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Received from Maureen Harrington in 1994.
Hamilton Rice Expedition films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Films of the 1924-25 Hamilton Rice Expedition to the Amazon.
Supplementary materials: associated texts
Legacy keywords: Expeditions ; Explorers ; Seaplanes ; Hunting ; Rapids ; Boats ; Radio technology
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Footage taken during the Hamilton Rice Seventh Expedition to the Amazon (Brazil) which was conducted in conjunction with the Department of Tropical Medicine of Harvard University. The expedition was undertaken particularly for geographical exploration and medical investigation. On this last Hamilton Rice expedition to the easterly tributaries of the Rio Negro, he used a hydroplane (Eleanor III) and was the first to take a short wave radio into the field. The expedition was undertaken particularly for geographical exploration and medical investigation. Film footage includes river travel and navigating rapids, expedition camps and camp life (cooking, eating, shaving), visiting river town, tribal groups living along the river, setting up and using short wave radio, gathering rock samples, flora, medical assistance to locals, plane flying and landing, aerial views, and hunting birds.
Supplementary materials: Spanish article on medical aspects of expedition
HSFA 1994.6.2
Edited film made from the Hamilton Rice Seventh Expedition to the Amazon (Brazil) which was conducted in conjunction with the Department of Tropical Medicine of Harvard University. On this last expedition of Hamilton Rice to the easterly tributaries of the Rio Negro, he used a hydroplane (Eleanor III) and was the first to take a short wave radio into the field. The expedition was undertaken particularly for geographical exploration and medical investigation. Film footage includes river travel and navigating rapids, expedition camps and camp life (cooking, eating, shaving), visiting river town, tribal groups living along the river, setting up and using short wave radio, gathering rock samples, flora, medical assistance to locals, plane flying and landing, aerial views, and hunting birds. Film of Rice explaining the expedition and tracing the route is intercut with the film footage of the expedition. The sound track is Rice narrating the expedition.
Supplementary materials: published articles
HSFA 1994.6.1