Burma: Far East [Motion Picture Film]
- Image
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- Created Date
- ca. 1950
- Description
Burma Far East shows daily life of people and religious culture in Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, , Singapore, and Philippines. Many different fishing boats, laundry sequences, and stilted homes are shown as a reflection of a culture that survives off the Pacific Ocean. Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar and Borobudur Temple Complex in Indinesia shown in the film reveal the Buddhist culture prevalent in the Southeast Asian countries. A ceremony with the entire village shows off the traditional outfits and dances of the Burmese.
Grayscale
Silent
- Creator
Sorensen, Clarence Woodrow, 1907-1982
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Clarence W. Sorensen Collection - Motion Picture Films
Edna Schaus Sorensen and Clarence W. Sorensen Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library’s Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Subjects
- City & town life
Rites & ceremonies
Buddhist temples
Stilt houses
Fishing boats
Malaya
Documentary films
Travelogues (Motion pictures) - Location
- Asia
Southeast Asia; Malay Archipelago
Myanmar; Malaysia; Indonesia; Singapore (nation); Philippines - Type
- moving image
- Format
- Film reelFilm: 16mmSafety film
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Sorensen, Clarence Woodrow, 1907-1982. Burma: Far East [Motion Picture Film]. ca. 1950. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/29740. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Sorensen, Clarence Woodrow, 1907-1982, (ca. 1950) Burma: Far East [Motion Picture Film]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/29740
- MLA citation style
- Sorensen, Clarence Woodrow, 1907-1982. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/29740>.