Central and South American travel films
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1993.2.1
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Central America
label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Caribbean Area
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Panama
label: Place
content: Panama Canal (Panama)
label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: Brazil
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1993.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Film reels (1 hour 53 minutes, black-and-white silent; 2885 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1993.02
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 created by unknown travelers.  Travellers begin their trip on what appears to be a Caribbean Island, then travel to Mexico (Mexico City, Teotihucan, Xochilmilco, bullfight, Michocan) through the Panama Canal down along the western coast of South America (crossing the equator ceremony on board ship) to an unidentified Peruvian city to the Andes (ruins) and finally to Brazil.  Filmed are many street scenes and markets; cities, towns and villages; countryside, port activities and colonial buildings.

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