Below is a collection of films made in and about Guyana circa 1948, courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@museum.upenn.edu.
Below is a collection of films made in and about Guyana circa 1948, courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@museum.upenn.edu.
All of the films in the Penn Museum collection are copyrighted by the Penn Museum
1948 – Penn Museum collection
An enormous beetle.
A parrot.
Flowers.
People on wharf. Scenes of shoreline, [dark]
River from a boat. Several boats.
Woman with many bracelets; armbands have Africanlook.
Boat at wharf; details of wooden wharf.
Locomotives with piles of wood.
Church with steps; "A" – roof; interior: stained glass windows.
Children playing in churchyard. Stone tower
More views from a boat on wide water.
Town scenes: women carrying baskets on heads; community water source; carts; open air market.
Many two-wheeled carts in a row.
Street vendors. Boats in harbor.
Town scenes: goods for sale; a man lying on a low wheeled pallet (?)
Weaving or sewing something like curtain lace or netting—woof attached to side of house.
Street scenes: people on the road; sign: "High Class
Rated Water Factory.
