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Elizabeth Patapoff videos

Creator:
Patapoff, Elizabeth  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (color sound; VHS)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Video recordings
Place:
North America
Oregon
Nevada
Great Basin
Date:
circa 1979-1982
Scope and Contents:
A SEARCH FOR VANISHED PEOPLE and THE EARTH IS OUR HOME, produced by Elizabeth Patapoff and Oregon Public Broadcasting. (Both titles are on the same tape).

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Biographical / Historical:
Elizabeth Patapoff was a public broadcasting writer and producer based in Portland, Oregon, where she led television production for KOAP-TV (now KOPB-TV) from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Provenance:
Received from the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution, in 1994.
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.
Rights:
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Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Citation:
Elizabeth Patapoff videos, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1994.03
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9905421c3-019d-4091-8861-8f423c806ca1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1994-03

A Search for Vanished People

Collection Creator:
Patapoff, Elizabeth  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (29 minutes, color sound; VHS)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Date:
1982
Scope and Contents:
Television program produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting follows Dr. Luther Cressman, a researcher and writer of western United States prehistory, as he explores the caves of southeastern Oregon.

Segments from a 1939 film included in the program document the first archaeological excavations at Roaring Spring Cave and Fort Rock Cave. Artifacts discovered in these caves such as the bones of extinct animals an atlatl, or throwing stick, woven basketry fragments and sagebrush sandals, carbon dated to 13,000 years ago enabled Dr. Cressman to describe the lives of the earliest inhabitants of the Northern Great Basin.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1994.3.1
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:
Elizabeth Patapoff videos, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9ceab1ca7-8038-42cd-a979-c7222f4c363a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1994-03-ref1

The Earth is Our Home

Collection Creator:
Patapoff, Elizabeth  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (29 minutes, color sound; VHS)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Date:
circa 1979
Scope and Contents:
Edited film, produced in cooperation with the Burns Paiute tribe of southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada, documents their lifeways in an arid environment. A seasonal cycle is followed showing adaptation to a regional ecology through use of plants and animals as well as food preparation and manufacturing of articles used for subsistence. Women relate memories of former times; demonstrate making twined and coiled baskets, cordage for nets, a duck decoy, a rabbitskin robe, and a cattail shelter; collect foods such as bitterroot and camus; and make cakes from berries.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1994.3.2
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:
Elizabeth Patapoff videos, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc939681869-e0dd-49d4-bc8b-392044992673
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1994-03-ref2

Rodman Wanamaker Expedition films

Creator:
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition  Search this
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)  Search this
Extent:
2 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 1112 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
Culture:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
North America
Date:
circa 1913-1916
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of films shot by Joseph K. Dixon who was financed by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker to lead expeditions to the west photographing and filming American Indians. Collection also contains research notes and master thesis on the Dixon-Wanamaker expeditions.

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Provenance:
Received from Wayne Weiss in 2006.
Restrictions:
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Topic:
Dance  Search this
Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.2006.03
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9b470fd63-b4b9-40c1-b66f-96eb07ecf55f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2006-03

The Romance of a Vanishing Race

Collection Creator:
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition  Search this
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 1030 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1916
Scope and Contents:
Edited film shot by Joseph K. Dixon who was financed by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker to lead expeditions to the west photographing and filming American Indians. Footage documents Plains, Pueblo, Navajo, Havasupai, Hopi and Crow American Indians. Footage includes erecting teepee; women carrying firewood ; grinding corn in metati bins and baking bread in outdoor stone ovens; Navajo hogans; woman tanning game hides; man weaving basket; women carrying bags of water; and woman combing her hair. Film ends with a quasi-fictional story of a Plains Indian, Ba-ta-che-se, sharing a peace pipe with two medicine men when he has a vision of an enemy attack. He takes a ceremonial sweat bath prepared by women and then engages in the battle of his vision.
Local Number:
HSFA 2006.3.1
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:
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9f939386b-c1ff-48d7-a0a6-a1cc6f9f0b5d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2006-03-ref1

Rodman Wanamaker Expedition footage

Collection Creator:
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition  Search this
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 82 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1913
Scope and Contents:
Incomplete edited film (or films) shot by Joseph K. Dixon who was financed by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker to lead expeditions to the west photographing and filming American Indians. Footage depicts Plains Indian "brave" elaborately dressed wooing a young woman and Blackfeet Indians in front of teepees at the Glacier Park Hotel entertaining hotel guests with dancing and drumming.
Local Number:
HSFA 2006.3.2
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:
Rodman Wanamaker Expedition films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9a60d85d3-f26f-42e1-9aa0-5d80fed36463
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2006-03-ref2

Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency

Creator:
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)  Search this
Names:
Curly, approximately 1856-1923  Search this
Plenty Coups, 1848-1932  Search this
Extent:
2 Film reels (57 minutes, black-and-white silent)
Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
North America
Montana
Crow Agency (Mont.)
Date:
1908
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of film footage shot by Joseph Dixon on the 1908 Rodman Wanamaker expedition. Collection also contains associated texts, annotations (recorded narratives), and field notes.

