National Human Studies Film Center collection
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1981-005; HSFA 1986-013
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Human Studies Film Center in 1981 (accession 1981-005).
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content: National Human Studies Film Center collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1935 and circa 1960-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1986.13
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of prints of edited films and unedited reels of footage that were tranferred from the National Human Studies Film Center/National Anthropological Film Center to the Human Studies Film Archives upon creation of the Archives.

The Film Archives received no information as to the source or agreements.

Films include: THE AX FIGHT, THE SONS OF HAJI OMAR, A PIONEER FAMILY IN ALASKA, I AM THE PAIN DOCTOR, SILLA'S TWIN TUMULUS (For I AM THE PAIN DOCTOR see accession number 90-002.)  RED BASIN KUANHSIEN, THE OPIUM TRAIL, TO FIND OUR LIFE, HELICOPTER VIEWS OF SUMATRA.

Supplementary materials: associated texts, field notes, production logs

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.