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The Human Studies Film Archives collections include films and videos of historical, archaeological, and ethnographic significance, including edited ethnographic films, unique research footage produced as part of anthropological research, and travelogues by amateur and professional filmmakers.

The following is a list of major collections from HSFA cataloged in Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS):

 
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Joseph Towles Footage of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Egypt, 1966 [supplied] 91.13.12 1966
Towles, Joseph anthropologist 1937-1988
3 videocassettes (140 min.) sil. col. 1/2 inch VHS reference
master 3 videoreels (140 min.) sil. col. one inch
master 3 videocassettes (140 min.) sil.col. betacam sp
archival original 6 reels (1,850 ft.) sil. col. 8mm

Joseph Towles Zaire Film Study: Mbuti, Ndaka and Bira, 1970-1972 91.13.13 1970-1972
Towles, Joseph anthropologist 1937-1988
4 video cassettes (1 hr. 46 min.) sil. col. 3/4 inch video reference
1 video cassette (4 min.) sil. col. 1/2 inch VHS video reference
4 video cassettes (1 hr 46 min.) sil. col. 3/4 inch video master
1 video cassette (4 min.) sil. col. BetacamSP master
4 video reels (1 hr. 46 min.) sil. col. one inch video master

Jospeh Caldwell's Footage of River Basin Survey Work, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, c. 1948 [supplied] 91.19.1 c. 1948
Caldwell, Joseph Ralston
300 ft silent color

Ju ju music [published] 90.1.4 c. 1988
UNKNOWN
20 min sound color video

Jungle Headhunters 85.11.6 1949
Cotlow, Lewis
2,350 ft (73 min) sound color video

Jungle Terror 1949
Davis, Hassoldt, 1907
reference 1 videocassette (20 min.) snd. col. 1/2inch VHS
master 1 videocassette (20 min.) snd. col. betacam sp
master 1 videoreel (20 min.) snd. col. one inch
archival original 1 reel (720 ft.) snd. col. 16mm

Jyapu: industrious productivity as lifestyle [published] 86.13.16 1981
National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
540 ft sound color film

Kalachakra: Initiation and Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to United States, 1981 [supplied] 86.1.1 1981
Bastian, Edward Buddhist scholar
30,000 ft sound color film

Kineto Review: Eastern European Travelogue, c. 1919 [supplied] 90.7.8 c. 1919
UNKNOWN
500 ft silent b&w film

Kodi People on the Island of Sumba, Indonesia, 1986 [supplied] 88.2.4 1986
Scheerer, Laura filmmaker
2 hrs sound color video

Koe ta'ane: a royal wedding [published] 89.12.1 1979
55 min sound color video

Kolomoki Indian Mounds, c. 1948 [supplied] 84.13.1 c. 1948
UNKNOWN
1,165 ft silent b&w film

Ku klux klan: the invisible empire [published] 93.24.21 1965
UNKNOWN
1,600 ft sound b&w film

!kung bushmen hunting equipment [published] 91.18.8 1966
Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker 1932
37 min sound color video

KUTV Tarahumara Video Project, 1986 [supplied] 87.15.1 1986
UNKNOWN
7 hrs sound color video

Kuvale Research Film, 1971 83.5.5 1971
Gibson, Gordon ethnographer 1915
1,200 ft (30 min) silent color video

La historia de los aztecas [published] 89.22.4 1975
UNKNOWN
675 ft sound color film

Ladakh village morning 86.13.13 1981
National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
400 ft sound color film

Land of quebec [published] 87.9.21 1942
Boulton, Laura musicologist
662 ft (19 min) sound color video

Land of quebec [published] 87.9.22 1941
Boulton, Laura musicologist
929 ft (26 min) silent color video

Last of the Bororos [published] 76.5.1 1930-1931
Baker, Aloha explorer
1,200 ft (32 min) silent b&w film/video

Latin america, part i: its countries [published] 93.24.2 1963
Beveridge, James film producer
950 ft sound color film

Latin america, part ii: its history, economy and politics [published] 93.24.25 1963
Beveridge, James film producer
1,170 ft sound b&w film

