Travel Footage: Caribbean and South America (2004.22.4-1)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2004.22.4-1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Link, Walter, 1902-1982
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content: Walter Link travel films
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content: Walter Link travel films / Travel Footage: Caribbean and South America
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (40 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1,000 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940
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: Film footage, shot in the Caribbean and South America by oil explorer and geologist Walter Link, records daily life in a variety of locations as well as shots of tourist locations. Locations are not identified except by signs within the film marking Santo Domingo; footage appears to include Peru as well. Much of the footage is given to individual and group portraits of a diverse selection of locals, many of whom interact with the cameraman. Activities and scenes captured in a range of rural and urban locations include: dancing and drumming; river travel and activities such as washing, bathing, and fording; transporting goods on head and by pack animal; market scenes; the arrival of a cargo plane; and traditional rural homes as well as architecture of cities. Also included are panoramas of cities and villages, as well as several shots of tourist destinations including the Continental Church of the Franciscan Order, the AlcÃ"azar de ColÃ"on, and other grand structures.