Synopsis
(1966) Dr. Margaret Mead, anthropologist of the American Museum of Natural History, presents a pictorial record of the rapid transition of the island-dwelling people of New Guinea from the stone age to the threshold of modern civilization, with a particular study of the sea-dwelling Manus tribe of the Admiralty Islands. Shows how the anthropologist goes about his work, usinlives of different peoples as laboratories in which to study how human culture is developed and how it changes.
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Details
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Prenatal care