Latin America: an Introduction 94.21.37 1961
1 reel (396 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Africa, c. 1934 [supplied] 87.9.26 c. 1934
Boulton, Laura musicologist
1,072 ft (40 min) silent b&w video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Africa, c. 1947 [supplied] 87.9.27 c. 1947
Boulton, Laura musicologist
3,240 ft (90 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Asia, c. 1950 [supplied] 87.9.11 c. 1950
Boulton, Laura musicologist
12,960 ft (6 hrs) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Haiti, c. 1946 [supplied] 87.9.1 c. 1946
Boulton, Laura musicologist
330 ft (10 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Mexico, 1940 [supplied] 87.9.7 1940
Boulton, Laura musicologist
795 ft (19 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Micronesia, 1976 [supplied] 87.9.30 1976
Boulton, Laura musicologist
3,600 ft (1 hr 40 min) silent b&w video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Miscellaneous, c. 1947 [supplied] 87.9.28 c. 1947
Boulton, Laura musicologist
551 ft (17 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: New Mexico, 1941 [supplied] 87.9.6 1941
Boulton, Laura musicologist
720 ft (20 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Papua New Guinea, 1978 [supplied] 87.9.9 1978
Boulton, Laura musicologist
2,275 ft (70 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Samoa, 1976 [supplied] 87.9.30 1976
Boulton, Laura musicologist
5,652 ft (2 hrs 37 min) sound color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Turkey, c. 1954 [supplied] 87.9.10 c. 1954
Boulton, Laura musicologist
330 ft (9 min) silent color video

Laura Boulton Film Collection: Yugoslavia, 1951 [supplied] 87.9.8 1951
Boulton, Laura musicologist
978 ft (27 min) silent color video

Lawson Field Excavation, Georgia, 1938 86.7.1 1938
Willey, Gordon R. archeologist
reference 1 videocassette (20 min.) sil. col. 3/4 inch
master 1 videocassette (20 min.) sil. col. 3/4 inch
archival original 1 reel of film (483 ft.) sil. col. 16mm

Leahy Footage of Papua New Guinea, c. 1930-1952 [supplied] 77.4.1 c. 1930-1952
Leahy, Michael J. gold prospector
4,600 ft silent b&w/color film

Legacy of the spirits 92.9.4 1985
Kramer, Karen filmmaker
14,800 ft sound color

Leopold sedar senghor [published] 93.24.26 1967
Marver, Eugene cameraman
1,035 ft sound b&w film

Leprosy [published] 81.2.2 c. 1929
Hilsman, Roger Captain, United States Army 1890-****
450 ft silent b&w film archival original
reference 1 videocassette (14 min.) sil. b&w 1/2 inch VHS
master 1 videocassette (14 min.) sil. b&w betacam sp
master 1 videoreel (14 min.) sil. b&w one inch

Les danseuses de s.m. sisowaith, roi du cambodge [published] 89.2.12 c. 1925
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. art historian
162 ft (8 min) silent b&w video

Life In a Haitian Valley Film Study, 1934 [supplied] 77.1.2 1934
Herskovits, Melville Jean anthropologist
1,400 ft (52 min) silent b&w film/video

Life in an Oasis: North Africa 1962
reference video 1 videocassette (10 min.) snd. col. 1/2 inch VHS
master video 1 videocassette (10 min.) snd. col. BetacamSP
master video 1 video reel (10 min.) snd. col. one inch video
archival original 1 reel of film (360 ft.) snd. col. 16mm

Life in Hot Rain Forests: Amazon Basin 94.21.45 1961
1 reel (504 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Life in Mediterranean Lands 94.21.7 1963
1 reel (396 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Life In Northern Lands: Norway 94.21.28 1954
1 reel (396 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Life in the Alps 94.21.35 1958
1 reel (396 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Life in the High Andes 94.21.12 1961
1 reel (396 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Lima 94.19.42 ca. 1944
Julien Bryan
1 reel (549 ft.) snd. b&w. 16mm archival original
1 videoreel (15 min.) snd. b&w one inch original video
1 videocassette (15 min.) snd. b&w betacamSP $3 videomaster

Lion game [published] 91.18.9 1966
Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker 1932
4 min sound color video

