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[Belgian Congo footage showing Charles Cordier and local people], 1948

 Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: F

Scope and Contents

Footage shot in the Belgian Congo. Includes Charles Cordier and local people who appear to be presenting Cordier with animals they have collected. Other footage shows young local children, one naked, and several with unlit cigarettes in their mouths; establishing shots of a village, people in a forest around a fire, people demonstrating traps.

Dates

  • 1948

Creator

Extent

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

8 minutes

300 feet (Media Diameter: 7 inches)

Language of Materials

English

General

Digitized in 2023 under the WCS Archives' Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative.

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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