Footage of Indonesia (2004.22.1-2)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2004.22.1-2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Link, Walter, 1902-1982
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content: Walter Link travel films
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content: Walter Link travel films / Footage of Indonesia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, black-and-white silent; 400 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage moderately edited with added intertitles, shot in Sumatra by oil explorer and geologist Walter Link, records aspects of travel, work, and camp life along the Moesi River. Link shot both fellow oil explorers and locals at work engaged in oil work, including digging pits and bringing in wells; in camps, hobbing shoes, cutting hair, and resting, including a view of a "coolie camp" ; transporting goods and possessions by carrying them through forest or along river in prauws, covered canoes, and rafts; and a lengthy documentation of lumbering with oxen in the Semanggoes Region. Also included are panoramic landscapes such as the bay at Palembang and the "Kaiser's Helmet" formation near Lahat, as well as scattered scenes of daily life in Palembang (workers on large cargo boats as well as a man selling food out of a prauw) and a village called Kampoon Pagarkaja (portraits of inhabitants, including the village chief). This reel includes substantial documentation of Link's fellow oil explorers working with local laborers.