Liqvan, A Village in Iran, c. 1970-1978 [supplied] 85.6.1 c. 1970-1978
Safizadeh, Fereydoun filmmaker
13,000 ft (6 hrs) silent color video

Logan African Expedition, 1929 82.5.6 1929
Pond, Alonzo archeological expedition leader
400 ft (14 min) silent b&w video

Logan African Expedition, 1930 82.5.2 1930
Waite, George L. photographer
1,750 ft (64 min) silent b&w video

Logan African Expedition, Beloit College, Spring 1930 82.5.1 1930
Nash, Chuck college student 19
1,000 ft (58 min) silent b&w video

London to venice [published] 91.20.26 1970
Soule, Thayer travel-lecturer 19
2,500 ft silent color

Long Bow Film Project, 1979 and 1982 [supplied] 88.5.1 1979 and 1982
Gordon, Richard photographer
125,000 ft sound color

Lorang's way 83.2.3 1978
MacDougall, David ethnographicfilmmaker 1939
2,410 ft sound color

Lords of the Garden [published] 95.1.1 1991
Hallet, Judith Director
53 min sound color video

Lotus in the west [published] 93.24.27 1980
Bonte, Josette filmmaker
1,015 ft sound color film

Macao ii [published] 88.21.6 c. 1950
Rickshaw Films
100 ft (3 min) silent color video

Macao [published] 88.21.5 c. 1950
Rickshaw Films
100 ft (3 min) silent color video

Macumba, trance and spirit healing 90.4.1 1985
Richeport, Madeleine anthropologist
18,500 ft sound color film

Macumba, trance and spirit healing [published] 90.4.3 1985
Richeport, Madeleine anthropologist
1,548 ft sound color

Made in barbados [published] 89.22.11 1981
UNKNOWN
756 ft sound color film

Madeleine Richeport's Footage of Brazil, 1978-1980 [supplied] 90.4.2 1978-1980
Richeport, Madeleine anthropologist
10,000 ft (4 hrs 29 min) sound/silent color video

Magic of the mediterranean [published] 91.20.4 1962
Soule, Thayer travel-lecturer 19
2,962 ft silent color

Magical death [published] 84.16.10 1973
Asch, Timothy ethnographic filmmaker 1932
1,044 ft (29 min) sound color video

Majestic nature: an african travel film [published] 89.9.7 c. 1925
UNKNOWN
44 ft silent b&w film

Malaria Control in Thailand [published] 94.20.22 date unknown
Norton, Daniel Producer
899 ft sound color film

Malaya: Land of Tin and Rubber 94.21.89 1957
1 reel (504 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Man and His Culture 94.21.171 1954
1 reel (540 ft.) snd. b&w 16mm archival original

Manila & tagaytay [published] 88.21.12 c. 1950
Rickshaw Films
100 ft (3 min) silent color video

Manila [published] 88.21.11 c. 1950
Rickshaw Films
100 ft (3 min) silent color video

Maragoli 78.2.1 1976
Nichols, Sandra filmmaker 19
35,500 ft sound color film

Maria Martinez Family Pottery Demonstration, 1978 [supplied] 86.11.10 1978
Office of Museum Programs, Smithsonian Institution
67 min sound color video

Maring Film Project, 1968 [supplied] 84.14.1 1968
Jablonko, Allison
40,000 ft sound color film

Maring: documents of a new guinea people [published] 92.13.1 1980
Alovisi, Ezio
3 hrs 30 min sound color video

Marrakesh, Morocco 90.10.14 1929
97 ft (4 min) silent b&w video

Marshall Hall Pacific Travel Footage, c. 1925 [supplied] 85.9.1 c. 1925
Hall, Marshall
1,600 ft silent b&w

Marshall !Kung Expedition I, 1950 83.11.1 1950
5,000 ft silent color/b&w film

Marshall !Kung Expedition II, 1951 83.11.2 1951
21,000 ft silent color film

Marshall !Kung Expedition III, 1952-1953 83.11.3 1952-1953
Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker 1932
80,000 ft silent color/b&w film

Marshall !Kung Expedition IV, 1955 83.11.4 1955
45,000 ft silent/sound color film

