Around the World
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.15
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Soule, Thayer
setName: label: See more items in
content: Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Film reels (1 hour 56 minutes, color silent; 4,189 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949
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: Edited film begins in New York City and documents travel to the following locales: Azores Islands, Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra, and Estoria), Turkey (Istanbul and Buyukada), Syria (Damascus), Lebanon (countryside), India (New Delhi and Delhi), Siam (Bangkok), Hong Kong, and Japan (countryside, Kyoto, and Nara). Film also includes brief views of Wake Island, Hawaii; San Francisco; and New York City at night. Scenes include city and country street activities, bazaars (markets), historical and archeological sites, architecture, resorts, and local arts and crafts.

Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs

Legacy keywords: Archeology sites ; Historic sites ; Street scenes ; Marketplaces ; Architecture ; Folk art ; Handicraft ; Resorts