Menken, Arthur
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Kaieteur Falls I], 1936
Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104787
Scope and Contents
Footage shot during the twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, which was led by Gloria Hollister. Hoatzin chicks in a nest and hopping on tree branches. A close up of a pair of hands, extending the unique wing claws at the end of a fledgling hoatzin's wings. Adult hoatzins perching in trees. Landscape footage shot from a boat on the river. Local men rowing boats on the river.
Dates:
1936
[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Kaieteur Falls II], 1936
Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104722
Scope and Contents
Compilation of footage twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, led by Gloria Hollister. “Kaieteur Falls, British Guiana”— Original can label. Falls from a nearby cliff. Various shots of boats and scenery on a river. Various aerial shots of falls, rivers, creeks and the countryside taken from a plane. Gloria Hollister in an airplane. DTR staff walking on a trail to boats docked on a river. Medium range shots of local people on rowboats and local people carrying packs...
Dates:
1936
[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Kaieteur Falls III], 1936
Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104723
Scope and Contents
Compilation of footage twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, led by Gloria Hollister. Aerial shots of the Kaieteur Falls and various river landscapes shot from a boat.
Dates:
1936