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In The Land of the Head Hunters

Clip #: TFA-247
Length: 42:12
Year: 1914
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1910s
Description:
1914 film written and directed by Edward S. Curtis and acted completely by the Kwakwaka'wakw people of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It tells the story of Motana, the brave son of a chief, who amidst a spiritual journey, battles an evil...

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Pearls and Savages

Clip #: TFA-388
Length: 1:18:18
Year: 1921
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A 1921 documentary from filmmaker Frank Hurley about the people of Papua New Guinea and Torres Strait.

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Banff

Clip #: TFA-349F
Length: 2:50
Year: 1950
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A promotional film about vacationing in Banff, Alberta, Canada in the 1920s

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Aborigines of Arnhem Land, Australia

Clip #: TFA-348B
Length: 12:50
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A documentary about the aborigines in Arnhem Land, Australia

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Jackpine Journey

Clip #: TFA-391A
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Year: 1950
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A Canadian Pacific Railroad travelogue about canoeing and fishing in Canada.

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In Prehistoric Days  (Brute Force)         

Clip #: SF-5A
Length: 29:55
Year: 1914
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
Brute Force [a.k.a. Primitive Man] (1914) is a short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Robert Harron and Mae Marsh. The film was shot in Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is a story of cavemen and dinosaurs, and perhaps the first live-action...

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Challenge In Nigeria

Clip #: TFA-134B
Length: 20:57
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A report from the British "The Modern Age" series about reforms in the British colony of Nigeria. Released June,1948

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A Giant People - Watussi of Africa

Clip #: TFA-220A
Length: 10:07
Year: 1939
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
The daily life of a Watussi Prince and his family in 1930's Rwanda.

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Death Rapids - Columbia River

Clip #: TFA-303D
Length: 3:49
Year: 1921
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Men navigate a rowboat past a turbulent section of the Columbia River known as "Death Rapids."

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Peru: People of the Andes

Clip #: TFA-194B
Length: 15:26
Year: 1958
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
An educational film about Peru in the 1950s

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