title: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection

label: Orthography Note

content:
Ju/'hoansi are the speakers of the Ju/'hoan language. Various cultural descriptors used
over the years include !Kung which is a language group containing three dialect groups,
one of which is the Ju/'hoansi; San, which is now regarded by the Ju/'hoansi to have
negative connotations; and Bushman, which ironically (given the derogatory history of
this term) is now preferred by the Ju/'hoansi as a term of dignity. (Orthography
information provided by Dr. Polly Wiessner, University of Utah anthropologist and longtime
field worker among and researcher of the Ju/'hoansi.)

The orthography of the Ju/'hoan language has changed many times, though an official
orthography was agreed upon and accepted by the Namibian government in 1991. The
finding aid, cataloging records, and shot logs for the Marshall collection at Human Studies Film Archives
continue to use the orthography used by the Marshall family beginning in 1950. These
spellings are usually anglicized versions of the official orthography. For example, the
name ≠Oma was usually rendered by the Marshalls as Toma; the place name /Aotcha as
/Gautcha or Gautscha.

The majority of the footage was shot in a region of Namibia (formerly South West
Africa) known as Nyae Nyae. In the 1960's, a portion of the Nyae Nyae area was
officially established as a homeland for Ju/'hoansi by the South West African
administration. This area, once called Eastern Bushmanland, is now known as Eastern
Otjozondjupa, however it is still referred to as Nyae Nyae by Ju/'hoansi and others. The
Nyae Nyae Conservancy, which encompasses a large portion of Eastern Otjozondjupa,
was established in 1996.

label: Filmography

content:
JU/'HOAN BUSHMAN FILM SERIES

1952 -- First Film [also known as !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari] (by Lorna Marshall)

1957 -- The Hunters

1959 -- A Curing Ceremony

1961 -- A Group Of Women

1962 -- A Joking Relationship

1966 -- !Kung Bushmen Hunting Equipment (directed by Lorna Marshall)

1969 -- N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

1969 -- An Argument About A Marriage

1970 -- The Lion Game

1970 -- The Melon Tossing Game

1971 -- Bitter Melons

1972 -- Debe's Tantrum

1972 -- Men Bathing

1972 -- Playing With Scorpions

1972 -- A Rite of Passage

1972 -- The Wasp Nest

1974 -- Baobab Play

1974 -- Children Throw Toy Assegais

1974 -- The Meat Fight

1974 -- Tug-Of-War

1980 -- N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman

1985 -- Pull Ourselves Up Or Die Out

1990 -- To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report

1991 -- Peabody Museum !Kung San Exhibit Video

2002 -- A Kalahari Family

In addition to Marshall's many published films on the Ju/'hoansi, he was also involved in a variety of other film projects. He shot and co-directed Titicut Follies, a film by Fredrick Wiseman. Working in association with the Lemburg Center for Violence Studies at Brandeis University, he shot and directed a series of short films about a police squad in Pittsburgh, PA, known as the Pittsburgh Police series. He also shot and directed If It Fits, a film about the failing shoe industry in Haverhill, MA. Marshall was also the subject of two television programs: Bushmen of the Kalahari, a National Geographic special which aired in the United States, and a Japanese program called Forty Years in the Kalahari, part of the television series, Our Wonderful World. All of these, as well as Marshall's Ju/'hoan films, are included in this filmography.

PITTSBURGH POLICE SERIES

1970 -- Inside/Outside Station 9

1971 -- Three Domestics

1971 -- Vagrant Woman

1972 -- 901/904

1972 -- Investigation of a Hit and Run

1973 -- After the Game

1973 -- The 4th, 5th, & Exclusionary Rule

1973 -- A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding

1973 -- Henry Is Drunk

1973 -- The Informant

1973 -- A Legal Discussion of a Hit and Run

1973 -- Manifold Controversy

1973 -- Nothing Hurt But My Pride

1973 -- Two Brothers

1973 -- $21 or 21 Days

1973 -- Wrong Kid

1973 -- You Wasn't Loitering

OTHER FILMS

1967 -- Titicut Follies (Co-Director, Cinematographer; film by Fredrick Wiseman)

1972 -- Ghana Drumming (uncompleted; collaboration with Nicholas England)

1974 -- Bushmen of the Kalahari (by Wolper Productions for National Geographic)

1975 -- Vermont Kids (series of short films; released in 2007)

1976 -- Festival of American Folklife (uncompleted; shot for Smithsonian Institution)

1978 -- If It Fits

1988 -- Our Wonderful World: Forty Years in the Kalahari (by Nippon A-V Productions)

label: 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: Creator

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

indexedContent: Marshall, John

content: Marshall, Lorna

indexedContent: Marshall, Lorna

label: Place

content: Namibia

indexedContent: Namibia

label: Topic

content: Anthropology

indexedContent: Anthropology

label: Provenance

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection was received over several years of accessioning from different parties.

content: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

content: 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

label: Culture

content: San (African people)

indexedContent: San (African people)

content: Bushman

indexedContent: Bushman

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

label: Summary

content: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection contains full film and video projects (outtake material), film production elements and edited films and videos, audio tapes, still photographs, negatives, transparencies, slides, published and unpublished writing by John Marshall and others, study guides for edited films, Nyae Nyae Development Foundation and Advocacy files, maps, and production files that include letters, shot logs, translations, transcriptions, editing logs, treatments, and proposals spanning from 1950-2000. This material comprises Marshall's long-term documentary record of the Ju/'hoansi of the Nyae Nyae region of the Kalahari Desert in northeastern Namibia. A great deal of the film and video footage focuses on one particular extended family, that of Toma Tsamko, whose ancestral home is at /Gautcha, an area with a large salt pan and a permanent waterhole. The life stories of some family members are captured in the footage; appearing as children in the 1950's, middle-aged parents in the 1980's, and pensioners in the final years of visual documentation. The Marshall Collection also documents other Ju/'hoansi living in Nyae Nyae and elsewhere, their relationships with neighboring ethnic groups, and national politics that affected Ju/'hoansi. Marshall also documented the local political body (the Nyae Nyae Farmers' Cooperative, or NNFC), the foundation he started (the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia, or NNDFN), and the ways in which both groups worked with and were affected by international development organizations and foreign aid during the 1990's.

label: Biographical / Historical

content:
John Marshall, filmmaker and activist, was born on November 12, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and on his family's farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Marshall first picked up a camera in 1950, at the age of 18, during the first of several expeditions to the Kalahari organized by his father, Laurence Marshall, the founding president of the Raytheon Corporation. The whole Marshall family - including John's mother, Lorna, and sister, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas - became engaged in a multi-disciplinary study of the Ju/'hoansi. Marshall's father assigned him the task of making a documentary film record of Ju/'hoan life and culture. Between 1950 and 1958, he shot over 300,000 feet of 16mm film (157 hours).

Marshall formed a close bond with many of his Ju/'hoan subjects, particularly with Toma "Stumpy" Tsamko, leader of the /Gautcha band. Amongst Ju/'hoansi, Marshall was known as Toma Xhosi, Toma "Longface". Probably because of this close relationship, he was forced to leave South West Africa in 1958 after his visa expired, and was not allowed back for twenty years.

During the 1960's and 1970's, Marshall became well-established as a cinema vérité filmmaker. After leaving the Film Study Center at Harvard, which he had co-directed with Robert Gardner, he worked briefly with Robert Drew and D.A. Pennebaker, and later collaborated with Fredrick Wiseman on Titicut Follies (1967). He forged friendships with leading documentary and ethnographic filmmakers, including Timothy Asch, Ricky Leacock, and Jean Rouch.

