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Something to Build On

Directed by:
St. Clair Bourne, American, 1943 - 2007  Search this
Produced by:
Chamba Productions, founded 1971  Search this
Composed by:
Herbie Hancock, American, born 1940  Search this
Subject of:
Nairobi College, founded 1969  Search this
The City College of the City University of New York, American, founded 1847  Search this
St. Petersburg College, American, founded 1927  Search this
Clark Atlanta University, American, founded 1988  Search this
Morehouse College, American, founded 1867  Search this
Created by:
California State University, Los Angeles, American, founded 1947  Search this
Owned by:
Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Duration: 30 Minutes
Length (Film): 1190 Feet
Type:
sound films
color films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Place filmed:
East Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America
Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1971
Topic:
African American  Search this
Dance  Search this
Education  Search this
Football  Search this
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this
Sports  Search this
Urban life  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
Object number:
2012.79.1.54.1a
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Pearl Bowser Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5360af9b3-a3c4-46c5-83ce-cf770d242c24
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.79.1.54.1a

The Bronze Buckaroo

Directed by:
Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960  Search this
Created by:
Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960  Search this
Subject of:
Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014  Search this
Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969  Search this
Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969  Search this
Lucius Brooks, American, 1911 - 1999  Search this
Artie Young, American, 1915 - 1989  Search this
Murray's Dude Ranch, American, 1922 - 1960  Search this
Earle Morris, American, born 1897  Search this
Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971  Search this
Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969  Search this
Lee Calmes  Search this
The Four Tones, American  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Duration: 60 Minutes
Length (Film Reel 1): 1200 Feet
Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet
Type:
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
release prints (motion pictures)
feature films
16mm (photographic film size)
Place depicted:
Arizona, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed:
San Bernardino County, California, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1939
Topic:
African American  Search this
American West  Search this
Film  Search this
Race films  Search this
Western films  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
Object number:
2015.167.4.1ab
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d96e3200-eb3f-4304-a07f-87fbbb4586ba
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.167.4.1ab

Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

Created by:
Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994  Search this
Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008  Search this
Subject of:
Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994  Search this
Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Length (film strip): 450 Feet
Duration: 00:16:10
Type:
silent films
home movies
16mm (photographic film size)
Place filmed:
City of Freeport, Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
Date:
ca. 1951
Topic:
African American  Search this
Calypso (Music)  Search this
Composers (Musicians)  Search this
Conductors (Musicians)  Search this
Entertainers  Search this
Film  Search this
Jazz (Music)  Search this
Nature  Search this
Singers (Musicians)  Search this
Travel  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
Object number:
2015.273.2.3.1a
Restrictions & Rights:
Creative Arts By Calloway, LLC
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Archival Collections
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e9fa81f2-2932-4666-a010-31cf5011b2ab
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.273.2.3.1a

Wilhelmina Leigh home movie #1

Collection Creator:
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Place:
U. S. Capitol
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Roanoke (Va.)
Date:
1965-1966
Footage description provided by Wilhelmina Leigh:
Scenes were filmed, 1965-1966 – 30:30 minutes … –

1. … in Washington, DC, of sightseeing (National Zoo, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court building, and one of the Library of Congress buildings) and of the North American Blizzard of 1966; 2. … in Atlantic City; 3. … in Roanoke, VA, visiting relatives; 4. … in Boston, MA, as tourists and visiting relatives; 5. … of a meal in Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC; 6. … of Hampton Institute buildings and football game, Hampton, VA; 7. … of 1966 graduation at McKinley Technical High School, Washington, DC; 8. … of Cornell University buildings and scenery; and 9. … of visitors at 4215 Third Street NW, Washington, DC.

00:00 – 02:07 minutes Frederick M. Leigh filmed scenes of a visit to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Scenes feature Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh, as well as animals in the National Zoo.

02:07 – 03:43 minutes Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh sightsee near the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court building, and one of the Library of Congress buildings.

03:43 – 07:32 minutes Frederick M. Leigh shovels snow in the front and the back of the Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC. This snow fell as a result of the North American Blizzard of 1966, which dumped 12 inches atop 4 inches already on the ground in DC from a previous storm. Wilhelmina Leigh (in coat and scarf) comes up the stairs that Frederick M. Leigh is shoveling in the front of the house.

07:33 – 8:02 minutes Footage of buildings cannot be identified.

08:02 – 11:08 minutes Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh were filmed in various settings in Atlantic City, NJ, and in other locales that cannot be identified.

