1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 99 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1939
Scope and Contents:
Footage of anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička excavating on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Shots of bay as boat approaches island. Shots of Hrdlička excavating in an area covered with waist high plants. Woman wearing mosquito netting hat is behind him and she too digs at one point. This sequence shows what looks like a square slab of stone on the ground. Man hands something to Hrdlicka to examine. A boy is also shown in one shot behind the woman who is near Hrdlicka. One shot of a skull. Film ends with shots of dog swimming.
Local Number:
HSFA 2015.13.1
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:
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Collection Citation:
Aleš Hrdlička films,, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