Throughout these years, Marshall continued to work with his extensive footage of Ju/'hoansi. He completed 15 short films, as well as the award-winning Bitter Melons. In 1968, Marshall partnered with Tim Asch to found Documentary Educational Resources (DER), to distribute and support the creation of ethnographic and educational film.

In 1978 Marshall was allowed to return to Nyae Nyae to shoot N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman. Finding his Ju/'hoan friends beset by illness, poverty, and growing social ills, John turned his attentions to development and advocacy work. Virtually abandoning his filmmaking career, Marshall started a foundation to assist Ju/'hoansi and spent most of the 1980's helping them establish water access, subsistence farming, and a local government. He began using film as an advocacy tool, and released several urgent, issuefocused videos to raise awareness of the Ju/'hoan struggle for self-determination.

Marshall continued his documentary record of Ju/'hoansi, directing his final shoot in 2000. A Kalahari Family (2002), his epic six-hour series, tells the story of the Ju/'hoansi from 1950-2000 and charts Marshall 's evolution from filmmaker to activist. He made his final visit to Nyae Nyae in 2004, and continued his advocacy work right up to his final days. John Marshall died due to complications from lung cancer on April 22, 2005.

John Marshall Chronology

1932 -- Born in Boston, Massachusetts

1950-1958 -- Marshall Family expeditions to study the Ju/'hoansi of Nyae Nyae

1957 -- Awarded B.A. in Anthropology from Harvard University The Hunters released

1958-1960 -- Associate Director (with Robert Gardner) of the Film Study Center, Peabody Museum, Harvard University

1960 -- Awarded G.S.A.S. in Anthropology from Yale University

1960-1963 -- Director, Bushmen Film Unit, Harvard University

1962 -- Sha//ge Curing Ceremony (early version of A Curing Ceremony), A Group of Women and Joking Relationship screened at Flaherty Seminar

1964-1965 -- Cameraman for NBC covering civil war in Cyprus

1966 -- Awarded M.A. in Anthropology from Harvard University

1967 -- Cameraman and Co-Director of Fredrick Wiseman's Titicut Follies

1968 -- Founded Documentary Educational Resources (DER) with Timothy Asch (first known as CDA, Center for Documentary Anthropology)

1968-1969 -- Cameraman and Director of film shoots for the Pittsburgh Police series, produced through the Center for Violence Studies at Brandeis University

1970-1974 -- Edited and released numerous short films, from both Ju/'hoan (!Kung) and Pittsburgh Police series

1972 -- Collaborated with Nicholas England (musicologist) on a film project documenting a family of drummers in Ghana (this film was never completed)

1972-1973 -- Travel to Botswana to film National Geographic's Bushmen of the Kalahari, produced by Wolper Productions

1974 -- If It Fits, documentary on failing shoe industry in Haverhill, MA, released

1976 -- Director and cameraman of film shoots for Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife

1978 -- Film shoot in Nyae Nyae for N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

1980 -- N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman released and broadcast on PBS as partof the Odyssey series

1980-1982 -- Conducted genealogical survey in Nyae Nyae with Claire Ritchie

1982 -- Founded the Ju/wa Cattle Fund (later known as the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia)

1985 -- Pull Ourselves Up or Die Out, Marshall's first "field report" edited on video, released

1989 -- Returns to Boston after Namibian independence

1991 -- To Hold Our Ground, another "field report" is aired on Namibian television shortly before a national Land Rights Conference

1993 -- The Cinema of John Marshall published

1995 -- Awarded Honorary M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design

2000 -- Final video shoot in Nyae Nyae

2002 -- A Kalahari Family premieres at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York City; released for general distribution in 2003

2004 -- Makes final visit to Nyae Nyae; presents proposal for water point protections

2005 -- Dies in Boston, Massachusetts

label: Extent

content: 2 Boxes (map drawers)

content: 3 Video recordings (published videos or video series)

content: 99 Linear feet (714,405 feet (332 hours) 16mm film, 435 hours video tape, 309 hours audio tape, 21 published film and video titles, 29 unpublished film and video titles, 14 linear feet paper records)

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1950/2000 type:inclusive

label: Custodial History

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000 is
comprised of several individual accessions. In 1983 John Marshall deposited the film
and audio created from 1950-1978. Prior to that time, the materials were held in various
locales in the Boston, MA area where Marshall lived and worked.

In 2005, 2008 and 2009, Cynthia Close, Executive Director of Documentary Educational
Resources (DER), deposited the audiovisual materials, paper records, and photographs
created from 1981-2000, as well as published and unpublished films and videos. These
materials had been held in DER's offices and in a storage warehouse near Boston, MA.

In 2008, maps and additional paper records were deposited by Marshall's wife, Dr.
Alexandra Eliot Marshall. These materials had been kept at her home near Boston, MA.
The older maps had been stored in the attic since 1992; prior to that they had been in
Lorna Marshall's home in Cambridge, MA. Some newer maps had been located in
Marshall's home in Peterborough, NH. In 2009, Mrs. Marshall also deposited master
video elements for A Kalahari Family; these had been stored at DER's offices.

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Video recordings

indexedContent: Video recordings

content: Documentary films

indexedContent: Documentary films

label: Citation

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

label: Arrangement

content: This collection is arranged in 13 series: (1) Unedited Film and Video Projects, 1950-1978, 1981-2003; (2) Published Films and Videos, 1952-2002; (3) Unpublished Films and Videos, 1959-1962, circa 1965; (4) Audio, 1950s, 1978-1990; (5) Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations, 1951-2000; (6) Production Files, 1952-2004; (7) Correspondence, 1968-2003 [bulk 1993-2000]; (8) Nyae Nyae Development Foundation & Advocacy Files, 1975-2003 [bulk 1984-2003]; (9) Published and Unpublished Writing, 1957-1958, 1980-1999, 2007; (10) Study Guides, 1974, 1982; (11) Writings by Others & Press, 1952-1953, 1965-2005; (12) Photographs, 1930s, 1946-2003; (13) Maps, 1872, 1879, 1914, 1933-1989.

label: Processing Information

content:
The film and video projects were kept in their original, numbered order, which in most
cases is the original shooting order. Likewise, original field audio recordings have been
organized in chronological order by sound roll number. Published and unpublished films
and videos have been organized alphabetically.

The titles for published films and videos are written in all caps. "Known as" titles for
unpublished works are written in title case. Assigned titles are placed within square
brackets.

The paper records in this collection were received partially organized; they have now
been arranged in several series and subseries. Original folder titles were generally
retained, with assigned titles placed within square brackets.

For details on the processing of the 83.11 accession, see John Bishop's processing report
and his article, Hot Footage/Cold Storage. There are also processing reports for the
2005.11, 2008.8, 2008.9, and 2008.10 accessions.

Thanks to Mark White and Pamela Wintle for guidance in processing this collection, and
to Daisy Njoku and Lorain Wang for assistance in crafting this guide.

Processed by Karma Foley, April 2009.

Encoded by Rihoko Ueno, December 2011.

Revisions encoded by Jan Danek, October, 2017.

label: Rights

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

label: Publications about Marshall's Work

content:
Anderson, Carolyn and Thomas Benson

1991    Tödliche Mythen, Die sichtbare und die unsichtbare Realität,  -- The Hunters -- , Ein Interview von C. Anderson und T. Benson. In R. Kapfer, W. Petermann, and R. Thoms (Eds.),  -- Jäger und Gejagdte: John Marshall und Seine Filme -- , pp. 9-50, 103-117, 118-122, 135-164. München: Trickster Verlag.

1993     -- Put Down the Camera and Pick Up the Shovel: An Interview with John Marshall. --  In Jay Ruby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp 135-168. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers.

