Milton E. Merriman travel films
name: label: Creator
content: Merriman, Milton E.
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Europe
label: Place
content: Central America
label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: North America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Paul H. Merriman in 1976.
creator: label: Creator
content: Merriman, Milton E.
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content: Milton E. Merriman travel films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Film reels (silent; 16,000 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1927-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1976.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Travelogs
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Travelogs
label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Cut and uncut film footage shot around the world by Milton E. Merriman, mostly in the twenties but spanning 1920-1952. 

Most of the footage is of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. The remainder features the Middle East; Europe and Great Bitain; Mexico, Puerto Rico, and South America; and the United States. The edited footage was used by Mr. Merriman in his travel lectures presented during the 1950s.  Documentation ranges from developed urban centers to more rural areas and includes film of cultural festivals, marketplace scenes, and childhood activities. Contains detailed footage of monuments and architecture as well as aerial footage of landscapes.

Supplementary materials: photographs, content lists

Legacy Keywords: Travel ; Landscapes ; Landscape aerial shots of landscape ; Marketplaces ; Cities and towns ; Rural areas ; Architecture, Domestic ; Architecture, Colonial ; Architecture, Commercial ; Children ; Military China ; Fire

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