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Collection Producer:
British Broadcasting Corporation  Search this
Collection Host:
Attenborough, David, 1926-  Search this
Collection Director:
MacIntyre, Michael  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974-1975
Scope and Contents:
Outtakes from edited film includes shots of a ceremonial scene of dancing, singing, and drumming by natives in a ritual enclosure around slit gongs; close up of the drums and drummers shot from a variety of angles; close ups of the dancers adorned with leaves and flowers, facial paint; beachside scene of filmmaker and party embarking in boat with an outboard motor, onlookers gathered on shore. Legacy Keywords: Ceremony singing dancing ; Music drumming slit gongs ; Adornment facial paint leaves flowers ; Drums slit gongs ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; New Hebrides ; Vanuatu ; Malekula (Vanuatu) ; Melanesians
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1975.5.1 - 10
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Man Blong Custom (Outtakes), Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc94508ecbc-7214-4241-9d8d-5b6a9350bdfc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1975-05-ref10