Asch, Patsy

2007    From Bushmen to Ju/'Hoansi: A Personal Reflection on the Early Films of John Marshall. In Beate Engelbrecht (Ed.),  -- Memories of the Origins of Ethnographic Film -- , pp. 71-85. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Asch, Timothy and Patsy Asch

1987    Images that Represent Ideas: The use of Films on the !Kung to TeachAnthropology. In Megan Biesele (Ed.),  -- The Past and Future of !KungEthnography: Critical Reflections and Symbolic Perspectives -- . Hamburg:Helmut Buske Verlag.

Biesele, Megan

1993    The Future of the Bushmen's Past: Developing People and Pictures. In Jay Ruby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp. 205-212. Philadelphia:Harwood Academic Publishers.

Bishop, John

1993    Hot Footage/Cold Storage: The Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Archive. In Jay Ruby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp. 213-230. Philadelphia:Harwood Academic Publishers.

2008    Life by Myth: The Development of Ethnographic Filming in the World of John Marshall. In Beate Engelbrecht (Ed.),  -- Memories of the Origins of Ethnographic Film -- , pp. 87-94. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Cabezas, Sue Marshall

1993    Filmography of the Works of John Marshall. In Jay Ruby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp. 231-268. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers.

Dickens, Patrick

1994     -- English-Ju|'hoan / Ju|'hoan-English Dictionary -- . Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.

Draper, Patricia

1974 Review of  -- !Kung Bushman Film Series --  by John Marshall.  -- American Anthropologist, 76 -- (3), pp. 689-691.

Durington, Matthew

2004    Review Essay: John Marshall's Kalahari Family.  -- American Anthropologist, 106 -- (3), pp. 589-594.

Gonzalez, Nancy

1993    An argument about a film. In Jay Ruby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp. 179-194. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers.

Gordon, Robert

2003    Introduction: Essays on  -- A Kalahari Family. Visual Anthropology Review, 19 -- (1,2), pp. 102-113.

Homiak, John

2003     -- A Kalahari Family -- : Some Thoughts on Reflexivity, Voice and Social Location.  -- Visual Anthropology Review, 19 -- (1, 2), pp. 128-134.

Homiak, John and Keyan Tomaselli

1999    Structured Absences: Shot Logs on the Marshall Family Expeditionary Films,1950-1958.  -- Visual Anthropology 12 -- , pp. 289-338.

Lomax, Alan

1972    Review of  -- Bitter Melons. American Anthropologist, 74 -- , 1018-20.

Ritchie, Claire

1993    Death by Myth: Ethnographic Film and the Development Struggle. In JayRuby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp. 195-204. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers.

Shankar, Guha

2003    The Kalahari Family: John Marshall's Films and the Promise of PartialEthnography.  -- Visual Anthropology Review, 19 -- (1,2), pp. 135-140.

Sylvain, Renee

2003    Between Rock Art and a Hard Place: Development and Display in theKalahari.  -- Visual Anthropology Review, 19 -- (1,2), pp. 141-148.

Speeter-Blaudszun, Sonja

2004     -- Die Expeditionen der Familie Marshall: Eine Untersuchung zur ethnographischen Erforschung der Nyae Nyae !Kung. --  Münster: Lit Verlag.

Tomaselli, Keyan

2004    John Marshall's Kalahari Family.  -- American Anthropologist, 106 -- (3), pp. 589-594.

Tomaselli, Keyan and John Homiak

1999    Powering Popular Conceptions: The !Kung in the Marshall Family ExpeditionFilms of the 1950s.  -- Visual Anthropology, 12 -- , pp. 153-184.

Wiessner, Polly

2003    Owners of the Future? Calories, Cash, Casualties and Self-Sufficiency in theNyae Nyae Area between 1996 and 2003.  -- Visual Anthropology Review, 19 -- (1,2), pp. 149-159.

Wilmsen, Edwin

1991    Die Dokumentation war ein Vermächtnis: John Marshalls San-Filme inhistorischer Perspektive. In R. Kapfer, W. Petermann, and R. Thoms (Eds.), -- Jäger und Gejagdte: John Marshall und Seine Filme -- , pp. 80-102. München:Trickster Verlag.

1999    Knowledge as the Source of Progress: The Marshall Family Testament to the"Bushmen".  -- Visual Anthropology 12 -- , pp. 213-265.

2003    A Kalahari Family Named Marshall: "I want a record, not a movie".  -- VisualAnthropology Review, 19 -- (1,2), pp. 114-127.

label: Marshall Family Publications

content:
Marshall, Lorna

1976    --  The !Kung of Nyae Nyae -- . Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

1999     -- Nyae Nyae !Kung Beliefs and Rites -- . Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall

1959     -- The Harmless People -- . New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

2006     -- The Old Way -- . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

label: Selected Bibliography

content:
Marshall, John

1957    Ecology of the Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari. Senior Honors Thesis,Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1958    Man as a hunter: huntsmen of Nyae Nyae.  -- Natural History, 67 -- , 291-309, 376-395.

1984    Death Blow to the Bushmen.  -- Cultural Survival Quarterly, 8 -- (3), 13-16.

1985a   Plight of the Bushmen.  -- Leadership S.A., 4 -- (1), 36-48.

1985b   Review of the Report:  -- Survey of the Bushmen Population in S.W.A. -- , by Francois Marais et. al. Windhoek, Namibia: Ju/'hoan Bushman Development Foundation.

1988    Bushmanland: Lives in the Balance (letter).  -- African Wildlife -- , 42(6), 357.

1989    The Constitution and Communal Lands in Namibia, Land Rights and LocalGovernments: The Ju/wa Case. Windhoek, Namibia: Nyae Nyae DevelopmentFoundation.

1991    Local Development or Poverty and Debt? The Future of Communal Lands inNamibia. Windhoek, Namibia: Nyae Nyae Development Foundation ofNamibia.

1993    Filming and learning. In Jay Ruby (Ed.),  -- The Cinema of John Marshall -- , pp. 1-134. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers

Marshall, John, Timothy Asch and Peter Spier

1973    Ethnographic film: structure and function.  -- Annual Review of Anthropology, 2 -- ,179-187.

Marshall, John and Emilie de Brigard

1975    Idea and Event in Urban Film. In Paul Hockings (Ed.),  -- Principles of VisualAnthropology -- , pp. 133-145. The Hague, Paris: Mouton Publishers.

Marshall, John and Charles Hartung

1986    Ju/Wa Bushman Rural Development Project. Report submitted by the Ju/'hoanBushman Development Foundation to the Government of Namibia.

Marshall, John and O. Levinson

1984 A People in Jeopardy.  -- Windhoek Observer -- , Dec. 14.

Marshall, John and Claire Ritchie

1982    Husbandry in Eastern Bushmanland. Development Plan Submitted to theGovernment of Namibia.

1984     -- Where Are the Ju/Wasi of Nyae Nyae? Changes in a Bushman Society: 1958-1981 -- . Cape Town: University of Cape Town African Studies Program.

1989    Ju/Wa Concepts of Property and Land Ownership. Windhoek, Namibia:Ju/'hoan Bushman Development Foundation.

Marshall, John, Claire Ritchie, and J.R. Gordon

1984    Open letter on the Ju/'hoansi of Bushmanland.  -- Cultural Survival Quarterly8 -- (1), 84.

label: Genre/Form

content: Documentary films

content:
The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection contains full film and
video projects (outtake material), film production elements and edited films and videos,
audio tapes, still photographs, negatives, transparencies, slides, published and
unpublished writing by John Marshall and others, study guides for edited films, Nyae
Nyae Development Foundation and Advocacy files, maps, and production files that
include letters, shot logs, translations, transcriptions, editing logs, treatments, and
proposals spanning from 1950-2000.

