National Anthropological Film Center films of the Cook Islands
name: label: Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Cook Islands.
label: Place
content: Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands)
label: Place
content: Pukapuka Atoll (Cook Islands)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
culture: label: Culture
content: Polynesians
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 43,700 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1986.13COOK
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The research film projects are arranged into two series:

1. Film Studies of Traditional Polynesian Drama and Dance in the Cook Islands

2. Film Studies of the Traditional Polynesian Lifestyle of the Cook Islands
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Motion picture films, sound recordings and photographs produced by the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution during four research projects conducted in the Cook Islands from 1975 to 1978. Collection also contains paper records and documentation for the projects including field notes on subjects filmed and translations into English of songs and legends performed in the Maori language of the Cook Islands. 

Research film projects were conducted under the general direction of E. Richard Sorenson, Director, NAFC with the supervision and cooperation of the Cultural Development Office of the Government of the Cook Islands. 

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.