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Creator:
Hall, Marshall  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white silent reversal; 1600 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
Australasia
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Australia
Hong Kong
Singapore
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Fiji
Hawaii
Samoa
Date:
circa 1925
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot in Hong Kong (harbor, atop Victoria Peak); Shanghai; Fiji (daily life; hair plastered with lime; outdoor barbershop, Suva; market); Malaysia (snake temple near Penang; Kampong; mosque; temples; local people; boy with snake; fire walking; gold mine at Raub, Pahang); Siam (Thailand) (temple; cemetery; Sakais peoples; using Salais blow pipe; jungle; slash and burn clearing of jungle); Java (Indonesia) (Tosari Terraud rice fields; wedding; fair; gold mine; paddie fields; bull racing on Madura Island; wedding of children); Batavia (Jakarta), Java (Indonesia) (fish market; restaurant, government buildings; volcano in Tengger mountains; rice fields; Blauw waters); Singapore (street scenes; market square; sampans in harbor and at dock; rickshaws; street cars; funeral; palace and grounds of the Sultan of Jahore; mosque; Tami "coolie" collecting latex sap from a rubber tree; rubber factory; riding an elephant; botanical gardens; Chinese funeral); American Samoa (fishing on Tau, largest island in the Manu'a Group; Flowerpot Island; building a "hong" village chief and family; girls playing cricket; Siva Siva dance; ship arrival and departure from Pago Pago); Hawaii (ship scenes, Waikiki beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel; Diamond Head); and Australia (Toronga Park; Sydney zoo with dancing ostrich; harbor). Footage also includes a shipboard "crossing the equator Neptune party." Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Number:
HSFA 1985.9.1
Provenance:
Received from Adrienne Hall Bodie in 1985.
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.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Harbors  Search this
Zoos  Search this
Dance  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Tourism  Search this
Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
Marshall Hall films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1985.09
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9a847daef-2986-4592-ac0f-739be69e0ed9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1985-09