This material comprises Marshall's long-term documentary record of the Ju/'hoansi of
the Nyae Nyae region of the Kalahari Desert in northeastern Namibia. A great deal of the
film and video footage focuses on one particular extended family, that of Toma Tsamko,
whose ancestral home is at /Gautcha, an area with a large salt pan and a permanent
waterhole. The life stories of some family members are captured in the footage;
appearing as children in the 1950's, middle-aged parents in the 1980's, and pensioners in
the final years of visual documentation. Beginning in 1978, Marshall often conducted
lengthy and in depth interviews with many family members, in which they reflect on past,
present, and future, and often comment on specific film footage from earlier years which
was shown to them during the interviews. The collection is not limited to the /Gautcha
family, however; it also documents other Ju/'hoansi living in Nyae Nyae and elsewhere,
their relationships with neighboring ethnic groups, and national politics that affected
Ju/'hoansi. Marshall also documented the local political body (the Nyae Nyae Farmers'
Cooperative, or NNFC), the foundation he started (the Nyae Nyae Development
Foundation of Namibia, or NNDFN), and the ways in which both groups worked with
and were affected by international development organizations and foreign aid during the
1990's. The collection also documents changes to the landscape and wildlife of the Nyae
Nyae region.

label: Restrictions

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.

label: Related Materials

content:
The Human Studies Film Archives holds several related collections, including:

• The Nicholas England Collection, which consists of audio recordings from 1951-1961. This collection contains both originals and duplicates of audio tapes recorded during the Marshall Expeditions. (2005.9)
• The Journal of Robert Gesteland, kept during the Marshall !Kung Expedition VI, 1957-58. (2007.17)
• Master copies of the full film record of Bushmen of the Kalahari (1974), a television
program featuring John Marshall's 1973 visit to the /Gwi San of Botswana, produced by Wolper Productions for National Geographic. (2008.12)
• Reference copies of the full video record of Our Wonderful World: Forty Years in the
Desert, Nippon A-V's 1988 Japanese television program about John Marshall and the Ju/Wa Bushman Development Foundation. (2009.2.1)
• Master copies of the videotape "library" kept by John Marshall for reference and stock footage purposes. Compiled from various sources, the videos include news programs, documentaries, and raw footage of Ju/'hoansi and other San peoples from the 1920's --1990's, as well as interviews with John Marshall and his mother, Lorna
Marshall. (2009.2)
• Additional audio recordings, including interviews with Ju/'hoansi made by John Marshall and others. (2009.3)
• Full film record of [Ghana Drumming, 1972], an uncompleted project undertaken by John Marshall and Nicholas England, which documents a family of musicians. (2008.11)

The Papers of Timothy Asch, held at the National Anthropological Archives, contain
information on Asch's work with John Marshall at Harvard University from 1959-1963,
their collaboration in founding DER, and details on the use of Marshall's Ju/'hoan
footage in the development of MACOS (Man, A Course of Study).

There are also several closely related collections held at the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. These collections relate to the 1950's
Marshall Expeditions and include: Expeditionary Notebooks and Journals of Lorna and
Laurence Marshall; Journal of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas; the Marshall Family
Photograph Collection; and the Records of the South West Africa Expeditions, 1950-
1959. The Harvard Film Archive, Harvard University, holds film prints of several of
Marshall's published films on the Ju/'hoansi, including The Hunters.

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title: N/um Tchai, the Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

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content: McElwee, Ross

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content: Bishop, John Melville

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content: Ritchie, Claire

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content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994

label: Collection Creator

content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005

content: Marshall, Lorna

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content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 2: Published Films and Videos

label: Sponsor

content: Film reels (sound, black-and-white duplicate negative; 710 feet (19.5 minutes), 16mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: HSFA.1983.11, File 2005.11.35

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

label: Collection Rights

label: Scope and Contents

content:
This short film, shot in 1957-58, presents the N/um Tchai, or medicine dance of the
Ju/'hoansi. The film opens with a brief introduction to the role of n/um (supernatural or
spiritual medicine) in healing and in warding off evil, followed by scenes from one allnight
dance. The dance begins with a social gathering and becomes increasingly intense
as the night wears on, finally concluding at dawn.

label: Collection Restrictions

type: Collection

unitid: Collection 2005.11.35

type: Series

unittitle: Published Films and Videos

type: File

archival_repository: HSFA

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level: item

title: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)

label: General

content: Local Number: HSFA 1975.5.1 - 16

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)

label: Extent

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

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Outtakes from edited film includes shots of David Attenborough handling shell money; establishing shots of Lao lagoon with men in canoes; holding pens for pigs built on stilts over the water; a large canoe being paddled by a dozen or more children across the lagoon and up an inlet to collect fresh water; close up and mid-range shots of the children and canoes as they make they way up the inlet singing in pidgin English; landing the canoe and filing off with an assortment of containers; making they way up steep path. comments on the nature of head hunting in the Solomon Islands.

Legacy Keywords: Money shell money Melanesia ; Wealth shell money Melanesia ; Canoes transportation ; Villages settlement patterns ; Work groups children chores ; Speech pidgin ; Singing children Melanesia ; Carrying water ; Chores of children Solomon Islands ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands ; Melita Island Lao lagoon ; Melanesians

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: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)

type: Item

title: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)


title: Arabia, Hadhramaut -- Making a Funnel

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.718; E01192

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

content: 1 Film reel (17 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: a smith in South Yemen fashions a funnel by welding pieces of a tin can together.
Legacy Keywords: Yemen ; Arabia, Hadhramaut ; Middle East

usage_flag: Large EAD

unittitle: Arabia, Hadhramaut -- Making a Funnel

title: Arabia, Hadhramaut -- Making a Funnel


title: Central Asia, Nepal (Gaine) -- Dance Song with Accompaniment of Three "Sarangi" Fiddles

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.370; E01706

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, black-and-white sound, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: three members of the Gaine caste perform a narrative song. One instrument carries the melody while the other two provide accompaniment. Another Gaine improvises a solo dance composed of traditional movements.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Gaine


title: China 4: The First Empires

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2005.10.15

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 684 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Carleton College Library educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film: Focuses on the period of Chinese history between 221 B.C. and A.D. 220, which was marked by the advent of China''s imperial age with the Chin dynasty and the expansion of the empire under the Han dynasty.

Credits: Prod. by Indiana Univ., Wango Weng, and the China Institute in America

unittitle: China 4: The First Empires

title: China 4: The First Empires


level: collection

title: Melville Herskovits films

label: Creator

content: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963

indexedContent: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean)

label: Names

content: Herskovitz, Frances S. (Frances Shapiro), 1897-1972

content: Kahn, Morton C. (Morton Charles), 1896-1959

indexedContent: Kahn, Morton C. (Morton Charles)

content: Steiner, Ralph, 1899-1986

indexedContent: Steiner, Ralph

label: Place

content: Africa, West

indexedContent: Africa, West

content: Caribbean Area

indexedContent: Caribbean Area

content: South America

indexedContent: South America

content: North America

indexedContent: North America

content: Benin

indexedContent: Benin

content: Nigeria

indexedContent: Nigeria

content: Ghana

indexedContent: Ghana

content: Haiti

indexedContent: Haiti

content: Surinam

indexedContent: Surinam

content: Georgia

indexedContent: Georgia

label: Topic

content: Dance

indexedContent: Dance

content: Music

indexedContent: Music

content: Agriculture

indexedContent: Agriculture

label: Provenance

content: These films and related papers were transferred to the National Anthropological Film Center by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University in 1977.

label: Culture

content: Fon (African people)

indexedContent: Fon (African people)

content: Ashanti (African people)

indexedContent: Ashanti (African people)

content: Saramacca (Surinamese people)

indexedContent: Saramacca (Surinamese people)

content: Melville Herskovits films

indexedContent: Melville Herskovits films

content: Preservation supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the National Film Preservation Foundation.  Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

content: 5 Film reels (black-and-white silent)

content: 0.25 Linear feet

flag: datechar:creation type:inclusive

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: Melville Herskovits films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Processing Information

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

label: Rights

label: Selected Bibliography

content:
Herskovits, Melville Jean, "Book about Negroes,"  -- The Nation, --  (July 15, 1931), 68-69.

