Foppe Hooghiemstra films of Namibia
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2018.11.1
name: label: Creator
content: Hooghiemstra, Foppe
place: label: Place
content: Africa, Southern
label: Place
content: Namibia
topic: label: Topic
content: !Kung (African people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Gjalt Hooghiemstra in 2018.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hooghiemstra, Foppe
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (59 minutes, color silent; 800 feet, 8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2018.11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Travelogues (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Travelogues (Motion pictures)
label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage shot by Foppe Hooghiemstra of the Laurence Marshall family expeditions to Namibia, 1957-58 and 1959.  Hooghiemstra was a mechanic and shot his own amateur films of his experience. Film footage includes trucks travelling through various terrains and wildlife encountered. He also captures Ju/'hoansi (N!ai featured in "N!ai, Stor of a !Kung woman", /Gunda Bo, Toma Tsamko and Short /Qui) and other indigeneous groups as well as some expedition members (most likely Robert Gardner and Laurence Marshall).   


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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Human Studies Film Archives also holds the John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman
Film and Video Collection.