Record

RefNoAV/3/14/4
Previous numbersLSA/1839
4 - Dewey 19
LevelItem
TitleFilm offcuts, Borneo expedition
Datec.1965
DescriptionOffcuts from film from the Royal Society expedition to Borneo.

Local people in village; feeding chickens; riding buffalo; scientist with local people; scientist catches small rodent-like mammals in cage; field work; botanical specimens; local people chopping at foliage; local people on top of a mountain; view from a mountain top [Kinabalu]; local people whittling wood; crossing a log bridge; unloading a Borneo Airways plane; folding botanical samples [fern] in newspaper; a village; climbing a ladder up a tall tree; local man and boy carry out field work; botanical specimens; local boy plays in a river; local man carving wood [knife]; men, women and babies in village; riding a buffalo; woman weaving; local men and women dance as drums are played; man plays nose flute; views from top of mountain [Kinabalu]; flowers; crossing a river; local men collect botanical specimens; whittling wood; field work [mushrooms]; men, women and children in the village listen to a tape recording; feeding chickens; nose flute; flowers.


16mm film
Colour, no sound.
Film stock: Ansco
Length: 1200 feet / 21.26 minutes
ExtentOne reel
PhysicalDescriptionPoor condition. Reel bent.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsDigitised copy available. For more information contact library@royalsociety.org. Z:\AV archive\Digitised films
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