Lewis Cotlow films
name: label: Creator
content: Cotlow, Lewis, 1898-1987
place: label: Place
content: Africa, Eastern
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content: North America
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content: South America
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content: Arctic regions
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content: Oceania
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content: Uganda
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content: Tanzania
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content: Kenya
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content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
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content: Congo (Brazzaville)
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content: Canada
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content: Papua New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people)
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content: Dani (New Guinean people)
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content: Enga (Papua New Guinean people)
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content: Medlpa (Papua New Guinean people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Lewis Cotlow in 1978 and the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History in 1985 and 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cotlow, Lewis, 1898-1987
culture: label: Culture
content: Inuit
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content: Lewis Cotlow films
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Explorer and filmmaker Lewis Cotlow directed expeditions between 1940 and 1969 while carrying the Explorers Club Flag to the Amazon, Africa, Australia, and New Guinea.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (8 hours 16 minutes, color sound; 17,400 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-circa 1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1985.11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Original film, prints, elements, sound materials and associated texts from the following films produced by explorer Lewis Cotlow:  SAVAGE SPLENDOR, ZANZABUKU, VANISHING AFRICA, TWIGHLIGHT OF THE PRIMITIVE, PRIMITIVE PARADISE, JUNGLE HEADHUNTERS, HIGH ARCTIC, IN SEARCH OF THE PRIMITIVE.  

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