Boulton Expedition Films (Reel 2)
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Boulton Expedition Films (Reel 2)
- Publication date
- 1924-1948
- Topics
- Africa, Airplanes, Airports, Animals, Anthropology, Aswān (Egypt), Birds, Boats and boating, Bridges, Cities and town, Daily life, Egypt, Europe, Expedition, Extinct cities, Florence (Italy), Hospital architecture, Hospital buildings, Italy, Jerusalem, Landscape, Middle East, Railroad stations, Travelogues (Motion pictures), Zoology
Ludlow Griscom, Assistant Curator of Birds at American Museum Natural History was the leader of The Western Panama Expedition (February - March 1924). He had three assistants Mr. George Albert Seaman, field collector; J. Manson Valentine, Volunteer Assistant at Peabody Museum; and Rudyerd Boulton, from the University Pittsburgh and photographer for the expedition.
Sarah Lavanburg Straus (1861-1945) was the financier of The Straus Central African Expedition (1929) and participated in part of it. Her grandson Edward Schafer Jr. (also known as Ned Schafer) also participated in the expedition and served as camera operator. Other participants included, Rudyerd Boulton, the Assistant Curator of Birds at the Carnegie Museum and Laura Boulton. The first half of the expedition specimens were collected for the American Museum of Natural History and the second half of the expedition specimens were collected for the Carnegie Museum.
The leader of The Straus West African Expedition (January – September 1934) was Rudyerd Boulton, Assistant Curator of Birds at the Field Museum. As with the Central African expedition, Sarah Lavanburg Straus was the financier of the West African Expedition and participated in part it. The other participates included, Frank C. Wonder, taxidermist at the Field Museum (from 1926 to 1954); John F. Jennings, in charge of photography; and Laura Boulton, ethnomusicologist who earned a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study traditional music of Africa.
16mm; silent; black and white; 400 ft
Shotlist
1. Train Station in Assuan Egypt
2. Panoramic views of the city
3. Shots of the market place
4. Shots of a city buildings
5. Man selling cups and a man drinking out of a cup
6. Shots of a cemetery
7. Nathan and Lina Straus Health Centre in Jerusalem
8. Ancient temple in the distance
9. People standing around and a person riding a camel
10. Ancient temple in the distance
11. Laura C. Boulton pointing out architectural details
12. Ruins of ancient temple
13. Views of a riverbank
14. Group of people outside ruins
15. Inside shot of ruins
16. Views of riverbank
17. Panoramic sweeping views of river with palm tree, sail boats by shore, and buildings
18. A woman in front of a house with an automobile and a dog running to her
19. A woman walks around the car towards the camera
20. Woman in front of house
21. Water buffalo in a pen
22. Woman sitting in chair on a porch
23. A woman standing by an automobile and closes the automobile’s door
24. A closer shot of the woman standing next to the automobile with open handbag
25. Meacham Field Airport
26. Shots of a house and of its yard
27. A woman in evening clothes standing and walking on a porch
28. A man in tux in the yard walks toward the camera
29. Panoramic views of a city
30. A man leading three horses pulling a cart loaded with bunches of brush
31. Two men on a horse drawn cart
32. Panoramic shots of a city
33. People walking across uncovered bridge
34. Panoramic views of city with tiled roofs
35. Laura C. Boulton standing on a balcony overlooking a street, with bridges, and a river in the background
36. A Woman posing in front of automobile and walking to the camera
37. Shot of boiling liquid
38. Man and boy carrying trays on their heads loaded with loaves of bread on street with other children and a man in the background
39. Raising boat anchor
40. Views of a boat harbor
41. View of city/town on a shoreline
42. Shots of the water
43. Man standing on the boat deck
44. View of birds flying over water
45. Shots of a city
46. A road through the city
47. A Man (Edward Schafer Jr.?) and Sarah Lavanburg Straus and Laura C. Boulton walking
48. City street scene with many crossing street
49. Sarah Lavanburg Straus sitting at desk and writing
50. A city street
51. Views of a harbor
52. Various market place scenes some including shop signs in Arabic
53. Shots of Imperial Airways airport field
54. Airplanes flying
55. Shot of a street in city/town with man riding bicycle
56. A boat along the shoreline with two people on it and another boat with several people paddling the boat filled with goods
57. A shot of women and children
58. Landscape shot
59. Airplane flying
60. Views of a shoreline with palms and other plants
61. Scene with man in robes and another man in a uniform
62. Many scenes of an airplane flying over a harbor filled with boats
- Addeddate
- 2019-08-14 14:19:55
- Color
- black and white
- Identifier
- boultonexpeditionfilmsreel02
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- Sound
- silent
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