Arno Atoll films
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1983.3.1
name: label: Creator
content: Mason, Leonard, 1913-2005
label: Creator
content: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
label: Creator
content: United States. Navy
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Arno Atoll (Marshall Islands)
topic: label: Topic
content: Marshallese
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Leonard Mason in 1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mason, Leonard, 1913-2005
label: Creator
content: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
label: Creator
content: United States. Navy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color silent; 3600 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Arno Atoll ca. 1950."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of the Coral Atoll Project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the United States Navy. Scenes include aerial shots of the atoll; harvesting and processing fronds of coconut and pandanus trees for weaving mats, baskets, and clothing and for roofing; women's dances; preparing and roasting breadfruit; butchering and roasting pig; making sennit; fishing activities; and dancing.

Wade, Gerald: cameraman ; Davenport, William: researcher ; Emery, Kenneth: photographer ; Milne, James: translator.  University of Hawaii.

The collection also includes scripts and shot notes used by Dr. Mason to prepare an edited film.

Outrigger canoe ; Grass skirts ; Sennit making ; Cookery ; Breadfruit preservation bwirn ma beljij ; Coconut copra sennit ; Pandanus tree thatch fruit mat clothing ; Dance stick secret ; Aerial view Arno Atoll ; Pig food preparation ; Ship AKL U.S. Naval vessel ; Tools shell ; Weaving basket ; Festival games gunny sack race tug of war ; Fire drills ; Jekkaro coconut tree sap

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