Herskovits, Melville Jean.  -- Life in a Haitian Valley. --  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.

Herskovits, Melville Jean.  -- Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom. --  New York: J. J. Augustin, 1938.

Herskovits, Melville J., and Frances S.,  -- Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana. --   New York: McGraw Hill, 1934.

 Kahn, Morton.  -- Djuka, The Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana. --  New York: Viking Press, 1931.

label: Genre/Form

content: silent films

indexedContent: silent films

content:
Edited footage shot in West Africa (1931), Haiti (1934) and Georgia (U.S. ca. 1930) for/by Melville Herskovits.

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.1977.01

unittitle: Melville Herskovits films

title: Melville Herskovits films


title: John Kilepak's Visit to Carmel, California

label: Local Number

content: HSFA 1990.17.1

label: Collection Creator

content: Roll, Barbara Honeyman

indexedContent: Roll, Barbara Honeyman

label: See more items in

content: Barbara Honeyman Roll collection

indexedContent: Barbara Honeyman Roll collection

content: 1 Film reel (color silent, 612 feet)

label: Date

content: September 1969

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: Barbara Honeyman Roll collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

label: Scope and Contents

content: Footage shot by Lenora Foerstel of John Kilepak's visit to Barbara and Fred Roll's home in Carmel, California. John Kilepak, Margaret Mead's primary informant in Pere Village, Papua New Guinea, is shown visiting a university campus and displaying Papua New Guinea statuary art at the Roll's home.

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: Barbara Honeyman Roll collection


title: Japan: People, Places, Customs

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.134

content: REMC 2 educational film collection

indexedContent: REMC 2 educational film collection

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 972 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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

content:
Edited film is a study of the culture, manners and traditions of the Japanese people and their place in modern history. Produced and distributed by Disney.

Legacy Keywords: Manners and customs

unittitle: REMC 2 educational film collection

unittitle: Japan: People, Places, Customs

title: Japan: People, Places, Customs


title: Walter Goetz World Travel Film Footage: Seattle World's Fair, Alaska, and Hawaii

content: Goetz, Walter, 1930-2018

indexedContent: Goetz, Walter

content: Walter Goetz films

indexedContent: Walter Goetz films

content: 3 Film reels (color silent reversal; 1,200 feet, 8mm)

label: Container

content: Item 2019.2.10

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Moving Images

indexedContent: Moving Images

content: Film reels

content: The Walter Goetz films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

unittitle: Walter Goetz films


title: Bravo Portugal!

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 1: Film documentation / 1.1: Paper materials found in film cans

content: 2 Folders

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1964/1966 type:inclusive

content: Box 5

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: Film documentation

type: Subseries

unittitle: Paper materials found in film cans

unittitle: Bravo Portugal!

title: Bravo Portugal!


title: West Africa, Ivory Coast (Baule) -- Mouse Oracle

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.91; E00888

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

content: 1 Film reel (2 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: two mice are placed in an earthern jug containing chicken bones. The mice are permitted to run over the bones, thus creating a pattern by which the future can be read.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Baule


title: Venezuela (Waica) -- Making a Bow

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.971; E00129

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

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

content: 1 Film reel (11 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: wood for the bow is cut from the trunk of a palm tree. After further hewing and polishing, the bow is rubbed with the juice of crushed leaves and is dyed red. The strings are made from bark bast and are finally stretched onto the bow.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela ; South America; Waica

unittitle: Venezuela (Waica) -- Making a Bow

title: Venezuela (Waica) -- Making a Bow


title: Central Europe, Baden -- Cart Wheeling at Buchenbach

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.524; E01148

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

content: 1 Film reel (17 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: a bonfire is prepared on a hillside outside the village on the first Sunday in Lent; the young men ceremoniously walk around the woodpile three times before setting fire to it. Wooden discs are placed in the fire until they glow; then they are thrown downhill towards the village, along with a wheel stuffed with straw that has been lit. An evening processional draws the celebration to a close.
Legacy Keywords: Germany ; Central Europe, Baden ; Europe


title: Central Europe, Baden -- Spelt Harvest in Bauland

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.517; E00923

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

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: triticum spelta, a previously widespread type of grain, is harvested with a sickle. The ears are separated from the stem and are then cured in a kiln.
Legacy Keywords: Germany ; Central Europe, Baden ; 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.

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


title: New England Fiddles

label: Local Numbers

content: HSFA 2002.3.8

content: Bishop, Naomi Hawes

indexedContent: Bishop, Naomi Hawes

content: Bishop, John Melville

indexedContent: Bishop, John Melville

content: John and Naomi Bishop collection

indexedContent: John and Naomi Bishop collection

label: Sponsor

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

content: 1 Film reel (28 minutes, color sound; 1,062 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: John and Naomi Bishop collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Edited film presents seven of the finest traditional musicians as they play in their homes and at dances and contests, passing their fiddle playing styles to younger fiddlers, and commenting on their music. Featured are Ron West (Yankee), Paddy Cronnin (Irish), Ben Guillemette(Quebecois), Wilfred Guillette (Quebecois), Harold Luce (Yankee), Gerry Robichaud (Maritime), and the Cape Breton style of Joe Cormier.

unittitle: John and Naomi Bishop collection

unittitle: New England Fiddles

title: New England Fiddles


title: India, Orissa (Eastern Khond) -- Moist Rice Cultivation

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.349; E00193

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

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

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: shows the steps taken to plant rice in flooded fields.
Legacy Keywords: India ; India, Orissa ; Asia; Eastern Khond


title: Indonesia, Bali -- Sanghyang and Ketjak Dances

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.357; E00236

content: 1 Film reel (5 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 girls dance the exorcistic Sanghyang while in a trance, accompanied by the traditional Ketjak dance of the men. All strive to ward off evil through the dance.
Legacy Keywords: Indonesia ; Indonesia, Bali ; Asia


title: [Translations by Megan Biesele]

label: Collection Collaborator

content: McElwee, Ross

indexedContent: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

indexedContent: Blitz, Daniel

content: 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 / 5.7: Film/Video Projects

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

content: Box 20

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: Film/Video Projects

unittitle: [Translations by Megan Biesele]

title: [Translations by Megan Biesele]


label: Local Number

content: HSFA 1995.3.1

label: Creator

content: Kernan, John

indexedContent: Kernan, John

label: Place

content: North America

indexedContent: North America

content: Labrador (N.L.)

indexedContent: Labrador (N.L.)

label: Provenance

content: Received from Captain Edward Farley in 1995.

content: Kernan, John

content: Film reels (black-and-white silent)

content: circa 1928

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

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: Unknown Falls: John Kernan's Exploration in Central Labrador, 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

content:
Footage of an expedition of Churchill River and another in central Labrador to Churchill Falls and then back down to Goose Bay settleemnt. Scenes of canoeing and poling through rapids, traversing rapids, using a sail on a canoe, negotiating waterfalls. Members of expedition pose with caribou antlers. Goose Bay Company Trading Post at settlement.

Legacy Keywords: Canoeing Canada ; Fauna caribou antlers Canada ; Expeditions river Canada ; Travel by water Canada ; Trading posts Goose Bay Company Canada ; Waterfalls Canada ; Canadians

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.1995.03


title: Espana

label: Collection Creator

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

indexedContent: Preloran, Jorge

label: See more items in

content: Jorge Prelorán films

indexedContent: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 6: Project Files

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

label: Date

content: Box 1

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

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

label: Collection Rights

label: Scope and Contents

content: Notes and other materials from a 1989 trip to Spain.

