Merriman World Travel Footage
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1976.4.1-7
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Merriman, Milton E.
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content: Milton E. Merriman travel films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (41 minutes, silent; 1,068 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1927-1960
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: Footage of travel from central Asia through the Middle East and Europe. Sites documented include Basrah, Ur, Bombay, Damascus, Thebes, Venice, Florence, Jerusalem, Switzerland, Frankfurt, Cologne, Paris, London, and New York. The film incorporates footage of well-known monuments (Great Pyramids at Giza and the Great Sphinx) and sites in addition to detail of local peoples (children swimming and playing; dancing and music making; street vendors and a funeral) and customs.