Showing Collections: 61 - 70 of 140
Gorillas ; From the neck up
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 35
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Gorillas. This segment opens with footage from the 1949 movie Mighty Joe Young (RKO Pictures), which is presented as an example of the traditional portrayal of gorillas as ferocious. At the CBS studio, James Howard McGregor, research associate at the AMNH and a noted expert on gorillas, discusses historical and characteristic aspects of gorillas. At the Baltimore Zoo by remote broadcast, Arthur Watson and host Robert Northshield play with Robert, a rambunctious...
Dates:
1953
Headhunters of South America
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 125
Scope and Contents
Edward Moffat Weyer, editor of Natural History magazine and an anthropologist, and Harry Tschopik, AMNH ethnologist, are guest anthropologists on this broadcast about two groups of Indians. The Chavante (i.e. Shavante) and Jivaro Indians, who live in the Amazon region of South America, have been the subject of some scrutiny following the recent massacre of five American missionaries by the Auca Indians in Ecuador. Excerpts from Tschopik's film Men of the Montana, Weyer's film on the Chavante...
Dates:
1956
Hinduism
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 105
Scope and Contents
The second segment in a three-part series on religion discusses Hinduism. The three stages of life of the average Hindu are examined: confirmation and preparation; discharge obligations; and in old age renouncing life and attempting to reach Brahman and rebirth. Shanta Rao, India's foremost classical dancer, performs ritual dances that are part of the religious Hindu observance. Filmed material includes Indians praying, making pottery, sewing, harvesting, and celebrating. G. L. Mehta, Indian...
Dates:
1955
History of life #4
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 64
Scope and Contents
The Rise of the Mammal is the fourth program in a special series on the Adventure series. George Gaylord Simpson, AMNH paleontologist and author of The Meaning of Evolution, and Edwin Harris Colbert, curator of fossil amphibians and reptiles at the museum, discuss the emergence of the mammal as a dominant form of life on earth. The program reviews the diversification found in the mammal class, as well as locomotive and adaptation characteristics. The evolution of the horse is examined...
Dates:
1954
History of life on earth #1
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 45
Scope and Contents
This is the first of a series of four broadcasts on the history of life on earth. George Gaylord Simpson, AMNH paleontologist, and Norman Dennis Newell of the Department of Fossil Invertebrates discuss the history of life and man's place in it. The program begins with electron microscope views of single-celled organisms and includes a discussion of fossils and a film entitled Birth of a Baby, produced by the Association of Medical Colleges and George Washington University. The Simplest...
Dates:
1953
Hook : a hawk's life
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 131
Scope and Contents
Ernest Thomas Gilliard, an ornithologist at the AMNH, is introduced on this broadcast as a guest expert on the life cycle of the hawk. Featured in this broadcast is a film entitled Hook. A fictional biography of a hawk, the short story was written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, author of The Ox-Bow Incident. The film traces the hawk's life cycle through the eyes of a hawk. The new type of motion picture animation used in this film created a series of optical effects by moving the camera over...
Dates:
1956
Imprinting period
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 134
Scope and Contents
Scientific experimentation with the imprinting period, the phase of an animal's life when its mind is most open to stimuli, is the topic of discussion. In a remote broadcast remote from McDonough, Md., Eckhardt Hess, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago, explains and demonstrates a number of imprinting experiments. Also interviewed for this program is a staff member at the McDonough School, Mr. Ramsey. Most of the experiments have previously been performed on birds. A duck...
Dates:
1956
Korea
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 200
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Andrews Korean Whaling Expedition, 1912. Roy Chapman Andrews, assistant curator in the Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, went to Korea in 1912 to collect various species of whales. Although he took a lot of motion picture footage, this little film is all that remains. Shown at first are Keijo (now Seoul), then under Japanese rule and called Chosen, and its surrounding hills, the South Gate (for which the city was named), trolleys, and bullock carts. Koreans in...
