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Archival Materials
In Search of the Early Americans
Creators:
Pendry, Alan
Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Dates:
circa 1975
Size:
Film reels (42 minutes, color sound, 1,512 feet, 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1976.01
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
Edited film produced by the Shell Oil Company in consultation with the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology. Film presents the theory that a prehistoric land bridge existed between Seward Peninsula and Siberia allowing the migration of man to North America. Animated scenes depict the formation of glaciers and the subsequent fall …