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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
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
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
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
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
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
Wesley Lanyon photographic slides from the Kalbfleisch Research Station
Collection
Identifier: PSC 333
Scope and Contents
Four photographs taken at the Kalbfleisch Field Research Station (Huntington, L. I.). Includes Davey Gill in banding lab, Chrysemys marked, screech owl, and Tamias close up.
Dates:
undated
Who rules the world? Insects ; Bird islands of the Pacific
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 36
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Who Rules the World? Insects. In this first segment, Mont Adelbert Cazier hypothesizes that someday insects might dominate the earth. His comments on the earth's insect population are illustrated with films of insect activity. The credits and the first part of this segment are missing. A discussion of insect destruction and close-up views of live beetles brought into the studio are also included. SEGMENT 2: Bird Islands of the Pacific. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist,...
Dates:
1953
Wild birds and man ; Male fish incubation ; Bullfighting
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 73
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Wild Birds and Man. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, discusses the useful relationships between wild birds and men, as illustrated by the honeyguide bird used by the Wandorobo (i.e. Dorobo) to track down wild beehives in the east African forest. Portions of Edgar Monsanto Queeny's film, Wandorobo, are shown, in which the birds are seen locating and guiding hunters to the hive. They are rewarded with the honey, wax, and grubs left behind after the Wandorobo have opened...
Dates:
1954
Wild Life Films photographic slide collection, undated.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 539
Abstract
Photographs of animals in nature. Includes geese, swans, a woodchuck, grizzly bear, and other animals.
Dates:
undated
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