Glimpses of Picturesque Java
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.62
name: label: Collection Film distributor
content: Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services
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content: Penn State educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white sound; 388 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938
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: Edited film is a travelogue featuring the island of Java when it was a Dutch colony. Film shows colonial monuments of Batavia (Djakarta) including the governor's palace, hotels for westerners and the railway station as well as street scenes including the Chinese section of the city and Javanese washing clothes in the canals. In region of Jogjakarta, film shows parade of body guards accompanying a Javanese nobleman on a visit to the sultan, peddlars carrying their wares to market, a batik shop with women engaged in applying wax and dying cloth. Visits to Surabaja, Borobudur and Prambanan are also recorded.

Legacy Keywords: Paul Devlin ; Streets Djakarta, Java ; Streets Jogjakarta, Java ; Temples Java ; Batik Java ; Oceania ; Djakarta (Batavia, Java) ; Jogjakarta (Java) ; Surabaja (Java) ; Borobudur (Indonesia) ; Prambanan (Java) ; Javanese (Indonesian people)