American Museum of Natural History
Organization
Found in 687 Collections and/or Records:
S. Schwartz photographic slide collection, 1949-1950.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 433
Abstract
Photographs of a Spanish woman in Portugal, a monument in Madrid, a post office in Madrid, and two close up images of flowers.
Dates:
1949-1950
S. Silberman photographic slide collection, 1958.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 440
Abstract
Photographs of various animals including ducks, flamingos, iguanas, snakes, a cat and a horse. Also includes close up images of flowers, sunsets, and one photograph taken from a helicopter with a view of New York City.
Dates:
1958
Sacred Mountains of the World exhibition photographic slides, 1998.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 532
Abstract
Views of the temporary exhibition Sacred Mountains of the World, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1998, Akeley Gallery. Includes framed mounted photographs with some wall text.
Dates:
1998
The school service of the American Museum of Natural History
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 271
Scientific hoaxes
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 55
Scope and Contents
Scientific hoaxes of the past century are the subject of this broadcast hosted by Charles Collingwood. Paul Curtis's American Mime Theatre perform a shadow play on the discovery of the Cardiff Giant, the wolf-boys, Piltdown Man and other hoaxes. The celebrated case of the Cardiff giant proved to be a mass of gypsum that had been secretly buried near Cardiff, N.Y., and was discovered in 1869. Bergen Evans, professor of English at Northwestern University and author of The Natural History of...
Dates:
1954
Scientists and Journalists exhibition photographic slides, 1996.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 611D
Abstract
Views of the temporary exhibition, Scientists and Journalists, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1996.
Dates:
1996
Scripts of image titles for motion picture film title cards, 1919-1923.
Collection
Identifier: DR 134
Abstract
Contains papers scripts of scene-by-scene descriptions to be used as captions or title cards for silent films, some created by Kineto Films and others by the American Museum of Natural History, the latter including a film made of pictures from the Crocker Land Expedition titled "Life in the Frozen North" with handwritten notations by Edmund Otis Hovey, leader of relief expedition. Also contains some correspondence regarding ordering title cards with formatting requests. Contains small piece...
Dates:
1919 - 1923
Sea of darkness ; Oil well #4
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 118
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Sea of Darkness is the title of the main portion of this broadcast, the second program in a series on "waters." Albert E. Parr, Director of the AMNH and a marine biologist, is interviewed by Charles Collingwood on the subject of the Atlantic Ocean. The discussion includes an analysis of the Atlantic from Labrador to Puerto Rico, and legends about the ocean. A scale model of the ocean floor and other visual aids are used to illustrate topographical features, particularly the...
Dates:
1955
Seabirds' struggle for survival
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 143
Scope and Contents
Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, is a guest on this program which examines the subject of seabirds struggling for survival. In Arne Sucksdorff's films, The Great Adventure, and the latest one on murres, The Defenseless Seabird, the efforts to prevent overpopulation and aggressive domination are discussed. The Great Adventure was shown in previous broadcasts (May 5, 1954 and December 12, 1954). The murres are attacked and preyed upon by two species of gulls on the open ledges and...
Dates:
1956
Seals and porpoises
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 120
Scope and Contents
Another program in a series on "The Waters of the World," this remote broadcast discusses seals, porpoises, and dolphins from the Great Aquarium and Seal Pond at Marineland in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Ken Norris, curator of Marineland, is interviewed by Charles Collingwood. The trained seals and porpoises perform in the five-story oceanarium. Norris is assisted by Captain Winston, the keeper of the seals. With underwater photographs of animals in the background, the discussion...
Dates:
1956
American Museum of Natural History
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