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Collection Citation:
Eleanor Munro papers, circa 1880-2011, bulk 1950-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Film reels (2 hours 28 minutes, color silent; 5000 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1951-1974
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot on various atolls and islands by an American who lived in Micronesia for over 20 years. Footage includes scenes of a United Nations Day Fair on Guam, mission schools, bamboo constructions, amphibious aircraft used for supplies and transportation, turtle fishing and turtle egg harvesting, throw-net fishing, tattoo designs, weaving and fabrication of grass skirts, dance, aerial shots of the islands, and construction and operation of a saw mill.
High Comissioner of the Trust Territory: Midkif ; District Administrator of Palau: Godinez ; Spiritual leader of the Modekngei School: Ngerikabafabg ; High Chief of Palau: Ibedul ; Chief of Eastern Villages of Palau: Reklai ; Dancer: Anna Didil ; Burnet
Legacy Keywords: Dance Kara Kima Nai Matgamatong Ngasar ; Amateur films; Ponape (Federated States of Micronesia) ; Ibobang ; Koror (Palau) ; Peleliu ; Angaur School ; Ngeremglengui (Palau) school ; Molakau Harbor ; Saipan ; Yap (Micronesia) ; Rota (Japan) ; Ulithi (Micronesia) ; Falalop ; Melekiak ; Ngersul ; Abai ; Grotto Marpi ; Oceania ; Micronesia
Local Number:
HSFA 1980.2.1
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.
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Collection Citation:
William Vitarelli films of the Western Caroline Islands, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
4 Film reels (60 minutes, color sound; 2,163 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Place:
Oceania
Date:
1950
Scope and Contents:
Edited film of daily life and celebrations on the Mokil atoll in the Caroline Islands, shot in 1947 through the Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology. English narration, as if from the point of view of a Mokil islander, emphasizes familial and social relationships and in particular the influence of economic standing upon these interactions. Footage includes: growing, harvesting, cooking, and storing native plants including coconut, breadfruit, and taro; bird-hunting and fishing techniques; construction of a canoe; Christmas celebrations, with comparison of mens' traditional dances with newer missionary-taught dances; children, women, and men at play, including footage of canoe races; and a visit by American traders. Film concludes with reflection upon land boundaries as they pertain to wealth and status.
Supplementary materials: manuscript "Land and Livelihood on Mokil, An Atoll in the Eastern Carolines" by Conrad Bentzen; production overview and project report; subjects and story points/boards; film records; map.
Legacy keywords: Language and culture ; Dance ; Outrigger canoe ; Hunting ; Fishing ; Christianity ; Boatbuilding ; Food preparation cooking ; Domestic and family life
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 Numbers:
HSFA 2016.2.1
Provenance:
Received from Michael Bentzen in 2016.
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.
Full film record shot for the National Human Studies Film Center by Edward McLain on Puluwat Atoll, Truk District, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia from April to June. Footage captures daily lives of two highly-reputed canoe navigators' families and includes child play, infant handling, making and repairing canoes, working in taro patches, preparing and eating food, practice and performance of traditional dance as well as underwater film of men spearfishing. Also filmed is a turtle feast ceremony, communal work and tapping the sap of the coconut palm.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.26
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:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Identifications of fish collections from Kapingamarangi, Eastern Caroline Ids., Ifaluk, Western Caroline Islands, Raroia, Tuamotu Archipelago, by Robert R. Rofen
Growing in ground and slimbing on bushes in dense brush near middle of islet, Namoluk Islet, Namoluk Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands, Namoluk Atoll, Truk, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
This one outside my house (grows everywhere on the islet); Namoluk Islet, Namoluk Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands, Namoluk Atoll, Truk, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
In black mud in a small taro excavation near middle of islet, Namoluk Islet, Eastern Caroline Islands, Truk, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
Sapuk Peninsula, eastern point of island, east coast of Moen Island, Truk Islands, Caroline Islands, Truk, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
Truk is., plants of the caroline islands, moen is, east coast, sapuk peninsula, eastern point of island. [moen i. = weno i.], Truk, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
