Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1987 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Range ecology at disequilibrium : new models of natural variability and pastoral adaptation in African savannas / edited by Roy H. Behnke Jr., Ian Scoones, and Carol Kerven
2 Film reels (88 minutes, color silent; 3,170 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1958
Scope and Contents:
Edited film documents various aspects of life in several cities in Italy, primary Venice, but also including Milan, Garda, Como, Lugano, Maggiore, and the Dolomites. Shown are scenes of the canals in Venice, the Doge's Palace, St Mark's Basilica, Byzantine mosaics at the Ravenna Monastary, markets, street scenes, glassmaking, needlework, tatting lace, children learning nautical lessons, contemporary and historical architecture, lakes, rural areas, churches, castles, garbage boats, ski lifts, camping. Also shown are several maps of trade routes.
Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture
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:
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2 Film reels (89 minutes, color silent; 3,231 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1958
Scope and Contents:
Edited film documents various aspects of life in the Alps in Switzerland, France, and Italy. Shown are scenes of the Jet D'ou in Geneva, making crepes in France, and camping in the Dolomites in Italy. Included are scenes of markets, casinos, street scenes, metal and woodwork, rockclimbing and helicopter rescue, a fife and drum parade, contemporary and historical architecture, lakes, rural areas, churches, castles, ski lifts, camping, wrestling contests, games of curling, hanggliding, and the Falzareco monument.
Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture
Legacy keywords: Architecture Jet d'Ou Switzerland ; Industry markets Europe ; Industry woodwork Europe ; Industry metalwork Europe ; Industry cooking restaurants Europe ; Recreation camping Europe ; Recreation gambling casinos Europe ; Recreation performers juggling Europe ; Recreation sports curling Europe ; Recreation sports wrestling Europe ; Recreation sports skiing Europe ; Recreation sports hanggliding Europe ; Travel Europe ; animals cows horses rams Europe ; architecture churches bunkers Europe ; Marketplaces ; Historic sites ; Mountains g Europe ; Parades
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Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.31
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:
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904- Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (51 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1200 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1928
Scope and Contents:
Footage documents travel of a Smithsonian Institution expedition by steamboat up the Nile River into Sudan. Film features views of major Egyptian archaeological sites including the Gizeh pyramids, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings and the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb, Luxor, Karnak and the ruins of the Temple of the Philae partially submerged by the Aswan Dam. Also shown are scenes of the Straits of Messina, Suez Canal, Cairo streetlife, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, the Aswan Dam, banks of the Nile from steamer, dhows, people, villages, and Sudanese cities of Khartoum and Omdurman. Further up the river scenes include Sudanese tribespeople (probably Shilluk) engaged in various daily activities such as men making knives, women washing clothes, fetching water from the river, and men and women and children dancing.
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.
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Collection Citation:
William O. Field films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904- Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (45 minutes, color silent; 1613 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1960
Scope and Contents:
Footage documents travel by car through Caucusus region of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, particularly in Georgia and Dagestan. Included are views of Caucusus mountains, valleys and mountain passes and scenes of construction; archaeological ruins; a visit to Chokh commune showing agricultural activity, herds of cows and sheep and men shearing sheep with hand clippers; and people of the region and particular facial types of men, women and children. Also included are scenes of unidentified city in mountains, statue of Lenin in city square, pedestrians, park, institutional housing and new buildings
Legacy Keywords: Agriculture irrigation Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Archeology Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Ruins Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Animals cows sheep horses donkey Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Mountains Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Trains Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Children Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Road construction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Communes Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Spinning spindles Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Market Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Monasteries Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Local Number:
HSFA 1997.7.3
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:
William O. Field films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Allied Stores Corporation, and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
Short and long range syringe projector and Cap-Chur equipment ; Circa 1959-1960 catalog for the Palmer Chemical & Equipment Co, Inc., which made "remote drug delivery systems" aka tranquizer darts, for veterinary uses such as vacinating or treating farm animals (cattle, horses, sheep, pigs) or for immobilizing, capturing , restraining and treating wild or feral animals. Options included rifles and pistols. The system was called Cap-Chur. Also include letters to dealers, distributors and sellers; and a copy of another (dated 1959) to Senator Richard Russell, responding to an August 1959 article in the Washington Evening Star newspaper entitled "New Style Rustlers Use Quiet Gun". Apparently the article implied that the Cap-Chur system was being used for illicit purposes. Subsequently, legislators in Montana wanted to enact legislation banning the system, or to propose Federal legislation banning the system. Subequently, Senator Russell decided not to go forward with such legislation. Terms: Harold C. Palmer, Senator Murphy, Art Watson, Food and Drug Administration.
