Isles of the East
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.93
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962
label: Collection Creator
content: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Father Bernard Hubbard collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 336 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940
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 is a theatrical travelogue produced for the "Magic Carpet of Movietone." Film depicts scenes from the islands of the Dutch East Indies including Bali, Sumatra, and Java. Film shows dancing with dancers dressed in elaborate costumes in Bali; rice plowing and market area in Sumatra; and ancient temple and Buddhist shrine in Java. The film also includes scenes of Batavia, the capital city of Java, which shows vendors, markets, canals, and sailboats. The narrator discusses the situation of the Dutch West Indies, and their role as a colony of Holland in the World War. 

Legacy Keywords: Rice as a crop Asia ; Agriculture ; Markets ; Temples ; Dance ; Markets ; Shrines Buddhist ; Canals ; Boats