William Vitarelli films of the Western Caroline Islands
name: label: Creator
content: Vitarelli, William V.
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Micronesia
label: Place
content: Palau
label: Place
content: Guam
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from William V. Vitarelli in 1980.
creator: label: Creator
content: Vitarelli, William V.
culture: label: Culture
content: Yapese (Micronesian people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: William Vitarelli films of the Western Caroline Islands
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (3 hours 58 minutes, color silent; 8300 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1980.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Silent footage taken by Vitarelli in Micronesia from 1951-1974.  Cut and uncut footage.  3,300' is footage of the Modekngei people building their own school (Belau Modekngei School) on Babelthaup Island, Palau Group, Western Caroline Islands in 1974.  Other footage includes the Vitarelli family in Micronesia, Saipan, Ponape, Palau, Grotto Marpi, old Abai, new Abai, Yap Day on Yap, Melekiak and Ngersul, Guam, outriggers, dancing, saw mill, Rota, Japan, Ulithi, Falalop, etc.  Sync sound annotation made by Vitarelli.

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