11:08 – 14:43 minutes Scenes were filmed in Roanoke, VA, where Frederick M. and Velma D. Leigh were visiting relatives and friends – including Mrs. Elizabeth Fishburn, her daughter Susie Mae Holland, Alphonso Holland, Effie Dunnaville (mother of Velma Dunnaville Leigh), and other individuals who cannot be identified. Additional scenes feature Jacqueline Leigh and Wilhelmina Leigh playing with their second cousins, the Lewis children – Chrystella, Adrian, Gary, and Rodney.

14:43 – 17:45 minutes Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh ("the Leigh family") were in Boston, MA, as tourists – riding the swan boats, and visiting the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common dedicated to the memory of Massachusetts soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Construction of the monument began in 1874, and it was dedicated on September 17, 1877. The base of the monument bears the following inscription:

TO THE MEN OF BOSTON WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY ON LAND AND SEA IN THE WAR WHICH KEPT THE UNION WHOLE DESTROYED SLAVERY AND MAINTAINED THE CONSTITUTION THE GRATEFUL CITY HAS BUILT THIS MONUMENT THAT THEIR EXAMPLE MAY SPEAK TO COMING GENERATIONS

The "Leigh family" also visited relatives in Boston, MA. They visited the service station (Lay and Hicks Flying A Station, 428 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA), then operated by James Edward Lay, brother of Frederick M. Leigh. Lay/Leigh family scenes were captured in the living room of the Lay family house at 13 Maywood Street, Roxbury, MA 02119. This footage includes John and Oelia Wood Lay; the Leigh family; James Edward Lay (brother of Frederick M. Leigh) and his wife Lillian Lay and son James Edward Lay Jr.; and LeRoi Ambers (nephew of Frederick M. Leigh and of James Edward Lay) with Carol Tabor, the girlfriend of LeRoi. (NB: John and Oelia Wood Lay were the: parents of Frederick M. Leigh and James Edward Lay, the in-laws of Velma D. Leigh, and the grandparents of Jacqueline and Wilhelmina Leigh.)

17:46 – 18:56 minutes Wilhelmina Leigh and Jacqueline Leigh posed in front of the Brunswick Inn, a Steak Pub and Manor House. I am unsure when and where this footage was taken. An "Honors House" at some college or university appears in one scene. My guess is that these scenes were taken during a college visit tour on which the Leigh family went prior to the high school graduation of Wilhelmina Leigh.

18:56 – 20:20 minutes Dinner meal at the Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street NW, Washington, DC, with: Charles Jones (boyfriend of Jacqueline Leigh), Jacqueline Leigh, Effie Dunnaville (mother of Velma D. Leigh), Frederick M. Leigh, Velma D. Leigh, and Wilhelmina Leigh (who stuck her tongue out at one point during the segment).

20:20 – 21:42 minutes Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh and Wilhelmina Leigh posed in front of buildings at Hampton Institute (Hampton, VA), during a visit to the school when Jacqueline Leigh was a sophomore. Blank tape is interspersed with footage of Velma, Jacqueline, and Wilhelmina at Hampton.

21:42 – 23:00 minutes Scenes of a football game at Hampton Institute (Hampton, VA) were filmed. Although Hampton (white uniforms with blue helmets) is one of the teams playing, I am unable to identify their opponent. Maroon and orange (the colors worn by Hampton's opponent in this game) are the colors of Claflin University (Orangeburg, SC). However, this school's football team played its last game on November 21, 1964. (http://thetandd.com/news/panther-football-from-the-ashes-of-a-sports-program-claflin/article_5269aaa3-051d-5ed9-a6ba-638d888674c1.html) It is possible that Claflin played Hampton in 1965, but I have no way of knowing. During the half-time of this game, the Hampton Institute band (in blue uniforms with a touch of white) and cheerleaders and/or majorettes performed, and there were speakers.

23:04 – 23:12 seconds On Christmas day, Velma D. Leigh and Wilhelmina Leigh posed near the tree in the living room at the Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC. 23:12 – 23:40 minutes Footage taken outside McKinley Technical High School, Washington, DC, at the 1966 graduation of Wilhelmina Leigh (in white cap and gown) includes: 1. Wilhelmina Leigh walking with mother (Velma D. Leigh) and sister (Jacqueline Leigh) 2. Rita Smith (another McKinley '66 graduate) speaking to Wilhelmina Leigh 3. Frederick M. Leigh walking with daughter Wilhelmina Leigh

23:40 – 24:39 minutes John and Oelia Wood Lay walk beside their house at 13 Maywood Street, Roxbury, MA 02119, and then sit on the front steps of the house, where they are joined by Velma D. Leigh and daughter Jacqueline Leigh.