Marshall !Kung Expedition V, 1956 83.11.5 1956
4,000 ft silent color film

Marshall !Kung Expedition VI, 1957-1958 83.11.6 1957-1958
183,000 ft sound/silent color/b&w partial film

Marshall !Kung Expedition VIII, 1978 [supplied] 83.11.8 1978
150,000 ft sound color film

Marvel, a jakarta boy [published] 91.8.1 1974
UNKNOWN
605 ft sound color film

Mary Elmendorf's Footage of the Chan Kom Maya, Yucatan, Mexico, 1970, 1971, and 1976 [supplied] 90.8.1 1970, 1971, and 1976
Elmendorf, Mary Lindsay anthropologist
3,794 ft (1 hr 45 min) silent color video

Mashiko Village Pottery [known as] 86.6.1 c. 1937
Leach, Bernard english potter
800 ft silent b&w film

Masked Dance Performers of East India [known as 84.2.2 1980
Emigh, John professor of theatre arts
16,200 ft (8 hrs) sound color video

Mastri, a balinese woman [published] 91.8.10 1974
Film Australia
653 ft sound color film

Maya of ancient and modern yucatan [published] 93.24.31 1966
UNKNOWN
725 ft sound color film

Mayaland [published] 89.22.29 1975
UNKNOWN
1,463 ft sound color film

Mbuti Pygmy Edited Segment, c. 1961 [supplied] 91.13.7 c. 1961
Chapman, Frances cameraman
183 ft (6 min) sound b&w video

Mbuti Pygmy Film Study, 1954 [supplied] 91.13.3 1954
Chapman, Frances Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
3,870 ft (1 hr 48 min) silent color video

Mbuti Pygmy Film Study, 1954: Edited Version [supplied] 91.13.4 1954
Chapman, Frances Canadian Broadcasting Corporation cameraman
2,507 ft (70 min) silent color video

Mbuti Pygmy Film Study, 1971-1972 [supplied] 91.13.5 1971-1972
Towles, Joseph anthropologist 1937-1988
3,059 ft silent color video

Mbuti Pygmy Footage: Forest Camp, Bira and Ngwana Villages, and Station de Chasse, 1954 [supplied] 91.13.6 1954
Chapman, Frances Canadian Broadcasting Corporation cameraman
677 ft silent b&w video

Mediterranean Odyssey 91.20.30 1980
Soule, Thayer
2 reels (2,862 ft.) sil. col. 16mm archival original
1 videoreel (80 min.) sil. col. one inch master
1 videocassette (80 min.) sil. col. BetacamSP master
1 videocassette (80 min.) sil. col. 1/2 inch VHS reference
2 reels (2,682 ft.) sil. col. 16mm reference

Mediterranean World 94.21.119 1962
1 reel (828 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Mehalla 94.19.24 ca. 1950
1 reel (220 ft.) snd. b&w. 16mm archival original
1 videoreel (6 min.) snd. b&w one inch original video
1 videocassette (6 min.) snd. b&w betacamSP $3 videomaster

Melemchi Village, Nepal, 1986 [supplied] 87.7.1 1986
Bishop, John and Naomi
5 hrs sound color video

Melemchi Village, Nepal, 1989 [supplied] 90.5.1 1989
Bishop, John filmmaker
13,000 ft (6 hrs 5 min) sound/silent color video

Men bathing [published] 91.18.12 1974
Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker 1932
14 min sound color video

Merriman World Travel Footage, ca. 1927-1960 76.4.1 ca. 1927-1960
Merriman, Milton E. American Express employee
reference videocassetes (4 hrs.) sil. b&w/col. 3/4 inch
reference film reels (4,994 ft.) sil. b&w/col. 16mm
dubbing master videocassettes (4 hrs.) sil. b&w/col. 3/4 inch
master video reels (4 hrs.) sil. b&w/col. one inch
preservation film reels (4,994 ft.) sil. b&w/col. 16mm
archival original 17 film reels (16,000 ft.) sil. b&w/col. 16mm

Meruri [published] 94.1.2 c. 1940s
Aboin, Raymundo Brigadier
7 min sound b&w video

METOS JAH HUT Film Project, 1987 [supplied] 89.11.2 1987
Holaday, Duncan anthropologist
900 ft sound color

