Whipple Spear Hall collection
name: label: Creator
content: Hall, Whipple Spear
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Philippines
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from American Film Institute (National Center for Film and Video Preservation) in 1999.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hall, Whipple Spear
setName: label: See more items in
content: Whipple Spear Hall collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Film reels (950 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Photographs (290 images; prints)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1999.13
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Silent films
label: Type
content: Travelogs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
label: Genre/Form
content: Travelogs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Films and photographs shot in the 1930s by American businessman Whipple S. Spear Hall. Locations include Philippines (including Manila), southeast Asia, Oceania, China, Papua New Guinea, Java and possibly Torres Strait.

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