24:40 – 30:00 Frederick M. Leigh exits the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge near Cornell University and checks on his car. Velma D. Leigh, Jacqueline Leigh and Wilhelmina Leigh appear in scenes taken in and around Cornell University. One scene includes Mary Donlon Hall, the dormitory in which Wilhelmina Leigh lived during her freshman year (1966-1967) at the university. Other campus buildings in the footage include Helen Newman Gymnasium, Balch Hall, Baker Laboratory, Clara Dickson Hall, and the chapel. Jacqueline and Wilhelmina Leigh pose near Cayuga Lake. The duo also poses with their mother in front of the statue of Ezra Cornell. Several unidentified buildings at the university appear in the footage, as well.

30:00 – 30:30 minutes Velma D. Leigh, Theresa Smith (a friend of Frederick M. and Velma D. Leigh), and an unidentified man (who accompanied Ms. Smith on her visit to the Leighs) are filmed while leaving the Leigh family house at 4215 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is available online for open research.
Collection Rights:
The Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.

Copyright for all works are retained by the creators of the original analog materials.
The contents of the Great Migration Home Movie Project are made available to the public for the purposes of education and scholarly research. The home movies digitized through the project are not available for commercial licensing. Educational and scholarly use may be considered on an individual basis.
Topic:
Capitols -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
United States--Supreme Court  Search this
Education -- Hampton Institute  Search this
Graduation (School)  Search this
High school  Search this
Blizzards  Search this
Christmas  Search this
Collection Citation:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts. Supported by the Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20171213_Leigh_R8_01
See more items in:
Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection
Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection / Wilhelmina Leigh Family
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3c5490571-daf6-48fd-adcf-16c86b75b8e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-sc-0001-ref636

Footage of the Cree Indians; British Columbia; Saga of the Snowshoe

Collection Creator:
Laszlo, Andreas E.  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (36 minutes, color silent; 1208 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1954
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot by Andreas E. Laszlo, M.D., of the Cree Indians and, in particular, the process of making snowshoes, during travels with his wife, Lucile, and friend Narcisse Nosky, a Cree Indian, in Cree trapping grounds near an unnamed tributary of the Jennings, close to Teslin Lake. Footage opens with a map of western Canada and snow covered mountains, a map of British Columbia with, presumably, a group of Cree and mongrel dogs carrying packs walking across snow and a topographical map followed by what appears to be an early fall Cree encampment in a wooded area. Dogs are harnessed to a sled and a small group of men and women leaves the camp, some on horses. There appears to be some difficulty getting the dogs harnessed and moving in the right direction. They travel through wooded areas and down a frozen waterway, and along a mountain top. An animal is killed, possibly a juvenile or female elk. The group sets up an encampment near a partially frozen river. Two Cree men look over a pair of broken snow shoes which begins the process demonstration of making a new pair of snow shoes. Two men on horse cross the swiftly flowing river followed by dogs struggling against the current. A Birch tree about eight inches in diameter is cut down, trimmed, and carried back across the river to camp. Smaller trees of about 2-3 inches in diameter are trimmed and stripped of bark. The following footage shows in some detail the making of a snow shoe including stages of creating and preparing the shoe's frame and turning up toe which is typical of a Cree snow shoe; drilling and burning holes for the lacing; preparing animal hide for lacing and cutting strips of hide for the lattice and wrapping the frame; and lacing with the strips of hide. In addition, repairing a broken snow shoe is shown. A man works with the frame and the women primarily process the hide and lace the lattice work. Footage ends before the snow shoe is finished.

Legacy Keywords: Snowshoes and snowshoeing ; Dogsledding ; Dogs Canada ; Trapping pelts ; Language and culture
Local Number:
HSFA 1999.3.3
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Andreas E. Laszlo films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Andreas E. Laszlo films
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9eeb81c74-5bef-4af1-8791-2f13ef6d727d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1995-04-ref4
Online Media:

Smithsonian Scientists Conduct Biological Survey on Bikini Atolls

Subject:
Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-  Search this
Morrison, Joseph  Search this
Bayer, Frederick M  Search this
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, Island
Date:
1946-1947
Topic:
Explorations and Expeditions  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Ichthyology  Search this
Atomic bomb  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13654
Online Media:

Ladakh Village Morning (1986.13.13)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (11 minutes, color sound; 400 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1981
Scope and Contents:
Edited film showing the early morning activities of a Tibetan family during harvest in Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Film was made from [Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India, 1978].

