Footage of the Western Caroline Islands
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1980.2.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Vitarelli, William V.
setName: label: See more items in
content: William Vitarelli films of the Western Caroline Islands
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (2 hours 28 minutes, color silent; 5000 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1974
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 shot on various atolls and islands by an American who lived in Micronesia for over 20 years. Footage includes scenes of a United Nations Day Fair on Guam, mission schools, bamboo constructions, amphibious aircraft used for supplies and transportation, turtle fishing and turtle egg harvesting, throw-net fishing, tattoo designs, weaving and fabrication of grass skirts, dance, aerial shots of the islands, and construction and operation of a saw mill.

High Comissioner of the Trust Territory: Midkif ; District Administrator of Palau: Godinez ; Spiritual leader of the Modekngei School: Ngerikabafabg ; High Chief of Palau: Ibedul ; Chief of Eastern Villages of Palau: Reklai ; Dancer: Anna Didil ; Burnet

Legacy Keywords: Dance Kara Kima Nai Matgamatong Ngasar ; Amateur films; Ponape (Federated States of Micronesia) ; Ibobang ; Koror (Palau) ; Peleliu ; Angaur School ; Ngeremglengui (Palau) school ; Molakau Harbor ; Saipan ; Yap (Micronesia) ; Rota (Japan) ; Ulithi (Micronesia) ; Falalop ; Melekiak ; Ngersul ; Abai ; Grotto Marpi ; Oceania ; Micronesia