Legacy Keywords: Settlement rural ; Procession horse procession ; Costume bridge cloth ; Ceremonies "giveaway" ; Stores general store ; School Catholic girls school mission school ; Bathing men bathing ; Racing horse racing ; Battles reenactment of Battle of Little Big Horn ; Infants infant carried on cradle board ; Wolf Mountains ; North America ; Montana ; Little Bighorn River (Mont.) ; Custer's Battlefield

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Provenance:
Received from Larry Schultz in 1986.
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.
Rights:
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Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1983.06
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc96a5b8276-1e96-4678-bef8-5a0cc212fab4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1983-06

Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency

Collection Creator:
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (31 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1128 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1908
Scope and Contents:
Outtakes of a film shot during an expedition to Crow Agency, Montana, sponsored by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker. Included are scenes of a mission school where young women were educated, a give-away in which young men are honored with gifts, a Crow Fair encampment where people come together to observe and participate in various activities, a horse procession in which the horses and riders are adorned with headdresses, and 19th- and 20th- century Crow leader, Chief Pleny Coups. A reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn at Custer's battlefield is filmed in which some of the participants were also present during the actual battle.
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.6.1
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:
Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc97dd404ec-745c-48bf-b11f-552fbcf7e790
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1983-06-ref1

Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency: Edited Version

Collection Creator:
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (26 minutes, black-and-white silent)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1908
Scope and Contents:
Edited video version of randomly organized outtakes was re-ordered according to thesis research conducted by Susan Applegate Kraus on the Wanamaker expeditions. Footage includes scenes of a mission school where young women were educated, a give-away in which young men are honored with gifts, a Crow Fair encampment where people come together to observe and participate in various activities, a horse procession in which the horses and riders are adorned with headdresses, and 19th- and 20th- century Crow leader, Chief Pleny Coups. A reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn at Custer's battlefield is filmed in which some of the participants were also present during the actual battle.
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.6.2
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:
Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc92a282dbf-b8ea-457f-8e6a-4e0a6fd40b75
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1983-06-ref2
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John L. Buckner film of an Adena burial mound excavation

Creator:
Buckner, John L.  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (23 minutes, black-and-white silent; 400 feet, 8mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
North America
Kentucky
Date:
circa 1939
Scope and Contents:
Footage documenting the archaeology of the Wright burial mound, a middle to late Adena culture site in Eastern Kentucky. This large-scale mound excavation was made possible by a work crew provided by the Works Progress Administration. The film shows archaeological methodology, particularly in the manner of excavation through arbitrary stratigraphic levels. Documented are artifacts including an arrowhead, a bead necklace, and presumably other, as yet unidentifiable, prestige goods. Also includes footage of the excavation of a human burial and the associated burial goods.

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 Number:
HSFA 1983.8.1
Provenance:
Received from the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 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.
Rights:
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Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
John L. Buckner film of an Adena burial mound excavation, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1983.08
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc904386849-fcd9-446a-80a1-be93518f104b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1983-08
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Pacho Lane films

Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (10 hours, color sound; 26,000 feet, 16mm)
Culture:
Totonac  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Place:
Central America
Mexico
Asia
Afghanistan
Date:
1981-1992
Scope and Contents:
Production film materials for TREE OF LIFE (2 versions TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, EAGLE'S CHILDREN, 1987 film footage of Afghanistan and film footage for a New Mexico Chile film.