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic and family life ; Domestic animals ; Threshing ; Food preparation cooking
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.13
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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc93144c24d-d226-471a-a305-99c0bb6baaa4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref262

The Golden West

Collection Creator:
Soule, Thayer  Search this
Extent:
2 Film reels (1 hour 27 minutes, color silent; 3,134 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1957
Scope and Contents:
Edited film documenting travel by car through the American West. Scenes include: a tractor square dance in Early, Iowa; the Badlands of South Dakota; the Black Hills; Cody, Wyoming; Yellowstone National Park; wildlife; Mammoth Hot Springs; Old Faithful; the Grand Tetons; Cheyenne Frontier Days; Custer Battlefield; Virginia City; Glacier National Park; Blackfeet Indians; Waterton Lake; Grinnell Glacier; and Sun Valley.

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

Legacy keywords: National parks ; Animals ; Mountains United States ; Tourism ; Nature ; Historic sites ; Monuments
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.18
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc99be60467-6543-4c4a-9c9f-de3aba80f861
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1991-20-ref18

Tiberias - In Palestine

Collection Creator:
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (2.5 minutes, black-and-white silent; 30 feet, 9.5mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1963
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced by Pathescope of primarily Tiberias, capital of Galilee, including Jordon River flowing into Lake of Tiberias and Bedouins with their flocks of sheep. Film also shows Nazareth (Mary's well, Church of annunciation, cattle, and camels), Beduoins at an open air animal market, and an elderly Jewish man.

Legacy Keywords: Christianity ; Historic sites ; Domestic animals ; Marketplaces ; Language and culture ; Middle East ; Palestine ; Tiberias (Palestine)
Local Number:
HSFA 1997.3.7
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Film and Sound Archive of Australia films
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc94b054149-21e5-445c-8090-76f25349d5c4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1989-09-ref9

Melemchi Village, Nepal

Collection Creator:
Bishop, Naomi Hawes  Search this
Bishop, John Melville  Search this
Extent:
10 Film reels (5 hours, color sound; 10,800 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1986
Scope and Contents:
Full film record documents the cultural ecology of a Sherpa village at the head of the Helembu Valley, Nepal.

Footage begins with shots of Rhesus monkeys at the Buddhist shrine of Swayambanath in Kathmandu valley as part of research project observing the behavior of temple monkeys. Footage in the Melemchi village focuses on both subsistence and religious aspects of Helembu Sherpa culture. Documentation of subsistence includes herding and domestic activities of the Sherpa patrilineal households; harvesting changa, the high altitude barley from which the staple food, thombu is made; women threshing wheat in fields; women dairying in family pastures; spinnig lambs wool; weaving jackets; grindng grain and flour on the grindstone; women making yoghurt, butter and cheese; weaving bamboo mats. Documentation of religious and ritual depicts the coexistence of Buddhist and local Bon animist practices; a Nyin Lo ceremony conducted by a bombo (shaman) to exorcise bad spirits; the the torma (a ritual object representing a temporary house for the gods); man in trance drumming and calling spirits; chicken sacrifice; beating a woman with steamed branches to expunge the evil spirits from her; a Mikha Kyurgen puja done to reverse the negative effects of gossiping; the TupuTsezchu Festival, one of four festivals held annually in Melemchi to commemorate the work of Guru Rempeche, the Bodhisattva who brought Buddhism to Tibet; the Nara festival which honors the founding of the gomba(local Buddhist temple); the decapitation ofa yak as an offering. Also documented is the funerary practice composed of the procession where the deceased is carried in a chair to the funeral ground for cremation. Sequences also depict men carving decorations for the woodwork adorning houses; an arranged marriage; Sherpa man teaching a class to young students; playing the "adorje," a trumpet made out of a human thigh bone; lama reading Tibetan texts.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Temples prayer wheels Nepal ; Harvests barley Nepal ; Barley method of harvest Nepal ; Animal husbandry milking cows Nepal ; Seances spirit mediums ritual Nepal ; Mediums ritual spirit communication Nepal ; Spirits mediums communication with Nepal ; Ritual spirit mediums seances Nepal ; Chanting as part of ritual Nepal ; Musical instruments drums cymbals horns bells Nepal ; Agriculture corn barley grains Nepal ; Food preparation churning butter cheese Nepal ; Altars seances Nepal ; Animal sacrifice as part of ritual Nepal ; Purification ritual Nepal ; Mills grinding flour water driven Nepal ; Weaving wool looms Nepal ; Pastoral activities herding miling grazing Nepal ; Bells for keeping birds from crops Nepal ; Quarrying boulders for building stones Nepal ; Mortuary practices pallequin procession cremation Nepal ; Funerals cremation Nepal ; Priest lama chanting Nepal ; Temple gompa ceremony Nepal ; Bread ceremonial Nara bread gompa Nepal ; Dancing ritual social Nepal ; Woodworking carving Nepal ; Altars gompa Nepal ; Flags prayer flags raising of Nepal ; Potatoes cultivation of Nepal ; Shrines gompa Nepal
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1987.7.1
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
John and Naomi Bishop collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution 
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John and Naomi Bishop collection
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc97fb4afb1-7335-4356-a052-3d4f950b5c1f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1987-07-ref1

