Karl Stein films
name: label: Creator
content: Stein, Karl E., 1909-2010
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Africa, North
label: Place
content: Middle East
label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: East Asia
label: Place
content: Southeast Asia
label: Place
content: Brazil
label: Place
content: Morocco
label: Place
content: Iran
label: Place
content: India
label: Place
content: Sri Lanka
label: Place
content: Korea (South)
label: Place
content: Taiwan
label: Place
content: Thailand
topic: label: Topic
content: Travelogues (Motion pictures)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Karl E. Stein in 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stein, Karl E., 1909-2010
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content: Karl Stein films
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Commander Karl E. Stein was a member of several expeditions including the Mitchell Hedges-Richmond Brown Exploratory Expedition and the Snyder Mountain Expedition. His military service during World War II found him in the South Pacific, Arctic and Mediterranean.  After the War he turned to creating travel films for the travel-lecture circuit. His wife, Flora M. Stein, recorded the country's music to accompany the presentations.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Film reels (color silent; 25,168 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1994.10
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of 8 travelogue films of the following locales:  Morocco, Brazil, Iran, India, Ceylon, Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan.  Collection also contains audiotapes of lectures,still photographs, and publicity brochures.

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