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[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: New falls], 1936

 Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104764
A digitized copy of this item is accessible by clicking on the image.
A digitized copy of this item is accessible by clicking on the image.

Scope and Contents

Two wide-angle aerial shots of a waterfall, or waterfalls, of the Potaro River at Kaieteur plateau, British Guiana. According to Gloria Hollister's description of the DTR's twenty-third expedition in 1936, motion picture film and still photography were taken from a Wasp-Ireland amphibious plane. Additional waterfalls were filmed at King Edward VIII Falls.

Dates

  • 1936

Creator

Access Information

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Extent

1 film : Black and White; Silent; Negative Print; Nitrate Base; frames per second; Negative ; 16mm

0.5 minutes

45 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

General

Digitized through a 2023 National Film Preservation Foundation Basic Grant.

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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