Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection / Series 2: Unedited film materials / 2.2: Trims

content: 6 Cans (containers)

content: Item 2012.13.12-42 through 47 OF

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Moving Images

indexedContent: Moving Images

content: Cans (containers)

indexedContent: Cans (containers)

content: The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution.

content: The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

unittitle: Unedited film materials

unittitle: Trims

unittitle: Episode 3. Mistaken Identity

title: Episode 3. Mistaken Identity


title: With Notebook In Hand

content: Kreznar, Frank L.

indexedContent: Kreznar, Frank L.

content: Kreznar, Sonia

indexedContent: Kreznar, Sonia

content: Frank L. Kreznar films

indexedContent: Frank L. Kreznar films

content: 1 Film reel (21 minutes, color sound, 728 feet, 16mm)

content: circa 1959

content: Item 1997.17.15

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Moving Images

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: Frank L. Kreznar films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Edited film is the story of the Kreznar family vacation to Florida  The youngest daughter is instructed by a teacher to keep a notebook of her experiences in Florida which include visiting a Florida visitor center, setting up camp in a park, watching a water skiing performance, visiting a marine animal park where they watch a dolphin show, touring the Everglades on an air powered boat, riding on a glass bottom boat, viewing bird and animal wildlife and swimming at a beach. Sound is the daughter's narration of their experiences.

unittitle: Frank L. Kreznar films

unittitle: With Notebook In Hand

title: With Notebook In Hand


title: Kiddie Kaleidoscope

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1996.6.46

content: Martin Moyer Productions

indexedContent: Martin Moyer Productions

content: Martin Moyer film collection

indexedContent: Martin Moyer film collection

content: Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 182 feet, 16mm)

content: circa 1960-1970

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Martin Moyer film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film made by Martin Moyer for educational use shows physical activities for children.

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guides, promotional materials, newspaper articles

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Martin Moyer film collection

unittitle: Kiddie Kaleidoscope

title: Kiddie Kaleidoscope


title: Mixed slide rolls

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

indexedContent: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 7: Mixed slides

content: 66 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: April 1972

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Restrictions

content: Some of this material contains sensitive content and is not available for access. Please contact the repository for more information.

unittitle: Mixed slides

unittitle: Mixed slide rolls

title: Mixed slide rolls


title: Slide roll #83

content: Local numbers: NEW HEB 1971 KM KODA #83

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

label: See more items in

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides / 5.21: Vanuatu slides

content: 33 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: December 1971

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

label: Series Restrictions

unittitle: Vanuatu slides

unittitle: Slide roll #83

title: Slide roll #83


title: Slide roll #49

content: Local Numbers: Slide box KR1-49

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 6: Tanna Island slides / 6.1: Tanna Island slides

label: Extent

content: 33 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

label: Date

content: September 1973

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unittitle: Tanna Island slides

unittitle: Slide roll #49

title: Slide roll #49


title: Navajo Fair at Window Rock

label: Local Number

content: HSFA 1990.16.3

content: Knee, Ernest, 1907-1982

indexedContent: Knee, Ernest

content: Ernest Knee films

indexedContent: Ernest Knee films

content: 1 Film reel (9 minutes, black-and-white silent; 785 feet, 35mm)

content: circa 1938

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: Ernest Knee films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Footage shot of the Navajo Fair at Window Rock, Arizona. Scenes document a parade, rodeo activities including riding steers and horses, horse races, and encampment with cars and wagons.

unittitle: Ernest Knee films

unittitle: Navajo Fair at Window Rock

title: Navajo Fair at Window Rock


title: New Mexico (I)

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: Travel photography / 9.3.2: Travel slide collection / North America:

