West Africa, Sierra Leone (Mende) -- Gathering and Processing Oysters
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.178; E00234
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
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: oysters that have attached themselves to branches on the bank are knocked down, brought to the workplace, and opened there. The meat is kept in tubs while the cleaned shells are boiled in a large metal cauldron.
Legacy Keywords: Sierra Leone ; West Africa, Sierra Leone ; Africa; Mende