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[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela I], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103761

Scope and Contents

Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. "Children in forest, finding [ocelot], boy in hammock scrap, good unused mudhole collect, fighting beetle"--Note in original can. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting various animals. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

Dates

  • 1942

Creator

Access Information

This item has been restricted because it contains sensitive footage of children. Please contact the WCS Archives for further information.

Extent

1 film : Color; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Original Kodachrome ; 16mm

9.5 minutes

350 feet

Language of Materials

English

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.

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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