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1971/1971 type:inclusive

content: Box 102

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: HSFA.2015.16, File 2015.16.1-155 OP

content: Archival materials

content: Slide sheet

indexedContent: Slide sheet

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield Collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content: Film strip

label: Collection Restrictions

content: The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

unittitle: Photographs

unittitle: Travel photography

unittitle: Travel slide collection

unittitle: North America:

unittitle: New Mexico (I)

title: New Mexico (I)


title: Magic of the Mediterranean

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.4

label: Collection Creator

content: Soule, Thayer

indexedContent: Soule, Thayer

content: 2 Film reels (82 minutes, color silent; 2,962 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film documents travel aound the Mediterranean. Locales shown include Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi, Ravello, Positano, and Capri, Italy; Athens, Corinth, Aegean Islands, Rhodes, Kos Island, Mykonos, and Santorin, Greece; and Cairo and Memphis, Egypt. Archeological sites include the Oracle of Delphi, Acropolis, and Parthenon in Greece and the pyramid of Cheops, the Sphinx, the step pyramid of Saqqara, the Great temple of Luxor, Colossi of Memnon, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen in the Valley of the Kings, the temple of Karnak, and the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Also shown are making cameos in Naples, Italy, handicrafts of Greece including embroidery, and the Egyptian museum and Khan-El-Kahili bazaar in Cairo.

Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture

Legacy keywords: Archeology sites ; Handicrafts ; Markets Egypt ; Museums Egypt

unittitle: Magic of the Mediterranean

title: Magic of the Mediterranean


title: Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4-4OP)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4-4OP

content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)

content: Dorjee, Ragpa

indexedContent: Dorjee, Ragpa

content: Schecter, Steven

indexedContent: Schecter, Steven

content: Sorenson, E. Richard

indexedContent: Sorenson, E. Richard

content: National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

content: Slides (color, 35mm)

content: 1979 April 28

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides

indexedContent: Slides

label: Scope and Contents

content: Slide photographs shot in Lamayuru Village and Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-6 crowd of people, women in peyraks (turquoise hats), one with basket; 7 crowd, woman in peyraks, 1/2 in shade; 8 boy in shade; 9-10 boy looking at camera; 11-12 boy drinking tea in courtyard; 13-14 3 monks in costumes following man in old man costume in shade of courtyard; 15 monk in costume in courtyard, stone wall in background; 17-18 patio with monks sitting, one boy monk leaning against a wooden trunk; 19 boy monk by patio with monks sitting on it, the boy monk has a cloth bag; 20 boy laughing; 21-24 old monk talking to boy monk in gold and red robes; 26 crowd of people on edge of courtyard, three monks in costume standing in courtyard; 27 same as 19; 28 same as 17-18; 29 boy monk sitting by patio; 30 same as 17-18; 31-32 old monk; 33 crowd of sitting people next to building; 34-36 thre emen in costumes acting inthe courtyard


title: [NNDFN Letter to UN]

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

indexedContent: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

indexedContent: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

indexedContent: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

indexedContent: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

indexedContent: Asch, Timothy

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 8: Nyae Nyae Development Foundation & Advocacy Files

label: Sponsor

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

content: 1989 March 26

label: Container

content: Box 2

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.

unittitle: [NNDFN Letter to UN]

title: [NNDFN Letter to UN]


title: Austria à la Carte lecture recording

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

label: See more items in

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 7: Films and film-related sound recordings / 7.1: Austria à la Carte

content: 1 Sound tape reel

label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

content: Moldy; cannot be played for content.

content: undated

content: Item 2015.16.11 OS 2

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Sound tape reels

indexedContent: Sound tape reels

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

unittitle: Films and film-related sound recordings

unittitle: Austria à la Carte

unittitle: Austria à la Carte lecture recording

title: Austria à la Carte lecture recording


title: "Take Your Camera on a Cruise"

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 3: Writings / 3.3: Travel writing manuscripts / Physicians' Travel and Meeting Guide magazine:

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1990/1990 type:inclusive

label: Date

content: circa 1990

content: Box 1

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Writings

unittitle: Travel writing manuscripts

unittitle: "Take Your Camera on a Cruise"

title: "Take Your Camera on a Cruise"


title: "Do You Make a Good Living?"

