First contact, filmmaker interviews

This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Robin
Other Authors: Connolly, Bob
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. Documentary Educational Resources 1983, 1983
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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Online Access:
Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This is the classic film of cultural confrontation that is as compelling today as when it was first released over 20 years ago. When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.. - Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 23, 2010). - Recorded in Papua New Guinea
Physical Description:1 online resource (37 min.)