J. Ward Williams films of Papua New Guinea
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1991.5.1
name: label: Creator
content: Williams, J. Ward
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
creator: label: Creator
content: Williams, J. Ward
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (36 minutes, black-and-white silent; 2000 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1937
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Ward Williams Footage of Papua New Guinea 1935-37."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1991.05
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: Incomplete footage shot during a gold prospecting expedition in north western Papua New Guinea. Scenes include villages along the Fly and Sepik Rivers, Papuans working in the Yodda gold fields, and various mining camps along the Fly River.

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