National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes films
name: label: Creator
content: Sorenson, E. Richard
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Australasia
label: Place
content: Vanuatu
topic: label: Topic
content: Tanna (Ni-Vanuatu people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Institute for Neurological Diseases in 1974.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sorenson, E. Richard
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (16mm)
label: Extent
content: Photographs (35mm)
label: Extent
content: Sound recordings (1/4 inch)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Film and audio was claimed by E. Richard Sorenson, founding director of the National Anthropological Film Center, as directly related to his research and work at NINDS under Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1974.01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Uncut footage of film studies made for NINDS by E. Richard Sorenson.  Includes footage made in Mexico (Tarahumara and Mestizo); South Fore, Papua New Guinea; New Hebrides; Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia; Fore, Papua New Guinea and Sepik, Papua New Guinea.  Uncut footage filmed by Kalman Muller in the New Hebrides (see also 75-001).

Supplementary materials: Film equipment, associated texts.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Human Studies Film Archives also holds the Kalman Muller films of New Hebrides [Vanuatu].