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Snake superstitions ; Below the sahara

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 26
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Snake Superstitions. Ancient fears and superstitions held by mankind about snakes are the topics of discussion for the first segment of this Adventure program. Charles M. Bogert, herpetologist and chairman of the Department of Amphibians and Reptiles at the AMNH, presents an experiment with rattlesnakes to determine how sensitive they are to heat. The snakes are blindfolded and balloons filled with hot or cold water are passed above their heads. The snakes strike the hot balloons,...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Snake superstitions ; Below the sahara

Snakes and snake cults

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 129
Scope and Contents Snake cults are the subject of this program which was a live remote broadcast from Bill Haas's serpentarium in Kendall, Florida. Haas maintained at that time the world's largest collection of snakes, including 150 cobras. Haas is seen milking a king cobra. Various snake cults in the United States, West Africa, and Burma are discussed. Film sequences include a Hopi snake dance (Avalon Dagett production), snake material from Sorcerer's Village by Hassoldt Davis (shown on Dec. 26 1954) and a...
Dates: 1956
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Snakes and snake cults

Solar and lunar eclipses

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 59
Scope and Contents

Charles Collingwood interviews Joseph M. Chamberlain, astronomer at the AMNH-Hayden Planetarium, on solar and lunar eclipses. The program includes a demonstration in the studio, using models, and Origin of the Earth, a Harvard University film on solar explosions and eclipses narrated by Chamberlain. (An eclipse of the sun was to occur June 30, 1954).

Dates: 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Solar and lunar eclipses

South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge photographic slides

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Identifier: PSC 89A
Scope and Contents

Slides of the photographic prints displayed in the temporary exhibition South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge, held at the American Museum of Natural History, July 1983. The photographs for the exhibition were drawn from a book by Steven Wilson and Karen Hayden, titled "A Natural Collection" published by Entheos in 1981.

Dates: 1983
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge photographic slides

Space

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 90
Scope and Contents Joseph M. Chamberlain, chief astronomer of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium is introduced as a guest on this program, along with G. R. Pendray, a noted pioneer in American rocketry. The history of rockets and man's attempts to learn more about the earth and space by rising above the earth's atmosphere are discussed in detail. Scientists predicted that within a few years of this broadcast, rockets built on a three-stage principle would leave the earth's atmosphere carrying instruments...
Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Space

Spear hunting jaguars ; Evolution of man

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 72
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Spear Hunting Jaguars. This first segment consists of a 25-minute documentary on the exploits of Sasha Siemel, who recounts his experiences about killing 300 jaguars with various weapons in the Mato Grosso area of Brazil. Some excerpts from the motion picture Tigrero, based on a book written by Siemel, are broadcast on this program. A discussion of Sasha Siemel's career also took place on another broadcast in this series, aired Aug. 16, 1953. SEGMENT 2: Evolution of Man. Harry L....
Dates: 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Spear hunting jaguars ; Evolution of man

Spear hunting jaguars ; Kontiki

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 37
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Spear Hunting Jaguars. Charles Collingwood, narrator of the Adventure series, interviews Sasha Siemel, a professional hunter for 35 years who makes his living spear hunting jaguars for cattle ranchers in South America. Siemel, who has lectured at the AMNH, shows films of various forms of wildlife around his home in Mato Grosso, Brazil, and also lets the viewers see his hunting activities: capturing a cub in the jungle and spearing a jaguar. (Jaguars are the largest cats in the New...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Spear hunting jaguars ; Kontiki

Spiders ; A day in the life of a lion

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 28
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Spiders. This segment is concerned with the world of spiders and includes a presentation of a live tarantula and other smaller specimens. John C. Pallister, research associate in the AMNH Department of Insects and Spiders, opens the segment with a discussion on the difference between tarantulas and small spiders. He examines live spiders in the television studio and presents a film about spiders, and their attempts to obtain prey both with and without webs. Different types of webs...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Spiders ; A day in the life of a lion

Spiders ; The Sahara ; Snake farm

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 77
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Spiders. The mythology and scientific reality of spiders are the subjects of the first segment. Willis John Gertsch, curator of the AMNH Department of Insects and Spiders, is interviewed, and films depicting close-up views of spiders eating, spinning webs, and tracking prey are shown. SEGMENT 2: The Sahara. Shown here is the documentary record of a 16,000-mile African expedition by Claude Bernheim and his family. Harry L. Shapiro, curator in the museum's Department of...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Spiders ; The Sahara ; Snake farm

Spirits in Steel: The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade exhibition photographic slides

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Identifier: PSC 615
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition, Spirits in Steel: The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1998-1999. Sculpture by the Southeastern Nigerian Kalabari artist Sokari Douglas Camp. Studio photographs of two sculptures: Big Alagba and Sikibo taken in 1999.

Dates: 1998-1999
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Spirits in Steel: The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade exhibition photographic slides
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