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History of Guyana in motion video, Vol.4 – 1948

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

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1948 – Penn Museum collection
Lowboat paddled on river; dugout (?)
Riverbank: view from river. More boats.
Thatch roofed houses with post-and-stick walls. Girls at village; note: nose ring.
Modern town; frame houses.
Low boats at dock: resemble canals. Note one with thatched cabin.
Palm-lined streets. People with turbans, robes, carrying goods on heads.
British Guiana. Demerara. Georgetown, capital.
Flowers.
Feeding The Manatee or Rare Water Cow.
Feeding a water cow. View of lily pond, flowers.
Street scenes: woman selling liquid from cans.
Trinidad. Hindu Temple where Watson had to take off his shoes!
Wooden building with arched door and windows, picket fence.
South Asian man in dhoti, possibly Sikh.
Row of wooden bridges over canal.
House built on posts. Street scenes: cars, buildings, horse and carriage.

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