Footage of French Guiana
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1994.8.4
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
label: Collection Creator
content: Davis, Ruth
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Film reels (color silent; 6247 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1946-1948
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 associated with edited film "Jungle Terror" documents an expedition into French Guiana.  Filmed are Roucouyenne and Boni Indians; wasp mats; Roucouyenne Indian village life; panning for gold; lumber mill; Devil's Island prisoners; travelling on river and river scenes; missionary church; jungle flora and fauna; making red dye; camp scenes; humans bathing chimpanzee; canoes; and drums.  

Legacy Keywords: Expeditions ; Villages ; Primates ; Drums ; River boats ; Canoes ; Missionaries ; Wasps ; Insects ; Prisons