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 3: Writings / 3.1: Book materials / Behind the Travel Picture: / Chapters:

content: undated

content: Box 4

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Book materials

unittitle: Behind the Travel Picture:

unittitle: Chapters:

unittitle: "Do You Make a Good Living?"

title: "Do You Make a Good Living?"


title: John P. Homiak videos of Jamaica

label: Creator

content: Homiak, John P. (John Paul), 1947-

indexedContent: Homiak, John P. (John Paul), 1947-

label: Place

content: Caribbean Area

indexedContent: Caribbean Area

content: Jamaica

indexedContent: Jamaica

label: Provenance

content: Received from John P. Homiak in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, and 2016.

content: Homiak, John P. (John Paul), 1947-

content: John P. Homiak videos of Jamaica

indexedContent: John P. Homiak videos of Jamaica

label: Extent

content: Video recordings (color sound)

content: 1 Sound tape reel (7 inch)

content: circa 1979-2013

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Video recordings

indexedContent: Video recordings

content: Sound tape reels

label: Citation

content: John P. Homiak videos of Jamaica, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Processing Information

content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.

label: Rights

label: Bibliography

content: Heliana Portes de Roux. 1989. "Creolization in the Caribbean".  In   -- Festival of American Folklife --  Office of Folklife Programs, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Genre/Form

content: Video recordings

content:
Collection conists of videos and sound recordings by John Homiak documenting life in Jamaica.

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 not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

label: Restrictions

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unitid: Collection HSFA.1995.09

unittitle: John P. Homiak videos of Jamaica

title: John P. Homiak videos of Jamaica


title: Sounds of Bamboo

label: General

content: Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.38

label: Collection Creator

content: University of California (System). Extension Media Center

content: Film reels (color sound; 1,512 feet)

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

label: Scope and Contents

content:
Edited film documents a Tokyo gathering of musicians from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand playing instruments which are mostly made of bamboo.

Legacy Keywords:  Asia

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Sounds of Bamboo

title: Sounds of Bamboo


title: Cornish Valley

content: Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.51

label: Collection Film distributor

content: Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services

label: See more items in

content: Penn State educational film collection

indexedContent: Penn State educational film collection

content: 1 Film reel (16 minutes, black-and-white sound; 576 feet, 16mm)

label: Date

content: circa 1945

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Penn State educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film produced by the British Ministry of Information on daily life in eastern Cornwall. Film focuses on a farming family which runs several different farms. Farming scenes include herding livestock (sheep and cows), plowing fields with horse-drawn plow, cutting wood at a water mill, shearing sheep and lambing. Also included are scenes of market day in the village of Coomb Hampton and descriptions of non-farming activities in Cornwall such as slate quarries, tin mines and china clay works.

Legacy Keywords: Farmers England ; Europe ; England ; Cornwall (England)

unittitle: Penn State educational film collection

unittitle: Cornish Valley

title: Cornish Valley


title: Obsesivo

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

indexedContent: Preloran, Jorge

content: Jorge Prelorán films

indexedContent: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 1: Completed Films and Videos / 1.1: Films directed by Prelorán / Obsesivo (Obsessive)

label: Sponsor

content: Funding for film preservation and finding aid provided by the Latino Center, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (sound, color positive film; 1022 ft; 28 minutes, 16  mm)

label: Container

content: Item 2007.10.55

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Moving Images

indexedContent: Moving Images

content: Film reels

content: The Jorge Prelorán films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

label: Series Restrictions

content: Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

unittitle: Jorge Prelorán films

unittitle: Completed Films and Videos

unittitle: Films directed by Prelorán

unittitle: Obsesivo (Obsessive)

unittitle: Obsesivo

title: Obsesivo


title: [Publicity Photographs]

