Tikal Expedition Collection (Archival Footage)
Due to its inaccessible location in the jungles of the Petén, Guatemala, the great Maya city of Tikal was only briefly visited by explorers until the Museum organized a large-scale project of excavation and restoration with the assistance of the Guatemalan government. Beginning in 1956, under the successive leadership of Edwin Shook, Robert H. Dyson, Jr., and William R. Coe, archaeological investigations cleared many of the important buildings and revealed the dynastic, architectural, and settlement history of one of the most important Maya cities.
Length: 19:29
Tikal Project - 1957
Shotlist Smithe No. P4, 1957, 400 ft., 16 mm., color; a copy, 14 minutes. April 11—Guatemala's Pres. Armas arriving on plane & unloading at Tikal; (taken by Charlie Barr, 1957; a very short shot). March lO — Tikal arrivals (taken by FBS...
Length: 18:36
Tikal Project - 1957 #2
Shotlist: Guatemala -- Tikal Unedited or partially edited footage Froelich Rainey and Henry Gross (Dowser) in jungle Unloading of planes Building well (?) Playing soccer (football) Gernal set-up All rights are reserved by the University...
Length: 19:52
Tikal Project - 1956-1962 Tikal Pyramids
Edited footage with introduction title: "Pyramid and jungle views from Pyramid #4, #1 and #2 center, and #3 to right" Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Arc...
Length: 16:18
Tikal Project - 1956-1957 Tikal Early Pyramids
Edited footage with narrative titles 2nd Tikal "Twin pyramid complex of stela(?) 22 Altar 10 - Tour visit to it when finished" All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any u...
Length: 18:35
Tikal Project - 1956
Edited footagewith narrative titles Tikal, Guatemala Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: sound, silent All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in...
Length: 18:24
Tikal Project - 1956
Edited film of Tikal Project (with some footage of Copan, Honduras 1948 in beginning) Tikal Project start Kitchen, cottages, staff, spider monkey pets, etc. (no pyramids) Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color All rights are re...
Length: 31:58
Tikal Project - 1951-1959
Duplicate of F16-0705 (?)
Shotlist
From early cataloging notes: “Our first view of the temples of Tikal, still raising their heads above the jungle after two thousand years. Uaxactum, from where we start our mule trip into the ruins. Chi...
Length: 19:40
Tikal Project - 1951-1959
Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by...
Length: 17:23
Tikal Project - 1967
Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color Shotlist Unedited footage Roping and start consolidation Caldera New quarry Two old quarries Ventilation and burial All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of...
Length: 08:52
Tikal Project - 1960 WWL TV Footage
Interview with Ed Shook (?) possibly for WWL TV in New Orleans, LA, USA Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: sound, b&w All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use o...
Length: 19:07
Tikal Project - 1960 #2
Unedited or partially edited footage. Guatemala -- Tikal. Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footag...
Length: 20:42
Tikal Project - 1960 #1
Unedited or partially edited footage. Guatemala -- Tikal Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color Shotlist Airplane landing. People walking up a dusty road and into a building. People washing dishes. Sunset. Road in the forest. D...
Length: 19:22
Tikal Project - 1959 #2
Shotlist: Smithe No. 7. 1959 400', 16mm color, copy, 14:00 Freeze frames of Tono Ortiz and his Hotel Posada de la Selva, and little dog Perla, about June 22nd. Building the new bar and recreation building, with Tono checking on the work. 3 or 4 v...
Length: 19:26
Tikal Project - 1959 #1
Shotlist: P 6 Tikal 1959 400' 16mm color, copy 14:00 April 28 Betty Smithe at Stela 10, Great Plaza. Satterthwaite at Stela 4. Three views of Pyramid I, with Betty on structural stairway in blue. Telephoto of Temple 1 doorway. Views from top o...
Length: 18:52
Tikal Project - 1957
Duplicate of other Tikal footage (?) Unedited footage
Shotlist
William Cox II (1926-2009) Bill Coe, using a plane-table alidade. Baby monkeys Froelich Rainey (1907-1992), standing with Edwin M. Shook(1911-2000), and a man holding a dowser(l...
Length: 20:50
Tikal Project - 1967 Bodega and Misc.
Producer: Tikal Project Audio/Visual: silent, color Keywords: Field work; Tikal; Guatemala Shotlist: Unedited footage Airstrips and Bodega tourists Ann Chowning Norman Johnson Plane departures This film and all of the films in the Pe...
Length: 15:53
Tikal Project -1959
All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304,...
Length: 20:20
Tikal Project - 1958
Smithe No.P5, Feb., Mar. 1958, 420 ft,, 16 mm. color; copy, 13 minutes. Reel P5—Tikal—Feb., March 1958. Bert Noble's private plane, flown from California to Tikal. Vivian Broman & Olga Hazard. Vivian Broman. Bert Noble and George Gui...