VANISHING AMERICAN ART

Duration: 10min

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: On an Indian reservation in northern New York, a WPA project resurrects ancient arts and handcrafts. Shows making of beadwork, garments, ropes, baskets and straps of bark, carving wooden toys and masks. BEHIND LATTICE SCREENS fills out last third of reel

Complete Record: Dewey number: 970.1 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-rent $1.50 Distributors / rental: Not shown in source

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946