Merriman World Travel Footage
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1976.4.1-2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Merriman, Milton E.
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content: Milton E. Merriman travel films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1927-1960
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 taken by Milton E. Merriman, 1920s-1952. Most of the footage is of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. The remainder features the Middle East; Europe & Great Bitain; Mexico, Puerto Rico, & South America; and the United States. The edited footage was used by Mr. Merriman in his travel lectures presented during the 1950s. ; Roll 2 consists of footage shot by Merriman on board the paddle steamer Golden Eagle, along the inland rivers Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee. Documents: street scenes in Alabama; Shiloh National Military Park; a ticker-tape parade celebrating victory in the Pacific War; and in Louisiana, street scenes in New Orleans, including the Old Absinthe House; New Iberia; and the Longfellow Evangeline State Park on Avery Island. Also includes footage of the Los Angeles County Historical and Art Museum.