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The Battak of Sumatra

Clip #: TFA-275A
Length: 13:36
Year: 1929
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A Pathé Science Series documentary by Harvard University Dept. of Anthropology from the Peoples and Cultures of the World Series about the Batak peoples of Sumatra.

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Nias and Sumatra

Clip #: TFA-430C
Length: 10:23
Year: 1936
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A film about Nias and Sumatra from the Screen Traveler series.

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The Story of Rubber

Clip #: TFA-300C
Length: 26:00
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A film from the 1930s about the production of rubber by the United States Rubber Company in Sumatra.

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Cities Of Netherland India

Clip #: TFA-9A-3
Length: 8:11
Year: 1936
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
17:16:29 - 17:22:18 >>> Various, steamship enters harbour, shots passengers on steamship, sailboat in water. Man carrying bundle of bamboo shoots climbs pile and deposits bundle on top. Men pass carrying closed basket filled with chickens, men pulling and pushing large cart filled with heavy...

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Ceylon and Southeast Asia

Clip #: TFA-77C
Length: 14:32
Year: 1927
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Home movies taken in 1927 by Edward J. Gallagher Jr on a trip through Southeast Asia

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Cities Of Netherland India

Clip #: TFA-9A-5
Length: 17:35
Year: 1936
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
17:37:01 - 17:41:31 >>> Sumatra ?? - Vintage car comes down road, western men get out at a stone stele, ZI to “AEQUATOR” sign on side. Radiator of auto is filled with crude arrangement of pipes. Sign at roadside “Paloepaoeh”. Western man at lakeside throws food into water and myriad...

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Ship To Curacao

Clip #: AD-39B
Length: 10:24
Year: 1938
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
1930s travelogue of a luxury cruise ship which stops off in Curacao. Liner passengers playing recreational games on the sun deck, dining at buffets, and gazing out at ocean vistas.

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The Green Islands

Clip #: TFA-222A
Length: 28:09
Year: 1962
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
An American businessman visits the islands of Indonesia and explores the various industries and agricultural sectors.

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Sumatra, Indonesia

Clip #: AD-130-2
Length: 3:27
Year: 1932
Decade: 1930s
Description:
01:08:48:08 Sumatra Roll 1 Sumatra, Indonesia Senior / elderly woman walking carefully down steps of staircase. VS passengers in railroad train car (probably Indonesians & Westerners / Europeans, including Burton Holmes) (shaky shots). Indonesians in traditional clothing (native...

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Sumatra, Indonesia

Clip #: AD-130-3
Length: 2:30
Year: 1932
Decade: 1930s
Description:
01:12:29:19 B/W 1930 Fort De Kock, Sumatra, Indonesia VS Burton Holmes sitting on stoop & looking at trinkets sold by street vendors. VS street vendors w/ goods. Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia Village of thatched roofs. Indonesian boys / young men performing stone jumping (hombo...

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