Video Category: Expedition & Excavation Footage

Durango Mexico (1948)
Unedited travelogue/ethnographic film A few shots of Durango streets and people followed by a pan...
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1948 Guatemala
Edited travelogue with narrative titles Lake Amatitlan, Guatemala Antigua Popenoe Home Santiago...
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Indian (Native American) Sign Language (1940)
Partially edited Shows Capt. Cook at Agate, Wyoming using sign language See negatives: #48404 & #4...
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Ceramica Tiahuanacota
Unedited or partially edited footage From film can: "Ceramica Tiahuanacota (Argumento) Bolivia"
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Durango, Mexico
Unedited travelogue/ethnographic film Mexico -- Durango Footage from the Penn Museum Archives...
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1951 Mexico
Unedited ethnographic footage scenes of urban and rural life
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Chiripa, Bolivia
Unedited or partially edited footage Excavation Reconstruction of pottery fragments
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Chimpanzees (1960)
Partially edited footage Chimpanzees at play and using basic tools Footage of scientists examining...
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Digging at Farson, Wyoming
Partially edited footage Excavation
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Partially edited footage of the Finley Expediti...Add to My Finds +
Guatamela (Untitled): 1940
Unedited footage (badly faded)
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Scenes of Maya people in small towns. Likely filmed ...Add to My Finds +
Nippur, Part II
Unedited Excavation footage in desert environment. Originally misidentified as Tell Billa, Iraq, n...
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Dancing at the Seneferu Pyramid
This man is one of many diggers at the excavation of the Seneferu Pyramid in 1929. Maybe it was the ...
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Cyprus: Excavations at Kourion.
Cyprus. Excavations at Kourion. Unedited or partially edited footage
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Gordion (1957)
Unedited or partially edited footage Excavations in the Great Tumulus. Turkey In 1950, the Un...
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1948 Copan, Honduras
Edited travelogue/archaeology footage of the Copan ruins in Honduras, 1948. with narrative titles...
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1959 Tikal Reel 2 of 3
Unedited footage
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Smithe No. 7. 1959 400’, 16mm color, copy, 14:00 Unedited footage...Add to My Finds +
University Museums Panama Expedition-II (1940)
Completed Film, describing University Museum expeditions to Panama. ...
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"Andean Archeology" (1952)
Completed Film Silent Narrative titles
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A survey of all of the best known ancient s...Add to My Finds +
"Other Americans: Ancient Life in Modern Guatemala"
Complete Film Notes from Mary Baker: 1. Native animals as pets on a coffee finca [ranch, plantatio...
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1940 Hudson Valley Dig
Unedited (listed as partially edited)
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Unedited field work footage from a dig sponsor...Add to My Finds +
Llanos of Venezuela
Unedited travelogue Ranching Weaving Arrow fishing
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Gordion (1951)
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Unedited or partially edited footage (also labeled as being from 1957) Excavation...Add to My Finds +
Cocle #2
Unedited or partially edited footage
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Extra footage and outtakes from the film Cocle ...Add to My Finds +
Nippur, Part III
Unedited. Excavation footage in desert environment [1951-1952] Previously misidentified as Tell B...
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Nippur, Part IV
Unedited Excavation footage in desert environment. [1951-1952] Previously misidentified as Tell Bi...
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Tikal Project 1967
Unedited footage Roping and start consolidation Caldera New quarry Two old quarries Ventilation...
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1956 Tikal
Edited footage with narrative titles Tikal, Guatemala
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US Parade & Cerro de las Mesas Archaeological Site (1960)
Unedited travelogue/Vacation footage Unknown locations Scenes of a parade, a marina, seismic (?) t...
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Fara, Tepe Hissar 1930
[Footage was parially used also in "Ancient Earth"] Fara, Iraq and Tepe Hissar, Iran
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"Matto Grosso": Outtakes (1931)
Partially edited footage excavation