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Received from the Bishop Museum in 1994.
Bishop Museum film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
BEHIND THE CORAL CURTAIN, THE PORTEUS DIAMOND INT'L LEARNING MACHINE, ARTIFACTS OF OLD HAWAII, FIRST ANNUAL MICRONESIAN OLYMPIC GAMES, [Japanese Surrender Micronesia], The Honourable Out-of-Step outtakes of a BBC program.
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Incomplete edited film of the 1917 North-West Scientific Expedition of Australia led by E.J. Stuart. Expedition explored the Australian coast between Broome and Wyndham and documented selective aspects of aboriginal peoples of coastal and inland Northern Territory. Footage includes demonstration of the use of the
Legacy Keywords: Dance dancing Corroboree Australia ; Weapons spear throwing stick woomera Australia ; Fauna coral dugong crab sea-eagle sea-turtle Australia ; Transportation canoes dugouts Australia ; Culture contact Aboriginal Australia ; Oceania ; Australia ; Northwest Territory, Broome, Wyndham ; Aborigine, Montgomery Islanders; William Jackson, photographer.
HSFA 1995.2.1