Dates:
1912
Lie detection ; Primitive art vs. modern
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 74
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Lie Detection. The pursuit of truth is the subject of the first segment of this broadcast, which features demonstrations of scientific methods of lie detection and hypnosis. Fred Inbau, criminology professor at Northwestern University Law School, and Jerome Schneck, a psychiatrist, use on-camera examples of polygraph tests and examples of how police officials attempt to use hypnosis to get at the truth. A film on hypnosis techniques and the use of ink blot tests is also shown....
Dates:
1954
Life in Greenland
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 50
Scope and Contents
Commander Donald B. MacMillan, who accompanied Robert Peary on his expedition to the North Pole in 1909, is interviewed by Charles Collingwood. MacMillan, 79 years old, recalls the expedition through photographic records and film footage of Arctic life. Junius Bouton Bird, curator of archaeology at the AMNH, narrates films that depict polar bears, aerial views of the Arctic, and aspects of Eskimo life, including an examination of their daily life and culture; Eskimo kayaking, hunting,...
Dates:
1953
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Scientific expeditions -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 3
- Antarctica -- Description and travel 2
- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) -- Description and travel 2
- Guano 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Asia, Central 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Mongolia 2
- Afghanistan -- Antiquities 1
- Africa, Central -- Description and travel 1
- Alaska -- Antiquities 1
- Amahuaca Indians -- Peru -- Inuya River Region -- Agriculture 1
- Amahuaca Indians -- Peru -- Social life and customs 1
- Amahuaca Indians -- Peru -- Ucayli River Region -- Agriculture 1
- Animals -- Australia 1
- Animals -- Indonesia -- Komodo Island 1
- Anthropologists -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Apatosaurus 1
- Archaeological expeditions -- Bolivia 1
- Archaeological expeditions -- Peru 1
- Archaeology -- Afghanistan 1
- Astronomical instruments 1
- Aymara Indians -- Bolivia 1
- Aymara Indians -- Peru 1
- Aymara Indians -- Social life and customs 1
- Bali (Indonesia : Province) -- Social life and customs 1
- Bees -- Behavior 1
- Beijing (China) -- Description and travel 1
- Blue whale -- Antarctica 1
- Body marking 1
- Body painting -- Peru -- Ucayli River Region 1
- Body piercing 1
- Bolivia -- Antiquities 1
- Chimpanzees -- Behavior 1
- Chimpanzees -- Training 1
- Cinematographers -- Belgium 1
- Common wallaroo -- Australia 1
- Cormorants -- Chile -- Pacific Coast 1
- Cormorants -- Peru -- Pacific Coast 1
- Cosmetics 1
- Courtship in animals 1
- Cumberland Bay (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) 1
- Dance -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province) 1
- Dinka (African people) -- Social life and customs 1
- Dinosaurs 1
- Diorama 1
- Djuka people -- Antiquities 1
- Djuka people -- Civilization 1
- Djuka people -- History -- 18th century 1
- Eggs -- Incubation 1
- Elands -- Collection and preservation 1
- Elephant seals -- Antarctica 1
- Eskimos -- Alaska -- Point Hope -- Rites and ceremonies 1
- Ethnology -- Africa, Central 1
- Ethnology -- Polynesia 1
- Ethnology -- Sudan 1
- Etna, Mount (Italy) 1
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Afghanistan 1
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alaska -- Point Hope 1
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Bolivia 1
- Extinct mammals -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 1
- Fishes -- Reproduction 1
- Fishing -- Great Lakes (North America) 1
- Garden ecology 1
- Gem cutting 1
- Gorilla 1
- Gorilla -- Behavior 1
- Hairstyles 1
- Harems -- Afghanistan 1
- Harvest festivals -- Peru 1
- Hornbills -- Africa, East 1
- Humpback whale -- Antarctica 1
- Hunting -- Africa, East 1
- Hunting -- South America 1
- Hurricanes 1
- Igloos 1
- Inca architecture -- Bolivia 1
- Inca architecture -- Peru 1
- Incas -- Bolivia -- Antiquities 1
- Incas -- Peru -- Antiquities 1
- Indian dance -- Southwest, New 1
- Indian textile fabrics -- Peru -- Ucayli River Region 1
- Indian weapons -- Peru -- Ucalyi River Region 1
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Rites and ceremonies 1
- Insect pests 1
- Insects 1
