First Film
name: label: Collection Collaborator
content: McElwee, Ross
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Blitz, Daniel
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Bishop, John Melville
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Baker, Peter
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Ritchie, Claire
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Young, Robert
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Terry, John
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Galvin, Frank
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Bestall, Clifford
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Gardner, Robert
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
label: Collection Creator
content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Marshall, Lorna
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection
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content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 2: Published Films and Videos
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (sound, color composite print; 1,700 feet (47 minutes), 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952
label: Date
content: 1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.11, File 2005.11.25
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This film, shot in 1951, was originally known by the title !Kung Bushmen of the
Kalahari. It came to be known as FIRST FILM because it was, in fact, the first film
edited from the Marshall Ju/'hoan film collection. Though shot by John Marshall, First
Film is a lecture film that was edited and directed by Lorna and Laurence Marshall with
the assistance of Jerry Ballantine. It provides an overview of many aspects of Ju/'hoan
life and culture. Completed in 1952, the film was not formally released for distribution
until 1995. This composite print contains the only existing audio for FIRST FILM. For
other silent film of this title, see 83.11.77-1,2 in Series 1.