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

indexedContent: Baker, Peter

content: Ritchie, Claire

indexedContent: Ritchie, Claire

content: Young, Robert

indexedContent: Young, Robert

content: Terry, John

indexedContent: Terry, John

content: Galvin, Frank

indexedContent: Galvin, Frank

content: Bestall, Clifford

indexedContent: Bestall, Clifford

content: Gardner, Robert

indexedContent: Gardner, Robert

content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

indexedContent: Asch, Timothy

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 12: Photographs

content: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

content: 43 Prints (visual works)

content: Box 3

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Prints (visual works)

indexedContent: Prints (visual works)

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

content: Copyright held by Harvard Peabody Museum

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings.  Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.

unittitle: Photographs

unittitle: [Publicity Photographs]

title: [Publicity Photographs]


title: Southeast Europe, Yugoslavia -- Albanian Folksongs and Folkdances From Metohija

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.457; E01976

content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, color sound, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Edited film: no further description available.
Legacy Keywords: Albania ; Southeast Europe, Yugoslavia ; Europe

content: The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.


title: East Asia, Japan -- The Writing of a "Shikishi"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.360; E01694

indexedContent: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (9 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: painter Masataka Maejima writes a traditional Japanese address of congratulations: "From all my heart great happiness." The demonstration shows the complete process from the rubbing of the ink to the signature, and mounting of the name and pseudonym seal.
Legacy Keywords: Japan ; East Asia, Japan ; Asia


title: Afghanistan, Badakhshan (Tadzhik) -- Gathering and Shearing Yaks

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.303; E00679

indexedContent: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: in the village of Iskatul in northeastern Afghanistan, a yak herd is driven from the meadow on the slopes above the village down into the valley. After being distributed to the various owners, the yaks are sheared.
Legacy Keywords: Afghanistan ; Afghanistan, Badakhshan ; Asia; Tadzhik


title: Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- "Tirere" Dance "Ngeaba"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.769; E00919

content: 1 Film reel (3 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: costumed men and women sit together in front of the meeting house in Routa. Each one holds a wooden rod in each hand. As the people sing, they tap rods with the people sitting next to them.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians

unittitle: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection


title: Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- Harvesting and Eating Young Coconuts

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.752; E00852

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: at the edge of the village of Tetua a man climbs a coconut palm tree, harvests young coconuts, and frees them from their fiber shells. He drinks the liquid from one of the nuts after boring a hole in it. Finally he cuts the nut in half and uses an Asaphis mussel shell to eat the coconut meat.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians


title: West Colombia, Pacific Coast (Noanama) -- Extraction of Dye and Body Painting

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.935; E01942

content: 1 Film reel (5 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: a father and son from Quebrada Taparral obtain fruit from the forest. The mother collects the fruit mass and heats it until it turns from a light rose color to black. Then she uses pointed sticks to apply this dye in lines and dots onto her daughter's body.
Legacy Keywords: Colombia ; West Colombia, Pacific Coast ; South America; Noanama


title: Thailand, Tak Province (Miao) -- Ball and Top Spinning Games on New Year

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.433; E01298

content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: during the New Year festivities the ceremonial ball game of the young men and girls is played in the village square. Nearby, the younger boys play badminton, while in a different part of the village several boys are playing the top-spinning game. During these games, the New Year is announced by a man shooting a flint-lock musket.
Legacy Keywords: Thailand ; Thailand, Tak Province ; Asia; Miao


title: Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- Plaiting a Provision Basket

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.737; E00819

content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: a woman from the atoll Nonuti plaits a provision basket from eight sections of a coconut palm leaf.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians


title: Southeast Europe, Rumania -- Making of Black Ceramics at Marginea, Moldavia

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.656; E01660

content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Edited film: demonstrates the procedures used in making ceramics: cutting and dampening the clay, kneading, shaping clay balls, modelling, polishing with a pebble, stowing away in the kiln, firing, and removing from the kiln.
Legacy Keywords: Romania ; Southeast Europe, Rumania ; Europe


title: West Africa, Ivory Coast (Dan) -- Dance with a Poisonous Snake

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.124; E01577

content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection

content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, color sound, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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Edited film: a medicine man dancing with a Gabun viper performs risky tricks in order to prove that he is not afraid of the deadly bite of the snake.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Dan

