F16-0837_Indonesia travelogue_Perrell (1951)
1951 · Short film · 13 min
Synopsis
Former U.S. Marines Major Helen E. Perrell is the amateur filmmaker for this 16mm travelogue taken in the early 1950s in Indonesia. Note the predominance of traditional batik in dress. This was the Dutch colonial period, as seen in the scenes of gatherings which she attended. The film came to the Penn Museum as a donation in 2023.
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Details
- Running time
- 13 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Jakarta
- Indonesia
- Batik