Melemchi Village, Nepal

Collection Creator:
Bishop, Naomi Hawes  Search this
Bishop, John Melville  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (6 hours 5 minutes, color silent sound; 13,000 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1989
Scope and Contents:
Full film record depicting life in the Sherpa village of Melemchi at the head of the Helembu Valley, Nepal. Footage complements Melemchi Village, 1986.

Filmed in the winter of 1989, the project was conceived to document the cultural ecology of Melemchi with the focus on the interactions between herd management, Sherpa cyclical wage labor and migration to India. Footage featuring holidays and religious ceremonies include: preparations made for Losar, Tibetan New Year which include pounding rice for rice flour (samba), baking "gipattis," (fried bread), the mounting of a new prayer flag, burning incense, villagers receiving blessings from their elders, gambling and cardplaying activities traditionally played on Losar; Yung,Buddhist ceremony where lamas read sacred texts in honor of Buddha's birthday; prostrations at Buddhist shrine. Footage of subsistance activities include: digging compost; the "Lari" system of farming where family and friends exchange help in reaping the crops; various kinds of work associated with transhumant zomo herds including the collection of fodder, milking and cheese making; building a new roof on a cow shed; women using sheeps wool to weave material for Sherpa jackets; men plowing fields using two bulls; cutting firewood and stockpiling for upcoming year. Footage relating to the seasons and climate include: snowball fights, children building snowmen, the seasonal migration to to lower winter pastures. ; Landscape and wildlife shots include the Yangrigang mountain where goddess Amachabriagi dwells across from Helembu valley, scenes of Ganesh Himal on the edge of Kathmandu valley, plateau farming, Rhesus monkeys around village temple, scenes of village fields in snow. Other events featured included: men congretating at a village forum to discuss issues such as the coming of electricity to Melemchi; picnic for the dedication of a new school; the distilling of Sherpa beer (chang) to make liquor (rakshi); rope handmade from nettle fibers; male sheep sold at Dasain festival; men using two-man saw to cut planks for new house. Also featured is a traditional Sherpa marriage "gapte kyungen" involving symbolic bride capture followed by the wedding celebration. Various interviews with Melemchi men and women with different social experiences and generational backgrounds included.

Collection is annotated by John Bishop, documentary filmmaker, Naomi Bishop, anthropologist, John Homiak, Human Studies Film Archives, and Nogabu, cultural informant from Melemchi.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Temples prayer wheels Nepal ; Harvests barley Nepal ; Barley method of harvest Nepal ; Animal husbandry milking cows Nepal ; Seances spirit mediums ritual Nepal ; Mediums ritual spirit communication Nepal ; Spirits mediums communication with Nepal ; Ritual spirit mediums seances Nepal ; Chanting as part of ritual Nepal ; Musical instruments drums cymbals horns bells Nepal ; Agriculture corn barley grains Nepal ; Food preparation churning butter cheese Nepal ; Altars seances Nepal ; Animal sacrifice as part of ritual Nepal ; Purification ritual Nepal ; Mills grinding flour water driven Nepal ; Weaving wool looms Nepal ; Pastoral activities herding miling grazing Nepal ; Bells for keeping birds from crops Nepal ; Quarrying boulders for building stones Nepal ; Mortuary practices pallequin procession cremation Nepal ; Funerals cremation Nepal ; Priest lama chanting Nepal ; Temple gompa ceremony Nepal ; Bread ceremonial Nara bread gompa Nepal ; Dancing ritual social Nepal ; Woodworking carving Nepal ; Altars gompa Nepal ; Flags prayer flags raising of Nepal ; Potatoes cultivation of Nepal ; Shrines gompa Nepal
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1990.5.1
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
John and Naomi Bishop collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution 
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Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9e73fe0a3-9e72-4fe4-9ab9-190f04d91788
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1987-07-ref2

