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Loading the player...		The Battak of Sumatra Clip #: TFA-275A Length: 13:36 Year: 1929 Sound: Silent Decade: 1920s Description: A PathÃ© Science Series documentary by Harvard University Dept. of Anthropology from the Peoples and Cultures of the World Series about the Batak peoples of Sumatra. More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Nias and Sumatra Clip #: TFA-430C Length: 10:23 Year: 1936 Sound: Sound Decade: 1930s Description: A film about Nias and Sumatra from the Screen Traveler series. More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		The Story of Rubber Clip #: TFA-300C Length: 26:00 Sound: Silent Decade: 1930s Description: A film from the 1930s about the production of rubber by the United States Rubber Company in Sumatra. More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Cities Of Netherland India Clip #: TFA-9A-3 Length: 8:11 Year: 1936 Sound: Silent Decade: 1930s Description: 17:16:29 - 17:22:18 >>> Various, steamship enters harbour, shots passengers on steamship, sailboat in water. Man carrying bundle of bamboo shoots climbs pile and deposits bundle on top. Men pass carrying closed basket filled with chickens, men pulling and pushing large cart filled with heavy... More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Ceylon and Southeast Asia Clip #: TFA-77C Length: 14:32 Year: 1927 Sound: Silent Decade: 1920s Description: Home movies taken in 1927 by Edward J. Gallagher Jr on a trip through Southeast Asia More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Cities Of Netherland India Clip #: TFA-9A-5 Length: 17:35 Year: 1936 Sound: Silent Decade: 1930s Description: 17:37:01 - 17:41:31 >>> Sumatra ?? - Vintage car comes down road, western men get out at a stone stele, ZI to â€œAEQUATORâ€ sign on side. Radiator of auto is filled with crude arrangement of pipes. Sign at roadside â€œPaloepaoehâ€. Western man at lakeside throws food into... More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Ship To Curacao Clip #: AD-39B Length: 10:24 Year: 1938 Sound: Silent Decade: 1930s Description: 1930s travelogue of a luxury cruise ship which stops off in Curacao. Liner passengers playing recreational games on the sun deck, dining at buffets, and gazing out at ocean vistas. More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		The Green Islands Clip #: TFA-222A Length: 28:09 Year: 1962 Sound: Sound Decade: 1960s Description: An American businessman visits the islands of Indonesia and explores the various industries and agricultural sectors. More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Sumatra, Indonesia Clip #: AD-130-2 Length: 3:27 Year: 1932 Decade: 1930s Description: 01:08:48:08 Sumatra Roll 1 Sumatra, Indonesia Senior / elderly woman walking carefully down steps of staircase. VS passengers in railroad train car (probably Indonesians & Westerners / Europeans, including Burton Holmes) (shaky shots). Indonesians in traditional clothing (native... More Details View Larger Clip

Loading the player...		Sumatra, Indonesia Clip #: AD-130-3 Length: 2:30 Year: 1932 Decade: 1930s Description: 01:12:29:19 B/W 1930 Fort De Kock, Sumatra, Indonesia VS Burton Holmes sitting on stoop & looking at trinkets sold by street vendors. VS street vendors w/ goods. Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia Village of thatched roofs. Indonesian boys / young men performing stone jumping (hombo... More Details View Larger Clip
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