Walter Goetz films
name: label: Creator
content: Goetz, Walter, 1930-2018
label: Names
content: Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Europe
label: Place
content: Caribbean Area
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Panama Canal (Panama)
label: Place
content: Venezuela
label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Hawaii
topic: label: Topic
content: Tourism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Walter Goetz films were donated by the Goetz family.
creator: label: Creator
content: Goetz, Walter, 1930-2018
setName: label: See more items in
content: Walter Goetz films
abstract: label: Summary
content: Walter Goetz was an amateur photographer who shot films on his many vacations. This collection contains film footage from 41 trips that he took between 1949 and 1986.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walter George Goetz was born November 21, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the only child of Mary and Walter Goetz Sr., who lived in Glendale, Queens. Goetz worked for many years for AT&T. From an early age, he accumulated photographs and films of his travels, becoming an accomplished photographer. He loved to share his films at family gatherings, presenting the films with help from his copious notes, using artifacts brought home from his travels to enhance his talks.

Walter and his family moved to New Jersey and then to Florida, where they lived for 23 years. Hawaii became Walter's favorite place to visit, and he and his family often travelled there for 4 to 6 weeks at a time.

At his death, Goetz asked that his films be shared. He died March 13, 2018, in Spring Hill, Florida at the age of 86.

Sources Consulted

Descriptions given to the HSFA by the Goetz family.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 116 Film reels (color silent reversal; 44,350 feet, 8mm and Super 8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2019.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The films are arranged chronologically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist.

Processed by HSFA Staff

Encoded by Katherine Christensen, November 2020
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains film footage from 41 trips that Walter Goetz took to North America, the Caribbean, Europe, the South Pacific, Central and South America, and Asia. Goetz's travels spanned the years 1949 to 1986, with a trip almost every year. The collection does not contain the notes and photographs that he took or the artifacts that he collected while travelling.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.