Himba Wedding

Collection Creator:
Gibson, Gordon D.  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (33 minutes, color sound; 1200 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1969
Scope and Contents:
Edited film of wedding rites among the Himba, a pastoral Bantu people of Kackoveld in Namibia. Film documents the taking of a second wife by a Himba man and discusses the marriage in connection with intervillage kinship relations, bridewealth, and polygymy. Film includes: the adornment and ritualization surrounding zacirwa (seclusion of the bride), customary strangulation and butchering of a bridewealth ox and the reading of its viscera, onjongu dancing by guests, ritual capture of the bride by groom's age-mates, and ceremonial incorporation of the bride into the homestead of her husband. Includes sound recordings.

Legacy Keywords: Marriage rites of passage ritual phases ; Food preparation butchering ritual cooking ; Divination butchering augury ; Adornment headdress marriage nubility ; Bridewealth marriage animal sacrifice kinship relationships ; Avoidance groom mother-in-law ; Dancing celebration mimicry feasting ; Rites of passage seclusion bride veil bridal hut ; Symbols ritual bride prosperity ox stomach fat ; Marriage bride capture kinship relationships ; Residence post-marital virilocal ; Food consumption ceremony commensality marriage ; Feasting marriage groom seclusion age mates ; Animal husbandry pastoral activities cattle wealth ; Language and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Zacriwa bride ; Naango bride's mother ; Vesenga groom ; Cakoya bride's father's brother ; Kackoveld (Namibia)
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.5.3
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Collection Citation:
Gordon Gibson films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9f39d3468-1f1c-4799-8515-4784a0d737d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1983-05-ref2
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Himba Research Film

Collection Creator:
Gibson, Gordon D.  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (1 hour 40 minutes, black-and-white color sound; 4000 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1972-1973
Scope and Contents:
Full film record of a research film project documenting the Himba, a pastoral Bantu people of southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. Footage features documentation of a rainmaking ceremony with animal sacrifices to the ancestors and the annointing of ombale stones (rain shrines), the tending of cattle herds and the problems of drought, various musical performances, a baby-naming ceremony, and techniques of female hairdressing and braiding. Edited films THE HIMBA and HIMBA WEDDING were produced from this project. Includes associated texts, sound recordings, and production logs.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Ritual propitiation rainmaking ; Rainmaking magic sympathetic rocks water ; Animal sacrifice divination entrails ; Ritual annointing stones sacred ; Rainmaking ceremony descent group ancestors animal sacrifice ; Animal sacrifice suffocation blood ; Singing males praise songs cattle ; Shrines sacred rocks "ombale stones" ; Adornment women hair styles ; Clothing traditional leather sheepskin ; Hair styles sex status life cycle social identity ; Pastoral activities seasonal migration ecology ; Musical instruments horn pluriarch ; Music songs cattle praises oral history ; Naming infant rites of passage ; Ceremony naming annointing clan ; Inheritance cattle ceremony baby naming ; Milk purification sacred cattle ritual tasting ; Curing singing women trance ; Adornment necklaces wristbands women ; Adornment hair styles women braiding ; Hair styles hair dressing braiding grease wood ash red ochre ; Tillage division of labor by sex hoe ; Hair styles boys clan membership ; Animal husbandry division of labor by sex herding milking ; Seasonal migrations ; Rites and ceremonies
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.5.1
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Collection Citation:
Gordon Gibson films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9e62fd8dd-3638-4db5-ba12-89b1a6d57e22
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1983-05-ref3
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Kuvale Research Film

