Roger Hilsman films of the Philippines
name: label: Creator
content: Hilsman, Roger, 1890-1975
place: label: Place
content: Southeast Asia
label: Place
content: Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Volcanoes
label: Topic
content: Volcanology
label: Topic
content: Geology
label: Topic
content: Leprosy
label: Topic
content: Communicable diseases
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Roger Hilsman, Jr. in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hilsman, Roger, 1890-1975
setName: label: See more items in
content: Roger Hilsman films of the Philippines
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Film reels (116 minutes, black-and-white silent; 3050 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1981.02
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 shot by Captain Roger Hilsman of the U. S. Army in the Philippines in 1929.  Footage is cut and uncut (outtakes) with some intertitling.  Footage includes scenes of Northern Philippines tribes, Bontoc iggorotes, Ifagao, Kalinga and Negrito Pygmies, eruption of Mayon volcano, flagellente sect, Culion leper colony and scenes of Manila.

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