Video Category: Produced Film

"Native Life in the Philippines" (1913)

Partially edited, thus footage represents parts of the film "Native Life in the Philippines" by Dean...

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"Glimpses of Life Among the Catawba and Cherokee Indians of the Carolinas" (1927)

"Glimpses of Life Among the Catawba and Cherokee Indians of the Carolinas" Title cards are off-cent...

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Expedition - Powerful Women of Ur

In ancient Mesopotamia, women filled many roles that brought strength to their communities. Among th...

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Expedition - Domitian's Rule

There have been many tyrants throughout history. Among them, Roman Emperor Domitian, whose reign end...

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Expedition - Anubis: Jackal in a God's Clothing

Many of us draw connections between ancient Egyptians and the worship of cats. In this video, Dr. Je...

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Penn Museum Building Transformation

The Penn Museum is undergoing a building transformation. ...

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"The Polynesians of Kapingamarangi" Reel 1.

Produced Film Bernice P Bishop Museum Expeditions of 1947 and 1950 Sponsored by Pacific Science Bo...

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Expedition - Piedras Negras

Introducing the Penn Museum's Expedition video series. This digital content is based on an article f...

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Making the Middle East Galleries: From Bronze to Iron

Objects leave behind clues for future generations to decipher. Dr. Lauren Ristvet discovered one of ...

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Making the Middle East Galleries: Journey to the City

Penn Museum Williams Director, Julian Siggers and Executive Director of Galleries, Dan Rahimi, tell ...

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"The Polynesians of Kapingamarangi" Reel 2.

Produced Film Bernice P Bishop Museum Expeditions of 1947 and 1950 Sponsored by Pacific Science Bo...

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What's On: Great Death Pit of Ur

In this new series, What's On?, experts from the Penn Museum will tell you all about the new researc...

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"The Maya" (1973)

Completed Film A narrated film describing the archaeology of Maya sites in Guatemala and Mexico ...

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Sherd Nerds!

In the Penn Museum’s new series Dig In! we follow our host, Tom Stanley, as he discovers strange a...

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What in the World - The Disputed Pottery Collection of Waldemar Julsrud

This video is the sixth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

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Expedition - Hybrid Creatures: East & West

In this edition of Expedition video, Drs. Adam Smith and Brian Rose tell us about the iconography of...

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"Beauty From The Earth" - Pueblo Potter

Potter, Mary Lewis Garcia, outlines the detailed steps in creating her pieces, using the elements of...

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"Stone Knapping in Modern Turkey" (1973)

Produced Film UPMAA is acknowledged in opening credits Although records indicate that this film is...

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Making the Middle East Galleries: The 99%

What do archaeologists know about the common man? With less objects left behind, how are we able to ...

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"Excavations at the Site of Seneferu's Pyramid" (1931)

Completed Film - Work of the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania Museum...

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"Shadow Master" Part 1

Set in Bali Shadow puppets, Shadow Master is the man who works the puppets Young men learning to b...

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When Science Met Race

Tapping into the class interactions and the assembled University of Pennsylvania and outside experts...

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"Shadow Master" Part 2

Set in Bali Shadow puppets, Shadow Master is the man who works the puppets Young men learning to b...

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Making the Middle East Gallery: Conserving the Objects

Head Conservator, Lynn Grant, explains how Museum conservators work with objects before they go into...

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"Hotu Man" (1951)

Complete Film (?) Never commercially available (?) amateur edit Excavation at Hotu Cave Village ...

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"The Book and the Spade"

Filmed in Jordon and Palestine, this film presents the Biblical Anthropology field work of James B. ...

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"African Heritage" (1968)

Completed Film Actually shot on the New Jersey Shore featuring the Arthur Hall Dance Troupe Dr. ...

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What's On? Global Guide Tours

The Penn Museum’s artifacts are full of stories from cultures around the world. What better way to...

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"Other Americans: Ancient Life in Modern Guatemala" (1940)

Small household pets including the miniature deer called huitzitzl (Maya) and a small lion called ti...

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George F. Bass

This video was produced in 2014. In this short video, edited as a supplement to the Fall issue of Ex...

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