Metos jah jut [published] 89.11.1 1987
dHok, Dolah bia malaysian camerman
9 min sound color

Mexican americans: an historic profile [published] 94.4.3 c. 1975
UNKNOWN
30 min sound b&w video

Mexican americans: the invisible majority [published] 93.24.32 1969
Richter, Richard Television producer
1,200 ft sound b&w film

Mexican Boy: the Story of Pablo 94.21.120 1961
1 reel (678 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original/preservation
1 videoreel (19 min.) snd. col. one inch master
1 videocassette (19 min.) snd. col. betacamSP $3 master
1 videocassette (19 min.) snd. col. 1/2 inch VHS reference

Mexico [published] 91.20.20 1947
Soule, Thayer travel-lecturer 19
2,932 ft silent color/b&w video

Mexico, wonderful mexico [published] 91.20.13 1975
Soule, Thayer travel-lecturer 19
3,089 ft silent color

Mexico y sus contornos [published] 93.24.33 1958
UNKNOWN
690 ft sound color film

Mexico: Geography of the Americas 94.21.9 1955
1 reel (360 ft.) snd. b&w 16mm archival original

Mexico: the Land and the People 94.21.187 1961
1 reel (720 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Micronesia: the people and their arts [published] 87.9.31 1979
Boulton, Laura musicologist
1,440 ft (40 min) sound color video

Milestones to Malaysia [published] 94.20.17 c. 1965
1008 ft sound b&w film

Miscellaneous India, c. 1920s [supplied] 89.2.17 c. 1920s
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. art historian
650 ft (26 min) silent b&w video

Miscellaneous Japan, c. 1920s [supplied] 89.2.18 c. 1920s
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. art historian
137 ft (6 min) silent b&w video

Moko jumbie 92.9.6 c. 1970
3,000 ft sound color

Montagnard-Dega Ethnic Minority People of the Highlands of South Vietnam, 1988 [supplied] 88.15.1 1988
Duc, Luong director of Hanoi Documentary Film Studio Enterprises
2,440 ft (70 min) silent color video

Monument to the sun: aztec calendar stone [published] 89.22.2 1975
UNKNOWN
576 ft sound color film

Moonblood: a yanomamo creation myth as told by dedeheiwa [published] 84.16.12 1974
Asch, Timothy ethnographic filmmaker 1932
504 ft (14 min) sound color video

Morocco the mysterious [published] 90.7.3 c. 1921
UNKNOWN
360 ft silent b&w film

Mound State Monument Museum Construction, ca. 1939 86.8.1 ca. 1939
reference 1 video cassette (5 min.) sil. b&w 3/4 inch
master 1 videocassette (5 min.) sil. b&w 3/4 inch
archival original 1 reel of film (100 ft.) sil. b&w 16mm

Music of africa [published] 93.24.34 1963
Swift, Lela Television director
1,035 ft sound b&w film

Musical holdouts [published] 93.20.6 1969
Cohen, John Ethnographic filmmaker
1,692 ft sound color

Mystical Morocco [published] 94.10.1 1961
Soule, Thayer travel-lecturer 19
88 minutes silent color film/video

Myth of naro as told by dedeheiwa [published] 84.16.13 1974
Asch, Timothy ethnographic filmmaker 1932
792 ft (22 min) sound color video

Myth of naro as told by kaobawa [published] 84.16.14 1975
Asch, Timothy ethnographic filmmaker 1932
792 ft (22 min) sound color video

Naamikaaged: Dancer for the People [published] 96.1.21 1996
Vennum, Thomas Jr. Filmmaker
25 min sound color video

N!ai, the story of the !kung woman [published] 91.18.13 1980
Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker 1932
59 min sound color video

Namaqualand and Zululand 96.4.3 ca. 1945
1 reel (372 ft.) snd. b&w 16mm archival original/preservation
1 reel (372 ft.) snd. b&w 16mm archival original/preservation
1 videocassette (11 min.) snd. b&w 3/4 inch reference
1 videocassette (11 min.) snd. b&w betacamSP $3 video master

Nanook of the north [published] 89.22.32 1922
Flaherty, R.T
2,500 ft silent b&w film