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.

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: Jorge Prelorán films

unittitle: Project Files

unittitle: Espana

title: Espana


title: Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 12)

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2 - 12

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

indexedContent: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 2: Tanna Island films

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 1,048 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 on Tanna Island during 1974 in the Yoohnanan village area. Footage includes sequences of traditional toka and nao dances performed within the revitalization atmosphere of the John Frum cargo cult. One of the principle aspects of cult belief is that the millennium will be ushered in only when the Tannese return to the traditional practices which have either been formally outlawed or negatively sanctioned by missionaries and the French Condominium government. These include the resumption of dance traditions, kava drinking, and traditional dress such as the wearing of penis wrappers by males. Shots of various communal dance sequences of men and women, two young boys dancing with ceremonial swords; a mass of naodancers with tall dance staffs of wild cane moving in circular maypole fashion. Adult men and boys riding astride tusker pigs as they are carried onto the ceremonial ground tied to palequin of poles; women dancing in colored grass skirts; tuskers sacrified by being clubbed to death; troupe of female dancers moving around the pigs and "riders" as they are carried onto the dance ground. (An essential reference for background information on activities depicted is: Guiart, Jean 1956 Un Siecle et Demi de Contacts Culturels a Tanna, Publications de la Societe des Oceanistes, No. 5, Musee de l'Homme: Paris.)

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: Tanna Island films

title: Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 12)


level: subseries

title: Vanuatu slides

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

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

content: September 1968

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: HSFA.1975.01, Subseries 5.1

content: Archival materials

label: Series Restrictions

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

unitid: Collection 5.1

unitid: Series 5.1

unittitle: Vanuatu slides

unitid: Subseries 5.1

digital_assets_available: true

title: Vanuatu slides


title: Malekula (1975.1.1 - 15)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.1 - 15

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

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

content: 1 Film reel (color silent; 1,289 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Footage shot in the Lendombwey region of south central during 1974 among the Nambas. Footage includes: peregrinations along trail leading to the ceremonial ground (bunsar); shots of carved phallic statues along the trail; panning of the ceremonial ground showing both large standing slit gong (ambulgai) and smaller gongs with decorations indicating preparations for ceremonial activity. Shots of ceremonial action at the bunsar which includes: arrival of young women holding specially wrapped bunches of nargai leaves and their perambulations around the periphery of ceremonial ground; a dance sequence by the women; a grieving woman with facial paint; arrival of men in full red-black-and white regalia at ceremonial ground; male dance action around the central slit gong; close up shots of elder male dancer conspicuously regailed; yams being unloaded from a large platform by male participants and placed before funerary effigies; shots of men dancing with the yams and then rearranging them in discrete piles (possibly for redistribution); a sequence of ritual drama during which the temes nevimbur ("marionettes", funerary effigies) and rhambarambs (funerary statues) appear from behind a "puppet stage" next to the bunsar; ceremonial offerings of yams before mortuary effigies with male elder ritually cutting the tips off yams with the tibia bone of a dead relative; sacrifice of a tusker in the ceremonial ground; interesting shot of two male participants encircled by the cord tethers of tusker pigs symbolizing their mutual dependency and obligations.

unittitle: Malekula films

title: Malekula (1975.1.1 - 15)


title: Slide roll #378

content: Local numbers: NEW HEB 1970 KM EKTA #378

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides / 5.11: Vanuatu slides

content: 31 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: May 1970

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

indexedContent: Slides (photographs)

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

unittitle: Slide roll #378

title: Slide roll #378


title: Slide roll #276

content: Local numbers: NEW HEB 1969 KM KODA #276

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides / 5.7: Vanuatu slides

content: 32 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

content: November 1969

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unittitle: Slide roll #276

title: Slide roll #276


title: Slide roll #34

content: Local numbers: NEW HEBRIDES 1970 KM KODA #34

content: Müller, Kal, 1939-

content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 5: Vanuatu slides / 5.13: Vanuatu slides

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

content: July 1970

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Slides (photographs)

unittitle: Slide roll #34

title: Slide roll #34


title: Barabaig sound recordings:

label: Collection Director

content: Klima, George J., 1922-2016

indexedContent: Klima, George J.

content: George J. Klima collection

indexedContent: George J. Klima collection

content: George J. Klima collection / Series 2: Barabaig publications / 2.3: Barabaig (film)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: The George J. Klima collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution.

content: The George J. Klima 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: George J. Klima collection

unittitle: Barabaig publications

unittitle: Barabaig (film)

unittitle: Barabaig sound recordings:

title: Barabaig sound recordings:


title: Photographs for Waveland Press edition

content: Klima, George J., 1922-2016

content: George J. Klima collection

content: George J. Klima collection / Series 2: Barabaig publications / 2.2: The Barabaig: East African Cattle-Herders (book)

content: 3 Photographs

content: 1 Slides (photographs)

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1985/1985 type:inclusive

content: 1985 July 12

label: Container

content: Box 3

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

indexedContent: Photographs

content: Photographs

content: Slides (photographs)

content: Original photographs likely circa 1955; correspondence and book date to 1985.

unittitle: Photographs for Waveland Press edition

title: Photographs for Waveland Press edition


title: Field sound documentation

content: Klima, George J., 1922-2016

content: George J. Klima collection

content: George J. Klima collection / Series 1: Barabaig field work / 1.2: Field sound

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1955/1964 type:inclusive

content: 1955-circa 1959

content: Box 1

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Text

indexedContent: Text

content: Arranged according to assembled film number. May date to post-fieldwork.

unittitle: Barabaig field work

unittitle: Field sound

unittitle: Field sound documentation

title: Field sound documentation


title: Buddhist chants

content: Klima, George J., 1922-2016

content: George J. Klima collection

content: George J. Klima collection / Series 3: Other professional activities / 3.2: Other academic materials / Music (sound recordings):

content: 1 Sound tape reel (1/4 inch)

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1953/2014 type:inclusive

content: undated

content: Item 2017.8.11-1 OS

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Sound tape reels

indexedContent: Sound tape reels

content: On reel: "Anthro Dept."

unittitle: Other professional activities

unittitle: Other academic materials

unittitle: Music (sound recordings):

unittitle: Buddhist chants

title: Buddhist chants


label: Local Number

content: HSFA 1992.5.1

label: Creator

content: Stansbury, Grace

indexedContent: Stansbury, Grace

label: Place

content: North America

indexedContent: North America

content: New Mexico

indexedContent: New Mexico

label: Provenance

content: Received from Barbara B. Kratz in 1992.

content: Stansbury, Grace

label: Culture

content: Pueblo

indexedContent: Pueblo

label: Biographical / Historical

content: Grace Stansbury was a librarian.

content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, color silent; 374 feet)

content: circa 1939

label: Custodial History

content: Previously titled "Grace Stansbury's Footage of Gallup Ceremonial ca. 1939."

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Silent films

label: Citation

content: Grace Stansbury film of Gallup Ceremonial, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Processing Information

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

label: Rights

content: silent films

content:
Footage shot of the Gallup Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico and various archeological sites. Footage of the ceremonial includes a parade in town including American Indians from Zuni, Hopi, Santa Clara, and Laguna Pueblos. Various activities shown on the fairground include dances such as the Apache Mountain Spirit or Devil Dance, rodeo-style riding of steers and horses, horse racing, and women's and men's tug-o-war. Other footage includes the archeological sites of Chaco Canyon, Frijoles Canyon, Puye (ancestral home of the Santa Clara Pueblo), and American Indians selling wares to tourists.