Collection Creator:
Gibson, Gordon D.  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (30 minutes, color silent; 1200 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1971
Scope and Contents:
Full film record documenting the pastoralist Kuvale people of the Mocamedes Desert, Mbambi region, southwestern Angola. Footage documents the organization of Kuvale homesteads and styles of dress and adornment. Various leisure, child-rearing, and domestic activities include: hairdressing, women grinding grain and milking cows, men butchering animals, and prepartion of meals. Includes sound recordings, annotation, filming logs.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Homesteads domestic groups marriage ; Adornment women hair styles ; Clothing and dress ; Child rearing ; Food preparation cooking ; Food crops g ; Milking ; Butchering
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.5.5
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Gordon Gibson films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9a0a31bd0-5aa2-42a4-a1a2-f87d28d7aa20
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1983-05-ref6

The Hoax

Collection Creator:
Schuyler, John B., III  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white sound; 302 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1932
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced by the Matto Grosso Expedition in Brazil. This semi-documentary film centers on the story of a young (Sao Lourenco) Bororo boy, who one day will be chief, preparing for and going on a hunt. He is shown speaking with an elder, making an arrow, feeding his pet otters, leaving for the hunt riding a tapir, and unsuccessfully hunting with bow and arrows. He comes across a dead iguana which he shoots in order to bring back to the village as game that he has killed. However, the village men know from the smell of the dead animal that a hoax has been played on them.

E. R. Fenimore Johnson, son of the founder of Victor Talking Machine (the world's leading sound recording company) and board member of the University of Pennsylvania Anthropological Museum, sponsored the expedition to Brazil with the express purpose of recording rapidly disappearing Amazonian cultures, including their languages. Through his Hollywood contacts, Johnson tapped technical talent and acquired the expensive and cumbersome sound recording equipment for the expedition.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1991.7.1
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Collection Citation:
John B. Schuyler III films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9e94ef165-5471-462c-9a2e-592d449db4fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1991-07-ref1

Jennifer Levonian, Second Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
Video recordings
Podcast
MIME Type:
video/m4v
Uploaded:
Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 EST
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
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Face-to-Face, from the National Portrait Gallery
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:podcasts_7a86418b70bd497b807fb66061692d7b

Jerry Payne film of decomposition of baby pigs

Creator:
Payne, Jerry A.  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (6 minutes, Color, silent, 16mm)
0.25 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1965
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot by Jerry Payne for the first detailed study of arthropod succesion in animal decomposition and the first to use a pig as the model.

Because a pig closely approximates the human body, the data generated could be used in modern forensic science to approximate the time of human deaths. The time lapse footage was taken over 4 days and demonstrates the sequence of tissue destruction and the role of insects in the ultimate dismemberment of the carcass and soil movement. Pink and purple beads were added to show the intense activities of the insects in moving the carcass and soil.

A hardbound copy of Payne's graduate thesis related to the film is also available.

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.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2007.8.1
Provenance:
Received from Jerry Payne in 2007 and 2012.
Restrictions:
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Identifier:
HSFA.2007.08
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc96b8b059f-9091-444d-9609-c7eed5477d59
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2007-08
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Tip top of the Earth: Arctic Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series

Creator:
Van Valin, William B., 1878-  Search this
Extent:
10 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 6,950 feet, 35mm)
Culture:
Alaskan Eskimo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
North America
Alaska
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
Nome (Alaska)
Arctic regions
Date:
1912-1918
Scope and Contents:
Edited film shot by William Van Valin as leader of the John Wanamaker Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The film, that later toured in a film-lecture series by Van Valin, is known under the main title TIP TOP OF THE EARTH: Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series. Series includes the titles: SCENES AT NOME, ALASKA; ESKIMO SPORTS; SCENES AT POINT BARROW, ALASKA; ESKIMO REINDEER INDUSTRY; ESKIMO SEAL HUNTING; ESKIMO WHALING [Parts I and II]; and MIDNIGHT SUN SCENES. Sequences include: the steamship Victoria landing passengers at Nome, Alaska; hydraulic mining along the Bering Sea beach near Nome; a umiak with Eskimos aboard being towed; old Eskimo man cleaning salmon and preparing his pipe; salmon drying on elevated racks; summer camp activities among the Eskimos; natives dancing, drumming, racing umiaks, and participating in foot races as part of Fourth of July festivities in Nome; Eskimo barber demonstrating technique of hair cutting with stone knife; scenes of winter life including igloos covered with blocks of snow; Eskimos with dog teams and sleds; Eskimo games and forms of recreation including a form of whaling sport known as nela-ka-tuk, tossing a person on a stretched walrus hide. Also depicted are various activities relating to the Eskimo food quest: activities associated with whaling which include sledding umiaks overland through snow, hauling a whale through hole cut in polar ice, and butchering whales; activities relating to Eskimo reindeer herding, culling out males and butchering animals; and scenes relating to seal hunting, butchering seals, and the use of their hides. Included are shots of archaeological excavations conducted at early Arctic habitations showing exposed skeletal and cranial remains. (Also as part of this collection is miscellaneous footage of a rabbit drive, a mule team pulling wagons and unidentified locations). Collection also contains a book.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Ships steamships Nome Alaska ; Mining hydralic Nome Alaska ; Dogs as transportation Alaska ; Sleds as transportation Alaska ; Fishing salmon Alaska ; Boats use in hunting Alaska ; Hunting guns Alaska ; Food quest hunting fishing whaling Alaska ; Food preparation butchering drying Alaska ; Food preservation techniques of Alaska ; Cooking utensils ; Ecology seasonal movements Alaska ; Ecology seasonal movements ; Dancing drums Alaska ; Drumming dancing ceremony ; Food communal distribution Alaska ; Animal husbandry reindeer Alaska ; Herding reindeer Alaska ; Hides seals preparation of ; Boats umiaks used as shelter Alaska ; Archaeology excavations Alaska ; Recreation community Nelakatuk ; Whaling butchering Alaska