Nation building [published] 93.24.16 1971
Lathan, Stan television producer
730 ft sound b&w film

National Congress of American Indians 2nd - 6th General Assembly, 1978 [supplied] 87.6.1 1978
UNKNOWN
18 hrs sound color

National Indian Policy Conference, June 5-7, 1974 [supplied] 87.6.2 1974
UNKNOWN
5 hrs sound color

[National Native American Week at Walter Reed AMC, 1985] [supplied] 94.4.4 1985
UNKNOWN
66 min sound color video

Native africa [published] 93.3.2 c. 1930s
Castle, Eugene W. film editor
355 ft (15 min) silent b&w video

Native Life in West Africa, c. 1928 [supplied] 90.21.1 c. 1928
Anders, Carolyn Loring nurse
1,980 ft (55 min) silent b&w video

Navajo Fair at Window Rock, c. 1938 90.16.3 c. 1938
Knee, Ernest
one reel (785 ft.) sil. b&w 35mm archival original/preservation
1 videoreel (9 min.) sil. b&w one inch master
1 videocassette (9 min.) sil. b&w BetacamSP master
1 videocassette (9 min.) sil. b&w 1/2 inch VHS reference

Navajo Film Project, 1982-1986 [supplied] 87.3.1 1982-1986
Fanshel, Susan filmmaker
40,000 ft sound color

Navajo Journey 96.2.1 1952
Colburn Colby
1 reel (720 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original/preservation
1 videocassette (20 min.) snd. col 1/2 inch VHS reference

Navajo Reservation, 1953 [supplied] 92.3.1 1953
Beck, John television producer
1,144 ft sound b&w

Nawi 83.2.6 1970
MacDougall, David ethnographic filmmaker 19
833 ft sound color

New Hebrides Film Project: Banks Island, 1971 75.1.4 1971
Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Film Center
1,472 ft (42 min) silent color video

New Hebrides Film Project: Malekula, 1970-1974 [supplied] 75.1.1 1970-1974
Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Film Center
20,400 ft (9 hrs) silent color film (partial)/video (partial)

New Hebrides Film Project: Pentecost Island, 1971 [supplied] 75.1.3 1971
Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Film Center
1,464 ft (46 min) silent color video

New Hebrides Film Project: Tanna Island, 1973 and 1974 [supplied] 75.1.2 1973 and 1974
Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Film Center
11,770 ft sound color film

New Scotland 87.9.12 1943
Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
375 ft (11 min) sound color video

New territories & china border [published] 88.21.10 c. 1950
Rickshaw Films
100 ft (3 min) silent color video

New tribes mission [published] 84.16.15 1974
Asch, Timothy ethnographic filmmaker 1932
432 ft (12 min) sound color video

Newari Film Project, 1978 [supplied] 86.13.1 1978
National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
84,000 ft sound color film

Newari Film Project, 1980 [supplied] 86.13.2 1980
National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution
120,500 ft sound color film

Ngaben [published] 81.1.1 1978
Holaday, Duncan
800 ft (22 min) sound color film/video

NHK Ainu Project, 1996 [published] 96.1.27 1996
60 minutes color sound video

NMNH, Department of Anthropology Processing Lab's Move of Dugout Canoes, 1974 [supplied] 88.22.1 1974
UNKNOWN
409 ft (12 min) sound color video

No coma in acoma [published] 90.7.1 1919
UNKNOWN
686 ft silent b&w film

North Africa Prehistory Expedition [known as] 87.1.1 1930
Jenks,Dr. A.E. anthropologist 1869-1953
756 ft (26 min) silent b&w video

Northeast Archeology Project, 1979-1990 [supplied] 91.10.1 1979-1990
Timreck, Ted filmmaker 1947
100,000 ft sound color

Northwest Coast Indian Dance, c. 1930 [supplied] 87.17.4 c. 1930
UNKNOWN
345 ft (15 min) silent b&w video

Norwegian Fjord 94.21.139 1969
1 reel (468 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

N/um tchai: the ceremonial dance of the !kung bushmen [published] 91.18.14 1966
Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker 1932
20 min sound b&w video

