Birds of Peru and northern Chile
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 17
Scope and Contents
In 1953 and 1954, Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, filmed bird colonies of coastal Peru and Chile and the outlying islands. The bird colonies darken the barren landscape by their sheer numbers. Nests and fledglings are everywhere. There is also a sequence devoted to the extraction and exportation of guano. Penguins, boobies, cormorants, gulls, and terns are seen.
Dates
- 1953-1954
Creator
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 (Photographer, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 Film Reel (27 minutes) : silent, color ; 16 mm.
1 Videocassette (U-Matic (27 minutes)) : silent, color ; 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 16 mm. print; incomplete.
Bibliography
Murphy, Robert Cushman. Bird Islands of Peru. New York: Putnam, 1925.
General
Robert Cushman Murphy, photographer.
Creator
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 (Photographer, Person)
- American Museum of Natural History (Organization)
- Title
- Birds of Peru and northern Chile, 1953-1954
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Research Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
Library Services, Special Collections
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York 10024-5192 USA US
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
American Museum of Natural History
Library Services, Special Collections
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York 10024-5192 USA US
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
