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

Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E

Identifier: 104787

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Scope and Contents

Footage shot during the twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, which was led by Gloria Hollister. Hoatzin chicks in a nest and hopping on tree branches. A close up of a pair of hands, extending the unique wing claws at the end of a fledgling hoatzin's wings. Adult hoatzins perching in trees. Landscape footage shot from a boat on the river. Local men rowing boats on the river.

Dates

Creation: 1936

Creator

Menken, Arthur (Person)
Anable, Gloria Hollister (Person)
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)

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.

Partial Extent

1 film : Black and White; Silent; Negative Print; Nitrate Base; 24 frames per second; Negative ; 35mm

Partial Extent

6.5 minutes

Partial Extent

580 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.