Research film study of the Cook Islands
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1975-007
name: label: Creator
content: Breidenbach, George
topic: label: Topic
content: Oceania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Human Studies Film Center in 1982.
creator: label: Creator
content: Breidenbach, George
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Film reels (5 hours, original color negative , 16mm; 8,500 feet)
label: Extent
content: 19 Sound recordings (approximately 5 hours, open-reel tapes, 1/4 inch; 5-inch diameter)
label: Extent
content: 350 Photographic slides (color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Cook Island Film Project."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1975.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Photographic slides
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research film study undertaken in the Cook Islands. Project under the direction of E. Richard Sorenson of the National Anthropological Film Center with supervision and the collaboration of the Cultural Ministry of the Government of the Cook Islands. The project was originally intended to film on the island of Pukapuka, but the filmmaker abandoned the project in November 1975 after filming began on the island of Roratonga and nearby islands.

Project personnel: Director - E. Richard Sorenson; cinematography and still photography - George Breidenbach; sound recording - Terese Svoboda

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