[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Kaieteur Falls II], 1936

Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: B

Identifier: 104722

Staff Only

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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 up trail with falls in the background. Long shot of a plane flying through the sky. DTR staff traveling by boat through the interior of British Guiana.

Dates

1936

Creator

Menken, Arthur (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; Positive Print; Nitrate Base; 24 frames per second; Negative ; 35mm

9 minutes

800 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.