Footage shot of Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of the Coral Atoll Project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the United States Navy. Scenes include aerial shots of the atoll; harvesting and processing fronds of coconut and pandanus trees for weaving mats, baskets, and clothing and for roofing; women's dances; preparing and roasting breadfruit; butchering and roasting pig; making sennit; fishing activities; and dancing.
Wade, Gerald: cameraman ; Davenport, William: researcher ; Emery, Kenneth: photographer ; Milne, James: translator. University of Hawaii.
The collection also includes scripts and shot notes used by Dr. Mason to prepare an edited film.
Outrigger canoe ; Grass skirts ; Sennit making ; Cookery ; Breadfruit preservation bwirn ma beljij ; Coconut copra sennit ; Pandanus tree thatch fruit mat clothing ; Dance stick secret ; Aerial view Arno Atoll ; Pig food preparation ; Ship AKL U.S. Naval vessel ; Tools shell ; Weaving basket ; Festival games gunny sack race tug of war ; Fire drills ; Jekkaro coconut tree sap
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Local Number:
HSFA 1983.3.1
Provenance:
Received from Leonard Mason in 1983.
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.
The solar constant and the earth's atmosphere : proceedings of the workshop, held at Big Bear Solar Observatory, North Shore Drive, Big Bear City, California, 19-21 May 1975 / edited by H. Zirin and J. Walter
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Solar Constant Workshop (1975 : Big Bear Solar Observatory, Calif) Search this
Seagrass ecosystems : research recommendations of the International Seagrass Workshop : the report of a workshop held under the auspices of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration, 22-26 October 1973 / C. Peter McRoy, workshop chairman ; submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C
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International Seagrass Workshop (1973 : Leiden) Search this
Recent advances in astro-geophysics : a topical symposium based on lectures delivered at the Summer Conference for College Professors on Physics and Astronomy / sponsored by the National Science Foundation
Barobiology and the experimental biology of the deep sea. Brauer, ed[itor
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High pressure aquarium systems
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Symposium on High Pressure Aquarium Systems as Tools for the Study of the Biology of Deep Ocean Fauna and Associated Biological Problems (1st : 1972 : Wilmington, N. C) Search this
America's academic future : a report of the Presidential Young Investigator Colloquium on U.S. Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Education for the Year 2010 and Beyond, November 4-6, 1990, Washington, D.C. ; co-chairs: Jack R. Lohmann, Angelica M. Stacy
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Presidential Young Investigator Colloquium on U.S. Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Education for the Year 2010 and Beyond (1990 : Washington, D.C.) Search this
Modern and ancient geosynclinal sedimentation; proceedings of a symposium dedicated to Marshall Kay and held at Madison, Wisconsin, November 10-11, 1972. Edited by R. H. Dott, Jr., and Robert H. Shaver
Critical observations versus physical models for close binary systems : a colloquium / sponsored by the US National Science Foundation and the Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, November 7-12, 1985 ; edited by Kam- Ching Leung
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Beijing Colloquium Critical Observations vs. Physical Models on Close Binary Systems (1985) Search this
Research priorities for single species conservation biology : workshop, 13-16 November 1988 / sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Zoological Park ; co-chairmen & editors, David E. Wildt and Ulysses S. Seal
RANN 2 : realizing knowledge as a resource : proceedings of the Second Symposium on Research Applied to National Needs, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., November 7-9, 1976
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Symposium on Research Applied to National Needs (2nd : 1976 : Washington, D.C.) Search this
Ecological solutions to environmental management concerns in the Pinelands National Reserve : proceedings of a conference, Camden/Cherry Hill, New Jersey, April 18-21, 1982 / edited by Ralph E. Good
