Merriman World Travel Footage
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1976.4.1-10
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; 1,066 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 taken by Milton E. Merriman, 1920s-1952. Most of the footage is of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. The remainder features the Middle East; Europe & Great Bitain; Mexico, Puerto Rico, & South America; and the United States. The edited footage was used by Mr. Merriman in his travel lectures presented during the 1950s.   ; Roll 10 consists of footage of travels on the islands of Ceylon, Manila and Japan. Depictions of Ceylon include shots of temples and Buddha statues, elephant training and local festivals. Footage of Manila documents the landscape with aerial shots and captures street scenes. The more extensive footage of Japan consists of street and park scenes, craft production, pagodas and temples and government institutions. Footage of Japan also contains film of still photographs taken by Merriman after the 1923 earthquake in Tokyo.

Legacy Keywords: Elephants domestication ; Earthquakes