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.
Provenance:
Received from Jewely Van Valin in 1986.
Restrictions:
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.
Rights:
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Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
Tip top of the Earth: Arctic Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.05
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Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc98b5f7bea-74a2-46e0-b84a-13417c6ea744
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-05
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J. C. Glessner films of Iraq

Creator:
Glessner, J. C. (Jefferson Carlyle), 1895-1962  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (1 hour 51 minutes, black-and-white color silent positive; 1600 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
Middle East
Iraq
Date:
circa 1928-1957
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot in Mesopotamia (Iraq) while Glessner worked as a missionary for the United Mission. Indigenous peoples filmed include the Iraq Bedouin, Yezidi, Kurds, Arabs, and Turkamen. Documentation covers a wide range of daily subsistence and domestic, ceremonial, and religious activities including: outdoor church services, animal husbandry (sheep), harvesting and threshing of wheat, water wells and wheels, Bedouin tents and dancing at Sulimani, Yezidi festival and whitewashing of a Yezidi shrine, circumcision ceremony, women carrying pans of yogurt on head to Bagdad, operations of a brick factory in Bagdad, tarring roads, and building Glessner home as well as other mission buildings. Footage annotated by Mrs. Glessner and daughter, Lois, in 1983.

Supplementary materials: 3,4

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.
Local Number:
HSFA 1981.3.1
Provenance:
Received from Lois Kratz in 1981.
Restrictions:
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.
Rights:
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Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
J.C. Glessner films of Iraq, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1981.03
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9aef44d9e-f79d-407a-a74b-c0db9afc6dde
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1981-03
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High Arctic

Collection Creator:
Cotlow, Lewis, 1898-1987  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (1 hour, color sound; 2100 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1963
Scope and Contents:
Edited film was made in the course of two expeditions to the Canadian Arctic region of Ellesmere Island, Jones Sound, and Baffin Island in 1962 and 1963. In focusing on the life of an extended Inuit "family," Cotlow attempts to portray the adaptation and survival strategies necessary in the frigid environment of the northern Arctic. Sequences focus on family life, relationships between family members, preparation and cooking of meals, a "trial marriage," transportation by dog sleds, building of an igloo, seal hunting with a teliwak hunting screen, walrus hunting, and killing of a polar bear. Other footage includes trading of fur pelts, target practice with both rifle and harpoon, soapstone carvings, making of caribou sinew thread and the sewing of parkas, and gift giving to the children by the filmmaker.

Producer: Sinclar, Douglas

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Hunting techniques of seals polar bears ; Food quest hunting ; Food consumption seal meat ; Houses construction of igloos ; Hides used as bedding used as clothing ; Garb use of animal skins ; Nomadism Eskimoes ; Singing as palliative to work Eskimoes ; Work groups construction of igloos ; Play children Eskimoes ; Transportation dog sleds ; Trapping pelts ; Trade trapping pelts trading posts ; Carving soapstone Eskimos ; Marriage conventions of trial marriage Eskimos ; Sewing garb
Local Number:
HSFA 1978.1.1/1985.11.7
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Lewis Cotlow films
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc91cfe1e26-ce74-4e95-9543-8a702c593a50
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1985-11-ref5
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