Footage of Indonesia (2004.22.1-3)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2004.22.1-3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Link, Walter, 1902-1982
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content: Walter Link travel films
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content: Walter Link travel films / Footage of Indonesia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (34 minutes, black-and-white silent; 900 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1934
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 moderately edited with added intertitles, shot in Java by oil explorer and geologist Walter Link, records various aspects of Javanese daily life. Filming locations move from port city of Merak to Batavia (Jakarta) and the highlands of central Java (Indonesia). Depicted are a wide range of everyday tasks including bathing and washing clothes in river; fishing with nets and baskets; rafting and floating produce down river; cutting rock floor tile; building a dam with rocks; scraping salt from drying racks; gathering firewood; preparing sawahs for planting; harvesting, sorting, and hulling rice. Shots of the highlands include mountainous landscapes and stone carvings of the temple at Burubodur. Also recorded are extensive scenes of city life, including the fish market of Batavia; transportation of goods in wagons and on boats; infrastructure including paved streets, bridges, canals, multistory houses, and larger structures including a stone gate and buildings with columns.