Roland S. Morris films of Japan
name: label: Creator
content: Morris, Roland S. (Roland Sletor), 1874-1945
place: label: Place
content: East Asia
label: Place
content: Japan
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Sarah Morris Machold and William F. Machold in 1982.
creator: label: Creator
content: Morris, Roland S. (Roland Sletor), 1874-1945
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Roland S. Morris films of Japan
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Film reels (1 hour 58 minutes, black-and-white silent; 4050 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1920
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1982.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of films collected by Roland S. Morris while he was U.S. Ambassador to Japan.  Films include BEAUTIFUL JAPAN, '17-18 film made by Benjamin Brodsky of travels through Japan and copies of two Pathe newsreel stories about the Morris family in Japan, c. late teens.  Collection also includes a map, article, shot logs, and translations.

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