Footage of Indonesia (2004.22.1-4)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2004.22.1-4
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Link, Walter, 1902-1982
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content: Walter Link travel films
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content: Walter Link travel films / Footage of Indonesia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (71 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1,400 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage moderately edited with intertitles, shot in Celebes and the surrounding islands by oil explorer and geologist Walter Link, records various aspects of local daily life. The record of Celebes begins with port cities around the coast including Makassar and Kendari and moves up to the highlands through Loewoek (Luwuk). Footage was also filmed on other islands, including Lombok, Boeton (Buton), Moeton, and Wowoni (Wawonii). Depicted are a range of daily activities for both oil explorers and locals. Footage of native Indonesians tend to be accompanied by explanatory intertitles, and include: port markets, boats, and traders; several styles of local houses; women planting, harvesting, and storing rice; men harvesting and hulling coconuts; fishing with baskets; and various quotidian markets and crowds, including portraits of a diverse selection of locals. Link captures his fellow explorers and the local laborers they hired sailing prauws; carrying packs through streams; constructing rafts; clearing jungle and building camps; and camp life, including tending to equipment, maps, and foot fungus. Also included are several landscape panoramas and mentions of local domesticated animals.