Obligations to the Ancestors Ritual, 1986 [supplied] 88.2.2 1986
Scheerer, Laura filmmaker
4 hrs sound color video

Ocamo is my town [published] 84.16.16 1974
Asch, Timothy ethnographic filmmaker 1932
828 ft (23 min) sound color video

Okefinokee Swamp, ca. 1929
Harper, Frances naturalist
reference 1 videocassette (24 min.) sil. b&w 1/2 inch VHS
master 1 videocassette (24 min.) sil. b&w betacam sp
master 1 videoreel (24 min.) sil. b&w one inch
print 1 reel (650 ft.) sil. b&w 16mm
archival original 2 reels (1551 ft.) sil. b&w 35mm

Okeik Film Study, 1983-1984 [supplied] 93.5.1 1983-1984
Kratz, Corinne Anthropologist
6,192 (2 hrs 58 min) silent color video

Old fossils new fads 92.7.2 c. 1955
UNKNOWN
350 ft silent b&w

Old fossils new fads [published] 92.7.1 c. 1955
UNKNOWN
225 ft sound b&w

Omaha Macy Pow-wow, 1988 [supplied] 89.6.1 1988
Nebraska Educational Television Network
15 hrs sound color video

ON THE WAY FROM KANDY TO COLOMBO, ca. 1913
UNKNOWN
reference 1 videocassette (5 min.) sil. col. 1/2 inch VHS
master 1 videocassette (5 min.) sil. col. betacam sp
master 1 videoreel (5 min.) sil. col. one inch
print 1 reel (231 ft.) sil.col. 16mm
1 reel (578 ft.) sil. col. 35mm archival original

One weft double cloth [published] 91.8.11 1974
Australian National Film Board
487 ft sound color film

Os indios "urubus" [published] 94.1.4 c. 1950s
Foerthmann, Heinz Cinematographer
27 min silent b&w video

Our Man in Borneo [published] 94.20.18 date unknown
846 ft sound color film

Pace of life [published] 86.13.19 c. 1977
Maradol, Mathias NAFC cameraman 1955
851 ft (25 min) sound color video

Padma, south indian dancer [published] 91.8.12 1977
Film Australia
728 ft sound color film

Pagsanjan falls [published] 88.21.8 c. 1950
Rickshaw Films
100 ft (3 min) silent color video

Pak menggung: a javanese aristocrat [published] 91.8.4 1974
UNKNOWN
740 ft sound color film

Parima: frontieras do brasil [published] 94.1.1 c. 1940s
Reis, Thomas Major
24 min silent b&w video

Paris: the City and the People 94.21.36 1960
1 reel (396 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

Pashtoon Nomad Research Film Project, 1975-1976 [supplied] 75.6.1 1975-1976
National Film Board of Canada
80,000 ft sound color film

Pathe News Item - Japan Number 1, c. 1917 [supplied] 82.3.2 c. 1917
Pathe News
172 ft (7 min) silent b&w film/video

Pathe News Item - Japan Number 2, 1920 [supplied] 82.3.2 1920
Pathe News
278 ft (11 min) silent b&w film/video

Paul Travis African Travel Footage, 1927-1928 [supplied] 89.17.1 1927-1928
Travis, Paul Bough, 1891-1975
4,536 ft (2 hrs 6 min) silent b&w video

Paul Travis Travel Footage: Greece and Italy, c. 1927 [supplied] 89.17.2 c. 1927
Travis, Paul Bough, 1891-1975
382 ft (18 min) b&w silent video

Paul Wirz Research Footage of New Guinea and Indonesia, ca. 1930 [supplied] 76.6.1 ca. 1930
Wirz, Paul anthropologist
4,950 ft (3 hrs 24 min) silent b&w film/video

Peace Corps in Junior High (Korea) [published] 94.20.10 date unknown
561 ft sound b&w film

Pearls and savages [published] 89.1.1 1921
Hurley, Frank explorer
351 ft (10 min) sound b&w video

People of Spain 94.21.149 1955
1 reel (612 ft.) snd. col. 16mm archival original

People of the potlatch [published] 87.9.18 c. 1942
Boulton, Laura musicologist
745 ft (20 min) sound color video

 

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