7 Film reels (black-and-white and color silent; 3440 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
Oceania
Hawaii
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
Date:
1937-1943
Scope and Contents:
1 roll motion picture film, approx. 800 feet, of Pat Wiggin Bacon, Pele Pukui and Mary Kawena Pukui dancing hula, made by George Bacon in 1943. 6 rolls motion picture film on Tahitian dance by Dr. Douglas Campbell in 1937.
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Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
