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Found in 693 Collections and/or Records:

Visual recording of speech ; Bali

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 67
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Visual Recording of Speech. This segment examines new technological advances in the visual recording of speech. In a remote broadcast from the Haskins Laboratory in New York, Frank Cooper, Alvin Lieberman and Pierre de Lattre demonstrate the simplified common patterns which make it possible to hear and understand the sounds of speech. A sound spectograph and a filmed x-ray of people speaking are displayed. SEGMENT 2: Bali. Dr. Sudjarwo, Indonesian delegate to the United Nations,...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Visual recording of speech ; Bali

Volcano! exhibition photographic slides, 1979.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 82I
Abstract

Slides of the temporary exhibit Volcano!, held at the American Museum of Natural History, April 1979. Possibly stills from the film shown in the exhibit.

Dates: 1979
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Volcano! exhibition photographic slides, 1979.

Voodoo

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 123
Scope and Contents

The origin and history of voodoo is the topic of discussion for this broadcast. Illustrated through a performance by the Haitian dancer Jean Ľon Destine and his dance group with drums and singing dancers, the discussion explores the various meanings of voodoo as a religion and ritual. The word voodoo is derived from the word vodun, a god or spirit in the Fon language of Dahomey (now Benin).

Dates: 1956
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Voodoo

W. A. Pleumer photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 404
Abstract

Mostly close up photographs of insects. Includes a few images of flowers and clouds.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / W. A. Pleumer photographic slide collection, undated.

Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 102E
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Akeley Gallery.

Dates: circa 1993
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157C
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993-1994. Akeley Gallery.

Dates: 1994 April 20
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

Way of the Navajo

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 116
Scope and Contents

The Way of the Navajo, first broadcast September 26, 1954, is shown again on this date after winning Adventure the George Foster Peabody Award. This film was also selected to be shown at the International Film Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Way of the Navajo

Weather

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 96
Scope and Contents In a remote broadcast from the U.S. Coast Guard's weather ship Half Moon, Frank Forrester, meteorologist at the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium, and Charles Romine take viewers along on their scientific search for spring. Spring is explained as a purely mathematical equation for astronomers. The program discusses the history of man's attempts to gather weather data, from antiquity up to the present highly technological instruments. Films of weather-tracking instruments and the effects of...
Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Weather

Weather and storms ; Mouth-breeding fish ; Volcanoes

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 33
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Weather and Storms. Frank. H. Forrester, astronomer at the AMNH-Hayden Planetarium, and Ernest J. Christie, meteorologist for the U. S. Weather Bureau, give scientific explanations for weather, cloud formations, and storms, including lightning and thunder. They present films illustrating storm patterns through a dramatic view of the eye of the hurricane as seen from an airplane flying directly into the storm and through views from the ground. Also shown are films of lightning. The...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Weather and storms ; Mouth-breeding fish ; Volcanoes

Weavers of the Andean highlands

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 288
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH Myron I. Granger Archaeological Expedition to Peru and Ecuador, 1930. This film was made by Ronald L. Olson, AMNH archaeologist during the Myron I. Granger Archaeological Expedition to Peru and Ecuador. Granger sponsored the expedition for the AMNH. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (disbanded in 1951) approached Clark Wissler, an AMNH anthropologist, about securing motion pictures representing weaving, pottery making, and other such activities, and...
Dates: 1930, 1986
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Weavers of the Andean highlands
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