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.1992.05


title: Navajo Childhood

content: HSFA 1997.19.1

label: Collection Creator

content: Freedman, Daniel G.

indexedContent: Freedman, Daniel G.

label: See more items in

content: Daniel G. Freedman films

indexedContent: Daniel G. Freedman films

content: 2 Film reels (color sound; 2004 feet, 16mm)

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

label: Collection Citation

content: Daniel G. Freedman films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

label: Scope and Contents

content: Edited film examining the raising of Navajo children.

label: Collection Restrictions

unittitle: Daniel G. Freedman films

unittitle: Navajo Childhood

title: Navajo Childhood


title: Switzerland

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.7

content: Soule, Thayer

indexedContent: Soule, Thayer

label: Extent

content: 2 Film reels (color silent; 3,065 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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

content:
Edited film documents travel in Switzerland. Locales, landmarks, and activities shown include Geneva; the vineyard country above Lake Geneva; Montreux; Castle of Chillon; Neuchatel; Chocolat Suchard chocolate factory; Gstaad, popular summer resort with winter sports; Simplon Pass; Ticino; Lake Maggiore; shopping in Locarno; journey by lake from Lugano to Morcote; Interlaken; Lauterbrunnen Valley; woodworkers of Brienz; journey to Jungfraujoch; Firstbahn, longest chairlift in the world; Lucerne; Swiss hotels and eating fondue; villages along the Rhine; Stein am Rhein; Rheinfall waterfall; vineyards of the Rhone Valley; Valais; Fetes du Rhone; Zermatt; Gornergrat; Matterhorn; and Monte Rosa massif.

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

Legacy keywords: Cities and towns ; Nature ; Mountains g Europe ; Rivers Switzerland ; Lakes Switzerland ; Vineyards ; Hotels Switzerland ; Dinners and dining ; Athletics ; Artisans Switzerland

unittitle: Switzerland

title: Switzerland


title:
1 map, US Airforce Long Range Air Navigation Chart South Africa
(LR-59)

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 13: Maps and Kinship diagrams

label: Sponsor

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

content: undated

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: HSFA.1983.11, Item 2008.10.73

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.

unitid: Collection 2008.10.73

unittitle: Maps and Kinship diagrams


title: Shelly Whitebird's First Powwow

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.115

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 288 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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

content: Edited film presents a oung Indian girl, Shelly Whitebird, who is attending her first Indian powwow.

unittitle: Shelly Whitebird's First Powwow

title: Shelly Whitebird's First Powwow


title: Our Native American Friends

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.117

content: Matanuska-Susitna School District educational film collection

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 360 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Edited film presents three young American Indians (Apache, Miccosukee and Eskimo) sharing their culture and daily lives.

unittitle: Our Native American Friends

title: Our Native American Friends


title: CAN 44-50 1957-8, Expedition VI, Reels 83-95

content: McElwee, Ross

content: Blitz, Daniel

content: Bishop, John Melville

content: Baker, Peter

content: 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 5: Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations / 5.4: Expedition VI Shot logs and translations

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1983/1984 type:inclusive

label: Container

content: Box 13

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Field Notes, Shot Logs, Translations


title: World Cultures and Youth: Hasan the Carpet Weaver (India)

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.100

content: REMC 2 educational film collection

indexedContent: REMC 2 educational film collection

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 900 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

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

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Edited film presents a boy in Kashmir learning traditional rug weaving from his grandfather.

Legacy Keywords: Domestic and family life ; Rugs ; Weaving g ; Children

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: REMC 2 educational film collection


title: Releases, captions, and field logs

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 2: Still photography documentation

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1958/1996 type:inclusive

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

content: undated

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: HSFA.2015.16, Subseries 2.2

content: Archival materials

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

content:
This subseries consists of identifying information in the form of captions, field logs, and legal releases for still photography associated with Chickering and Porterfield's film productions.

Though captions arrived unassociated with the numbered slides they describe, it is likely they do correspond to some set in the collection; see series 9.

Arranged chronologically.

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 2.2

unitid: Series 2.2

unittitle: Still photography documentation

unitid: Subseries 2.2

unittitle: Releases, captions, and field logs

title: Releases, captions, and field logs


title: Installation of Yang Di-Pertuan Agong IV of Malaysia

content: Local Number= HSFA 1994.20.9

content: Peace Corps film collection

indexedContent: Peace Corps film collection

content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 948 feet)

content: undated

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Peace Corps film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Edited film by the Peace Corps documents the installation of a new constitutional monarch in Malaysia. This film documents the induction of Tuanku Ismail Nasiruddin Shag Almarhum Sultan Zainol Abidin as Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Footage documents the process of crowning a new monarch and outlines his powers. Also included is footage of the celebration and festivities surrounding this event. Footage incudes a parade with floats, an evening banquet, a performance which inludes four traditional Malaysian dances, and a fireworks display. Film also known as "Portabalan Yang Di-Pertuan Agong IV".

Legacy Keywords: Peace Corps Asia ; Ceremonies Asia ; Kingship Asia ; Parades Asia ; Procession secular Asia ; Power politics Asia ; Government officials Asia ; Dance traditional Asia ; Fireworks display of Asia ; Election of political leader Asia ; Malays (Asian people)

unittitle: Peace Corps film collection


title: Gilbert Islands, Tabiteuea (Micronesians) -- Building a Sleeping House

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.791; E00834

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

content: 1 Film reel (24 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 all of the important steps undertaken in a ten-day working period as a house is constructed in the village of Buariki on the atoll Tabiteuea. This sleeping house is built in a style which has been customary in the Gilbert Islands since the seventh century -- a four-post house of rectangular design with a gable roof, no walls, and a platform built about one meter off the ground. While the men finish the frame construction the women work to make roof coverings from old coconut palm leaves which are tied to the lattice work.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Tabiteuea ; Oceania; Micronesians


title: Arabia, Hadhramaut -- Preparation of Clay; Forming an Ibex

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.710; E01184

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

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

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

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: shows a potter in South Yemen who mixes clay, kneads it with his feet and hands, then sculpts the figure of an ibex (wild goat).
Legacy Keywords: Yemen ; Arabia, Hadhramaut ; Middle East


title: Dead Birds

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2005.10.47

content: 3 Film reels (color sound; 2988 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Carleton College Library educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Edited film: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. Describes a photographic and ethnographic study sponsored by the Peabody Museum from Feb. 1961 to Nov. 1963 of the Dani, a people dwelling in the Grand Valley of the Baliem, high in the mountains of West New Guinea.  Examines the customs and the primitive warfare of the Dani.

Credits: Prod. by Robert Gardner Peabody Museum, Dir. by Robert Gardner

unittitle: Dead Birds

title: Dead Birds


title: Ancient Egyptian

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.81

content: REMC 2 educational film collection

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 972 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

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

content:
Edited film shows ancient Egyptian history from 2700 B.C. to the Roman conquest. Portrayed are the religion and daily activities of the pharaohs and citizens. Shown are scenes of the building of the Aswan dam on the Nile.

