[Percy B. Eckhart Travel Footage: World Cruise]
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Eckhart, Percy B. (Percy Bernard), 1877-1969
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content: Percy B. Eckhart films
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content: Percy B. Eckhart films / Series 1: Travel Footage
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film footage from a cruise to the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific from January 9 to May 9, 1936. Activities depicted include cruise ship life and beaches; landscapes and harbors; monumental buildings and ruins, including interior shots; and brief shots of local people on streets, at leisure, and at work. Film footage is largely touristic: historic sites and monuments, crowded street scenes in port cities, and companions at leisure in restaurants or on the cruise ship. Shots of locals tend to be either in city crowds or in performances, usually dances or concerts in traditional dress. Camera is curious about locals but rarely records more than brief, unstaged moments. Bulleted information is transcribed from film reels and/or cans. Filming locations as listed on film reels and in intertitles include: Trinidad (Port of Spain), Brazil (Bahia, Rio de Janeiro), St. Helena, South Africa (Cape Town, Kimberly, Pretoria, Durban), India (Bombay, Udaipur, Amber, Jaipur, Delhi, Agra and Taj Mahal), Indochina/Cambodia (Angkor), Ceylon/Sri Lanka (Kandy), Indonesia (Bali, Java), Philippines (Manila), Hong Kong, China (Beijing, Shanghai), and Hawaii (Honolulu).