Marshall !Kung Video Project

Object Details

Collection Collaborator: McElwee, Ross; Blitz, Daniel; Bishop, John Melville; Baker, Peter; Ritchie, Claire; Young, Robert; Terry, John; Galvin, Frank; Bestall, Clifford; Gardner, Robert; Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
Collection Creator: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
Collection Collaborator: Marshall, Lorna

See more items in: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection; John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 1: Unedited Film and Video Projects

Sponsor: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Extent: Videocassettes (sound, color SVHS, SVHS-C, PAL Umatic and PAL Betacam; 41.5 hours)

Collection Citation: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

Scope and Contents: Subjects include: Ju/'hoansi search for relatives living in the Gobabis farming district and Hereroland life and work of Ju/'hoansi on white-owned farms; finding one man's long-lost brother; life of Ju/'hoan recruits in the South African Defense Force (SADF) at Omega military base; decommissioning of SADF Battalion 203. Footage shot by Peter Baker; additional photography by Paul Weinburg, Cliff Bestall, and John Marshall.

Collection Restrictions: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played. Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.