- Interplanetary voyages 1
- Inuya River (Peru) 1
- Ipiutak Site (Point Hope, Alaska) 1
- Jaguar -- South America 1
- Jungle animals -- Africa, Central 1
- Jungle animals -- Africa, East 1
- Kamaiurá Indians -- Brazil -- Mato Grosso (State) 1
- Khalkha (Mongolian people) 1
- Komodo Island (Indonesia) -- Description and travel 1
- Komodo dragon 1
- Komodo dragon -- Behavior 1
- Korea -- Description and travel 1
- Koreans 1
- Kruger National Park (South Africa) 1 ∧ less
- Language
- English 138
- Names
- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 118
- CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 16
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 6
- Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 6
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 5
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 5
- Shackelford, James B. 5
- Ekholm, Gordon F. (Gordon Frederick), 1909-1987 4
- Forrester, Frank H. 3
- RKO Pictures 3
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 3
- Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992 2
- Chamberlain, Joseph Miles 2
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 2
- Denis, Michaela 2
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
- Andrews Whaling Expedition to Japan and Korea of the American Museum of Natural History (1911-1912) 1
- Andrews, Yvette Borup 1
- Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 1
- Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition (1st : 1916-1917) 1
- Baltimore Zoo (Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Barry, Catherine E. 1
- Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980 1
- Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953 1
- Bennett-Bird Bolivian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1933-1934) 1
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 1
- Blakely, Dudley Moore, 1902-1982 1
- Buchsbaum, Ralph Morris, 1907-2002 1
- Burden East Indian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 1
- Burden, Katharine 1
- Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard), 1927- 1
- Cazier, Mont A. 1
- Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947-1948) 1
- Christie, Ernest J. 1
- Clark, Eugenie 1
- Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 1
- Coles, Charles, 1917-2013 1
- Columbia University-American Museum of Natural History Expedition to Africa (1929-1931) 1
- DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. 1
- Department of Education 1
- Deusing, Murl 1
- Dog (Steamship) 1
- Dole, Gertrude Evelyn, 1915-2001 1
- Dutcher, Irving 1
- E. J. Mauther 1
- Fai, Lee 1
- Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994 1
- Fawcett, Brian 1
- Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925? 1
- General Electric Company 1
- Goodwin, George Gilbert 1
- Granger, Myron I. 1
- Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 1
- Heyerdahl, Thor 1
- Jansson, Arthur August, 1890-1960 1
- Kahn, Morton C. (Morton Charles), 1896-1959 1
- Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig 1
- Lennon, R. E. (Robert E.) 1
- Mason, Brian (Brian Harold), 1917-2009 1
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 1
- Myron I. Granger Archaeological Expedition to Peru and Ecuador (1930) 1
- National Film Board of Canada 1
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 1
- O'Donnell, Charles Oliver 1
- O'Donnell-Clark African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1931) 1
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 1
- Olson, Ronald L. (Ronald Leroy), 1895-1979 1
- Orttung, Jane Raven 1
- Pallister, John 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Pough, Frederick H. 1
- Pough, Richard H. (Richard Hooper), 1904-2003 1
- Raddatz, Richard 1
- Rainey, Froelich G. (Froelich Gladstone), 1907-1992 1
- Ralston Purina Company 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Rockwell, Robert H. 1
- Romanoff, Alexis Lawrence, 1892-1980 1
- Schneirla, T. C. (Theodore Christian), 1902-1968 1
- Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 1
- Siemel, Sasha 1
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1
- University of Alaska 1
- Wang, Hao-t'ing 1
- Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 1
- Wilner Film and Slides 1
- Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest of the American Museum of Natural History (1927) 1
- Wright, Harry B. 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192