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[Lee Crandall expedition to New Guinea], 1928

 Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: B

Scope and Contents

"Map--Guys in pith helmets"--Original can label. "Shots of Indigenous people putting out brush fires. Communal plowing and planting. Indigenous people climbing very tall coco palm. Opening of coconuts, using feet to split it. Shots of various birds, some of the shots colored. Two of the birds are beautiful. Shots of koala bear, pigmy oppossum. Shots of Indigenous people returning, gathered in village square., four armed Indigenous soldiers. Indigenous men going off to military service. Expedition travels on to other places. Shots of mountainous landscape. Shots of bird in color. Member of expedition holding birds"--NYZS 1942 inventory.

Dates

  • 1928

Creator

Access Information

26 films in the Unedited NYZS/WCS Footage series have been digitized by the WCS Archives; 19 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. Items that have not been digitized are not currently accessible. Please consult the WCS Archives for further information.

Extent

1 film : Black and White; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; Dupe ; 16mm

11 minutes

400 feet (Media Diameters: 7 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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