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.
Provenance:
Received from Pacho Lane in 2004.
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.
Rights:
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Topic:
War  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound films
Citation:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.2004.14
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9f6a9a126-0f8f-425d-b221-b6f6fa9a98b7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2004-14

The Tree of Life

Collection Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (30 minutes, color sound; 1,055 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1988
Scope and Contents:
Edited film by Pacho (Bruce) Lane documents preparations and performance of "Los Voladores" (men who are suspended from and "fly around" a tall pole made from a selected tree in the nearby forests), a 1500 year old ritual performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico that lies at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico and combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry (from the "Cantares Mexicanos, a collection of pre-hispanic Nahuatl verse from Texcoco) and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives. Originally filmed in 1973? in Huehuetla in Sierra Norte de Pueblo in the Nuasteca region of Mexico.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2004.14.1
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:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9cecf3db4-876d-467c-b373-711c1d507e6b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2004-14-ref1

The Tree of Knowledge

Collection Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (24 minutes, color sound; 864 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1981
Scope and Contents:
Edited film by Pacho (Bruce) Lane focuses on the Totonac Indian community in Huehuetla, Puebla, in eastern central Mexico and contrasts two systems of education. The public school system uses patriotic symbols to "integrate" Indian pupils into the national culture while teaching them to reject their own identity. In contrast, the Danza de los Huehues urges young Totonacs to learn from the mestizos ("whites"), yet warns them not to abandon their own culture. Originally filmed in 197X[?]
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2004.14.3
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:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc96fd2dee4-d2fa-4447-a4e9-545e3f24873e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2004-14-ref2

The Eagle's Children

Collection Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (39 minutes, color sound; 1,470 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1992
Scope and Contents:
Edited film by Pacho (Bruce) Lane documents Mexican-American "danzantes" travelling to Chalma, Central Texas, and San Diego, California, where they rediscover their indigenous heritage. The "danzantes" are adherents of "La danza de la conquista del Gran Tenochtitlan," also known as "Los concheros," "Danza Azteca," and "Danza Chichimeca," a dance tradition that traces its origins to pre-Columbian Nahua ("Aztec") roots
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2004.14.4
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:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc942e1a8f7-bed5-481e-a5b3-48d8790d2b54
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2004-14-ref3

Inside Afghanistan

Collection Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
2 Film reels (56 minutes, color sound; 2,016 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1988
Scope and Contents:
Edited film shot in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Spinbuldak, and the Afghan countryside in 1987, is a look at the "other" side of the war in Afghanistan - the Communist government and its supporters. Film includes interviews with Afghans, predominantly pro-government, describing the issues, events and conditions typifying the nine-year-old civil war. Hopes are expressed for the government's program of national reconciliation, with some compromises to be made between the modernist, pro-Soviet adherents and the predominantly tribal Islamic traditionalists.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2004.14.5
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:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9057da62c-dec7-4d78-847c-700de33df1e2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2004-14-ref4

The Black Tulip

Collection Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
2 Film reels (26 minutes, color sound; 936 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1988
Scope and Contents:
Edited film examines the Afghan civil war through interviews with Russian military men who outline their perceptions of their mission in Afghanistan and the legitimacy of their presence; they describe the conditions and dangers of duty and characterize the nature of the Afghan rebels. Moscow civilians, including the bereaved parents of sons lost in battle, express their feelings about the Russian military intervention in Afganistan.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2004.14.6
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:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9d5b08cd8-ba88-428f-81dc-0d9000e5b7b4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2004-14-ref5

The Tree of Life (short version)

Collection Creator:
Lane, Bruce, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (color sound; 784 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1988
Scope and Contents:
Edited film by Pacho (Bruce) Lane documents preparations and performance of "Los Voladores" (men who are suspended from and "fly around" a tall pole made from a selected tree in the nearby forests), a 1500 year old ritual performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico that lies at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico and combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry (from the "Cantares Mexicanos, a collection of pre-hispanic Nahuatl verse from Texcoco) and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives. Originally filmed in 1973? in Huehuetla in Sierra Norte de Pueblo in the Nuasteca region of Mexico.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2004.14.1
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:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Pacho Lane films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc974a9658b-d306-4af8-b55c-8d945b6bbee9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-2004-14-ref6

1976 Madrid, Spain. Part 1

Creator:
Human Studies Film Archives  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-09-02T18:56:30.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Anthropology  Search this
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Human Studies Film Archives
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edanmdm:yt_-jAbEK-5WJY

1958 Continental Divide - Costa Rica

Creator:
Human Studies Film Archives  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-04-18T14:50:02.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Anthropology  Search this
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Human Studies Film Archives
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edanmdm:yt_-oDJ48MdJZU

Geisha Hairstyling (ca. 1927)

Creator:
Human Studies Film Archives  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-10-19T13:49:50.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Anthropology  Search this
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Human Studies Film Archives
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