James Wilborn Marshall Films of the Amazon
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2011.4
name: label: Creator
content: Marshall, James Wilborn
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Brazil
label: Place
content: Amazon River Region
topic: label: Topic
content: Cultural property
label: Topic
content: Manufacturing processes
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Joan Cominos in 2011.
creator: label: Creator
content: Marshall, James Wilborn
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Film reels (black-and-white silent; color silent; 32,515 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: 0.25 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2011.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage shot for expeditions conducted by James Wilborn Marshall in the Amazon River region of Brazil to document indigenous cultures undergoing rapid change.  Marshall focussed particularly on the Xingu. Film footage includes processes such as making a beaded necklace and making an arrowhead.

Supplementary materials: photographs, production logs, correspondence, scripts, clippings.

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