[Various footage from British Guiana], circa 1920-1924

Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: A

Identifier: 103601D

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A digitized copy is accessible by clicking here.

Scope and Contents

Fledgling hoatzin walking on a tree limb. "Gold boats. River. Canje Creek. Potaro Rapids. [Department of Tropical Research staff standing with local and possibly Indigenous people in front of post office.] [Indigenous people walking and] running on trail"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p37. "William Beebe cutting bromeliads. Pouring out golden frogs. Tadpoles on hand. Kaieteur Falls. [William Beebe] capturing a thirty [probably closer to 10] foot boa. William Beebe holding it for Isabel [Cooper] to paint. Close up of head painting"—Beebe film index circa 1940, p51 and p49. "Green boa on the hand, constriction"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p35. "This boa snake was eventually delivered and added to the reptile collection at he Bronx Zoo"--Beebe film index circa 1940, p49.

Dates

circa 1920-1924

Creator

Beebe, William, 1877-1962 (Person)

Access Information

8 of the 9 films in this subseries have been digitized by the WCS Archives and are publicly available online. Links to digitized items can be found at the item level in this finding aid or at the WCS Archives Digital Collection page.

Extent

1 film : Black and White; Silent; Negative Print; Acetate Base; 18 frames per second; Dupe Negative ; 16mm

8.5 minutes

300 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Digitized through a 2023 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation.