Russell Esterline travel films
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2009.9.1
name: label: Creator
content: Esterline, Russell
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Bombay (India)
label: Place
content: Penang (Malaysia)
label: Place
content: Singapore
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Mary Lehn in 2009.
creator: label: Creator
content: Esterline, Russell
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Film reels (color silent; 600 feet, 8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2009.09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Travelogues (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Travelogues (Motion pictures)
label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot by Russell Esterline, ca. 1942 in Bombay, India; Singapore; and Penang, Malaysia. Family lore relates that Esterline was on one of the last boats out of Singapore before the Japanese invaded.

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