Object Details
- Local Number
- HSFA 1994.8.4
- Collection Creator
- Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
- Davis, Ruth
- See more items in
- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
- Extent
- 9 Film reels (color silent; 6247 feet, 16mm)
- Date
- circa 1946-1948
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Collection Citation
- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- Film footage associated with edited film "Jungle Terror" documents an expedition into French Guiana. Filmed are Roucouyenne and Boni Indians; wasp mats; Roucouyenne Indian village life; panning for gold; lumber mill; Devil's Island prisoners; travelling on river and river scenes; missionary church; jungle flora and fauna; making red dye; camp scenes; humans bathing chimpanzee; canoes; and drums. Legacy Keywords: Expeditions ; Villages ; Primates ; Drums ; River boats ; Canoes ; Missionaries ; Wasps ; Insects ; Prisons
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633053688995-1633053689000-0
Related Content
Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis' Footage of French Guiana, circa 1946-1948, 1994.08.004-005, clip 1
Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis' Footage of French Guiana, circa 1946-1948, 1994.08.004-005, clip 2
