Martin Moyer film collection
name: label: Creator
content: Martin Moyer Productions
place: label: Place
content: Africa
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content: South Africa
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content: Fiji
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content: Oceania
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content: Tonga
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content: India
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content: Suva (Fiji)
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content: Nepal
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content: Europe
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content: Italy
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content: Greece
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content: North America
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content: Vancouver Island (B.C.)
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content: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
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content: Cascade Range
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content: Formations (Geology)
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content: Art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Martin Moyer in 1996.
creator: label: Creator
content: Martin Moyer Productions
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content: Martin Moyer film collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Martin Moyer was an independent producer and distributer of educational films primarily from the 1950s through the 1970s. His company, Martin Moyer Productions, was based in Seattle, Washington.  Film subjects include social and cultural studies, art, geography, forestry, environmental sciences, physical education and mathematics.  In the early 1950s Moyer, in partnership with Charles Stinson, produced short films shot in Fiji and other South Pacific islands, for their production company South Sea Films based in Suva, Fiji.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (black-and-white, color, sound, silent; 179,000 feet, 16mm)
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content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1996.06
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Sound films
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content: Silent films
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content: Travelogs
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content: Educational films
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content: Sound films
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content: silent films
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content: Travelogs
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content: Educational films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film collection created by Martin Moyer primarily consists of 59 edited film titles produced and distributed for the educational film market by his independent film company Martin Moyer Productions based in Seattle, Washington.  Film subjects include social and cultural studies, geography, environmental sciences, art, mathematics, forestry, and physical education.  

Collection also includes ten edited films produced by Martin Moyer in the early 1950s in partnership with Charles Stinson for their production company South Sea Films based in Suva, Fiji. These ten shorts were filmed in Fiji and the Pacific Islands and document the culture of that region. In addition, the collection includes film of South Africa from the 1940s and 1950s attributed to Richard Peck.  

Finally, there are miscellaneous film materials related to collaborative and sponsored projects that include film footage of India, Nepal, Europe and Africa.  

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guides, promotional materials, newspaper articles.

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.