Mokil

Location:Mokil, Caroline Islands (FSM)
Subject:Atoll life and culture; population
Length:60 minutes
Format:16mm; 1/2-inch VHS
Hue:Color
Year Released:1948
Series:
Director:Melvin Sloan, Conrad Bentzen
Producer:USC
Distributor:
Library Code:UH film 2015; UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 9391
Description:An ethnographic film depicting life on Mokil Atoll, Caroline Islands. Filmed in 1948, it shows the major aspects of life on a small atoll. Covered are such subjects as canoe building, fishing, taro growing, and house building. Also covers most of the aspects of Mokil social life and social organization. REVIEWS: American Anthropologist, 1974(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1974.76.3.02a01160/pdf)
Record No:1336
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