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title: New Guinea, Middle Sepik (Aibom) -- Plaiting a Woman's Skirt

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.812; E01732

content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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Edited film: a woman produces a skirt from dyed sago palm leaves. She puts on the skirt and a friend cuts it to the desired length and removes the bark residue.
Legacy Keywords: Papua New Guinea ; New Guinea, Middle Sepik ; Oceania; Aibom


title: Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- Plaiting the Fishing Basket "Gaene ni kebe"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.736; E00818

content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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Edited film: a woman from the atoll Nonuti plaits a large fishing basket from two full coconut palm leaves that have been dried by the sun for a day.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians


title: Brazil, Tocantins Region (Craho) -- Dance of the "Kokrit" Masks

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.880; E00438

content: 1 Film reel (3 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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Edited film: four dancers with kokrit masks perform on the village street. They stop in front of a hut and demand small gifts from the inhabitants. Continuing the dance, they move on to the next dwelling.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Tocantins Region ; South America; Craho


title: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)

content: Local Number: HSFA 1975.5.1 - 21

label: Collection Producer

content: British Broadcasting Corporation

indexedContent: British Broadcasting Corporation

label: Collection Host

content: Attenborough, David, 1926-

indexedContent: Attenborough, David, 1926-

label: Collection Director

content: MacIntyre, Michael

indexedContent: MacIntyre, Michael

content: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)

indexedContent: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)

content: Film reels (color sound, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes), Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Outtakes from edited film includes: series of detailed close up shots taken inside the cult house of a cargo cult leader; David Attenborough shown with native hosts handling cult objects; queries about the significance of the objects; perambulations between the rooms of the house; entry into the inner sanctum where objects are displayed on shelves, in baskets, or free standing; Attenborough eliciting mythic aspects of cult beliefs from his hosts; cult leader's followers functioning as work group beneath a thatched structure in preparation for a "custom feast" commemorating traditional lifeways.

Legacy Keywords: Cargo cults cult objects cult house Guadacanal ; Millenarian movements cargo cults Guadacanal ; Effigies cargo cults ; Leadership cargo cults Guadacanal ; Feasts ceremony ; Ceremony food preparation Guadacanal ; Tools in association with cult belief Guadacanal ; Dance hand movement Guadacanal ; Wealth shell money Guadacanal ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands ; Melita Island Lao lagoon ; Melanesians

unittitle: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)

title: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)


title: Thailand, Tak Province (Miao) -- Making Incense Rods

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.427; E01280

label: Collection Creator

content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)

content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, color silent, 16mm)

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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Edited film: pieces of bark from the incense tree are dried and pounded into dust. This dust is poured over long rods which were previously dipped into a sticky resin solution. This is repeated until the required thickness is obtained.
Legacy Keywords: Thailand ; Thailand, Tak Province ; Asia; Miao


title: Malekula (1975.1.1 - 8)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.1 - 8

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

indexedContent: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 1: Malekula films

content: 1 Film reel (color silent; 635 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content: Footage shot in the Lendombwey region of south central Malekula in 1974 among the Nambas includes shots of various daily activities: women and children around family huts; women preparing to depart their yards for gardens; daily chores of women including childcare; characteristic physical contact among family members during casual interaction, play, and food sharing.

content:
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unittitle: Malekula films

title: Malekula (1975.1.1 - 8)


title: Vanuatu slides

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides

content: January 1969

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: HSFA.1975.01, Subseries 5.5

content: Archival materials

label: Restrictions

content: Some of this material contains sensitive content and is not available for access. Please contact the repository for more information.

unitid: Collection 5.5

unitid: Series 5.5

unittitle: Vanuatu slides

unitid: Subseries 5.5

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title: Vanuatu slides