Legacy Keywords: History ; Egyptology

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: Ancient Egyptian

title: Ancient Egyptian


title: Wedding

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 / 2.3: Sound recordings / 2.3.2: Cassette tapes

content: 9 Sound cassettes

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Sound cassettes

indexedContent: Sound cassettes

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: Sound recordings

unittitle: Cassette tapes

unittitle: Wedding

title: Wedding


title: East Africa, Kordofan (Katla) -- Pottery: Making Jugs

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.255; E00668

label: Collection Creator

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

label: See more items in

content: 1 Film reel (29 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: clay from a termite hill is ground and mixed with water. Two female potters form basic vessel shapes with concentric pieces of clay. Once the finished products have been allowed to dry they are covered with dried dung and are fired.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; East Africa, Kordofan ; Africa; Katla


title: Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region (Waica) -- Extracting the Dyestuff "Nana"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.977; E01802

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

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

label: Date

label: Archival Repository

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: a young woman from Bisha-ashi-teri picks the thorny onoto fruit in the bush. At home she removes the stones from the fruit and boils the fatty red stones in water. Eventually the water boils off and the finished dye remains.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region ; South America; Waica


title: Fiestas en Volcan [Higueras, Photographs]

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

indexedContent: Preloran, Jorge

content: Jorge Prelorán films

indexedContent: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 9: Photographs

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

content: Box 2

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Type

content: Archival materials

label: Collection Citation

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

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

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: Jorge Prelorán films

unittitle: Photographs


title: Explorers Tales: the Tale of the Common Tongue

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.41

content: Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962

indexedContent: Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans)

content: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

indexedContent: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

content: Father Bernard Hubbard collection

indexedContent: Father Bernard Hubbard collection

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

content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 883 feet, 16mm)

content: circa 1928-1960

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Father Bernard Hubbard collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

label: Collection Rights

label: Scope and Contents

content:
Edited film depicts Father Bernard J. Hubbard, known as the  Glacier Priest,

Legacy Keywords: Geology ; Glaciers

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: Father Bernard Hubbard collection


title: West Africa, Ivory Coast (Dan) -- Singing Mask "Polonida" at Gelgpleple

label: General

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.121; E01574

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

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

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

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

content:
Edited film: this singing and dancing mask is a member of the same family as the Djaka mask. It addresses the audience with its songs, which are created spontaneously. In earlier days women were not allowed to see this mask; modern ways now make this activity possible.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Dan

label: Collection Restrictions


title: Central Europe, Upper Austria -- Folk Dance "Steinhauser Landler"

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.501; E02004

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

label: Extent

content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white sound, 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 a performance of this dance, which is similar to the Lambachen Landler (E02003). The Landler is traditionally followed by a Bavarian Polka. Two violins and a double bass provide the typical accompaniment.
Legacy Keywords: Austria ; Central Europe, Upper Austria ; Europe


title: West Asia, South Iraq (Ma'dan Arabs) -- Building a Hut of Reeds with a Gable Roof

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.686; E00153

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

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

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content:
Edited film: shows a house being built by the Ma'dan, who live in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. All of the steps needed to construct the house are undertaken at the same time.
Legacy Keywords: Iraq ; West Asia, South Iraq ; Middle East; Ma'dan Arabs


title: Zen and Now

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2005.10.142

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 504 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Carleton College Library educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

content:
Edited film: Discusses the Zen philosophy of living for the present, developing sensory awareness and appreciating the beauty of nature.

Credits: Prod. by Hartley Productions, Dir. By Irving and Elda Hartley

unittitle: Zen and Now

title: Zen and Now


title: [Dickens, Patrick -- Ju/'hoan-English Dictionary]

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 11: Writing by Others & Press

label: Sponsor

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

content: Box 1

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: Writing by Others & Press


title: Yucatec Maya Film Project

label: Local Numbers

content: HSFA 1985.8.1

content: Smith, Hubert, 1938-

indexedContent: Smith, Hubert, 1938-

content: Hubert Smith collection

indexedContent: Hubert Smith collection

content: Film reels (color sound; 150,000 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

indexedContent: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Hubert Smith collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

content:
Full film record shot over a one-year period in the Yucatan Maya village of Chican (Mexico). Footage documents Mayan family life and agricultural practices with a focus on the relationship between traditional religion and the cultivation of corn. Social difficulties which arise from drought, family illness, and a government mandated "collective" orchard that goes against Maya cultural traditions are explored as is the pull of urban life upon a village family. The four-part film series, THE LIVING MAYA, which addresses issues of social change and modernization among the Maya, was produced from this project.

Legacy keywords: Agricultural crops ; Religion ; Health ; Children ; Villages Mexico ; Sign language ; Deafness

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: Hubert Smith collection

unittitle: Yucatec Maya Film Project

title: Yucatec Maya Film Project


title: Supplementary production material

label: Collection Director

content: Porterfield, Jeanne

indexedContent: Porterfield, Jeanne

content: Chickering, Lisa

indexedContent: Chickering, Lisa

content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 1: Film documentation

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1955/1968 type:inclusive

content: circa 1960-circa 1963

content: Human Studies Film Archives

label: Identifier

content: HSFA.2015.16, Subseries 1.4

content: Archival materials

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

content:
This subseries includes other materials related to film productions, including continuity sheets, anecdotes, and props.

Arranged chronologically by film release date.

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 1.4

unitid: Series 1.4

unittitle: Film documentation

unitid: Subseries 1.4

unittitle: Supplementary production material

title: Supplementary production material


title: Boy of Southeast Asia

content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.83

content: REMC 2 educational film collection

indexedContent: REMC 2 educational film collection

content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 576 feet, 16mm)

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

indexedContent: Film reels

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

content:
Edited film shows life in Southeast Asia (country unspecified) through Geng and his brother.  Shown are views of the countryside, school (science class and classmates playing games), girls fishing in the rivers, river boats with cargo and passengers and ancient temples.

Legacy Keywords: Children Asia ; Schools Asian ; Transportation Asian ; Temples

unittitle: REMC 2 educational film collection

unittitle: Boy of Southeast Asia

title: Boy of Southeast Asia


title: 1971 [W-X]

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

indexedContent: Preloran, Jorge

content: Jorge Prelorán films

indexedContent: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 4: Correspondence

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

label: Container

content: Box 6

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

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

content: Contact the repository for terms of use.

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: Correspondence

title: 1971 [W-X]


title: Reptiles Fosiles Triasicos de la Argentina

label: Collection Creator

content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009

content: Jorge Prelorán films

content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 1: Completed Films and Videos / 1.1: Films directed by Prelorán

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Archival materials

content: Educational film presents the history of the tetrapods from the Triassic period and their evolution toward becoming mammals. Includes footage of paleontologists excavating an area of  Ischigualasto, the Valley of the Moon, San Juan Province, Argentina, and reconstructing a cynodont. Film was shot around 1964 and released in 1965.

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: Completed Films and Videos

unittitle: Films directed by Prelorán


title: Bryan Dew films

label: Creator

content: Dew, Bryan, 1940-2006

indexedContent: Dew, Bryan

label: Place

content: North America

indexedContent: North America

content: Alberta

indexedContent: Alberta

content: Arizona

indexedContent: Arizona

content: Colorado

indexedContent: Colorado

content: New Mexico

indexedContent: New Mexico

content: Wyoming

indexedContent: Wyoming

label: Topic

content: Rodeos

indexedContent: Rodeos

content: Cowboys

indexedContent: Cowboys

content: Ranching

indexedContent: Ranching

label: Provenance

content: Received from Bryan Dew in 1999.

content: Dew, Bryan, 1940-2006

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content: Bryan Dew films

indexedContent: Bryan Dew films

content: 125 Film reels (black-and-white color silent sound; 38,368 feet, 16mm, 35mm)

label: Date

content: Human Studies Film Archives

content: Collection descriptions

indexedContent: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Film reels

content: Sound films

indexedContent: Sound films

content: Silent films

indexedContent: Silent films

label: Citation

content: Bryan Dew films, 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

content: silent films

indexedContent: silent films

content:
Collection consists of films of the American West created and collected by Bryan Dew.  Collection also contains production logs, lab receipts and other materials related to A Ten Dollar Horse and a Forty Dollar Saddle.

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.1999.12

unittitle: Bryan Dew films

title: Bryan Dew films