Philippines
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1981.2.4
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hilsman, Roger, 1890-1975
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content: Roger Hilsman films of the Philippines
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (42 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1400 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929
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: Footage of Manila and the surrounding area. Peoples depicted include Ibaloi, Ifugao, Bontok, and southern Tagalog. Scenes include: Baguio Market (Old Stone Market) on the road to northern Luzon; the walled city, Intramuros; Manila Bay; the Pasig River; and the American camp John Hay. Shots of ethnographic interest include: Ibaloi women and children in native dress, Ifugao people, dancing and music-making with nose flute and bronze gongs and a mock battle by Bontok people, southern Tagalog housing, lighting of candles in a cemetery in Intramuros for the Feast of All Saints Day, manufacturing of Manila hemp rope, cutting and logging of Mahogany trees in the lowlands, and San Miguel Brewery.