COLLECTION NAME:
Leroy H. Miller Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Leroy H. Miller collection
Title:
Kilauea, Hawaii/Volcano
Name:
[The Bray Studios]
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
silent films
Genre:
travelog (performed works genre)
Genre:
Amateur films
Date Issued:
1927/1936
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 film reel (6 min., 22 sec.)
Form:
16mm (photographic film size)
Form:
black-and-white film (film, material)
Abstract:
Title from film container. Reel includes footage of Kilauea volcano crater and fire pit (ca. 1927). Intertitles (ca. 1936) offer information and commentary from the perspective of an American traveler. Includes description of 1924 eruption and historic human sacrifices by "superstitious natives."
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
As original, historical material, some of the language used and opinions shared in these films - especially regarding topics of race, gender, class religion, and ability - do not reflect the current preferred terminology of individuals of marginalized identities, or the values and norms of the CU Boulder Archives.
Note:
00:00:00 Kilauea, the great volcano which with many others, forms the island of Hawaii. 00:00:40 A four mile trip across the main crater brings us to the rim of the fire pit. 00:01:10 The walls of the crater are broken down on one side, giving access to Kilauea's "Lake of Fire". 00:01:49 The volcano has not always been gentle, but just at present it is so well-behaved that visitors may stand upon its rim and look down at the molten lava, spouting and boiling 300 feet below. 00:02:52 The glowing, sulfurous lava lights up the great cavern with a lurid, terrible glare. 00:04:04 Venturesome tourists disregard the many danger signs, to get a closer view. 00:04:36 Into this fiery furnace, human sacrifices once were hurled by superstitious natives who hoped thus to appease the volcano?s fury. 00:05:21 Boulders weighing 16 tons were blown up during the eruption of 1924. 00:05:39 The lava flow of 1924. 00:06:22 End of recording.
Subject Topic:
Volcanoes
Subject Topic:
Cratering
Subject Topic:
Lava
Subject Topic:
Lava flows
Subject Topic:
Tourism
Subject Geographic:
Hawaii--Kilauea Volcano
Identifier:
U183051010896_narv_millerLeroy_6-23_kilaueaHawaiiVolcano_a.mp4
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Access Condition:
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