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Adventure

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 109

Scope and Contents

The topic of discussion for this broadcast is the concept of adventure. After a brief examination of the various meanings of the word, three feature films are shown to illustrate different types of adventure. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, joins host Charles Romine to narrate the program. The first film shows carnivorous plants indigenous to bogs and marshes, especially the Venus's fly trap and pitcher plant, devouring insects. This film was made by Dr. Harlow of the New York State Division of Forestry. The second scene features mountain climber Gaston Rebuffat negotiating the underside of a ledge high in the Alps. Previous broadcasts with adventurers Sasha Siemel, Barnaby Conrad, Maurice Herzog, Bernard Hubbard, Armand Denis, and curators from the AMNH are discussed in an introduction to this section. Arne Sucksdorff's Swedish film The Great Adventure was made over two years and is a dramatic documentary of a fox and her family presented through the eyes of the cubs. Included is a sequence of foxes raiding a chicken coop and their subsequent pursuit.

Dates

  • 1955

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Not available through interlibrary loan. Contact AMNH Library Special Collections for terms of access.

Extent

1 Film Reel (30 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm.

1 Videocassette (U-Matic (30 minutes)) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy

Other Finding Aids

Finding aid: script.

General

Original format: 16mm kinescope.

General

Originally aired June 12, 1955 as part of the CBS/AMNH Adventure television series.

General

http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1139435

General

Charles Romine, host; Joseph Scibetta, director; Robert Northshield, producer; Jac Venza and Shelby Gordon, assistant producers; Frank de Felitta, script editor; Richard McCracken, writer; Grover Cole, production design; Carl Schutzman, technical director; Myron Bleam, set director; Hal Anderson, light director.

Title
Adventure, 1955
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 Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

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