Caroline Humphrey: Super-8 films from Mongolia in the 1970s collection
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identifier
1f6c4200-bb97-4913-8b53-a00ab275df24
type
Collection
coverage
Central Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
description
These clips were recorded by Caroline Humphrey using a super-8 film camera during a visit to Mongolia in the late 1970s. The films were transferred to VCR VC-60 and VC-30 magnetic tapes in January 1979, then digitized and lightly edited in 2017. The clips, which were recorded around the July Naadam festival, show scenes from Ulaanbaatar, Tsesterleg sum (Arkhangai aimag), and Erdene Zuu Monastery and Khujirt sum (Ovorkhangai aimag), as well as pastoral life in the Central Mongolian coutryside.
Items
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 1
Humphrey, Caroline
Wide shot of goats; sheep herding
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 3
Humphrey, Caroline
Wrestling competition in Ulaanbaatar
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 4
Humphrey, Caroline
Herding, camp, milking
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 5
Humphrey, Caroline
Tsetserleg (Arkhangai aimag)
subject: aimag centres
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 6
Humphrey, Caroline
Herding cows, child and women riding; ox-drawn cart; women walking next to an apartment building.
subject: herding, ox-carts, riding horses
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 7
Humphrey, Caroline
Horse-racing and archery in Ulaanbaatar.
subject: archery, horse-racing, naadam
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 8
Humphrey, Caroline
Visitors to Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar (exterior).
subject: monasteries, pilgrims
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 9
Humphrey, Caroline
Exterior of Erdene-Zuu Monastery
subject: monasteries
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 10
Humphrey, Caroline
Naadam Festival in Ulaanbaatar. Procession, dancing, beginning of the wrestling competition, military band.
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 11
Humphrey, Caroline
Tsetserleg (Arkhangai aimag). Park and monument in the town square; Tsetserleg Museum; apartment buildings and ger district.
subject: aimag centres
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 12
Humphrey, Caroline
Wrestling competition, Naadam Festival (Ulaanbaatar)
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 13
Humphrey, Caroline
Party wife; herders’ camp; people on horses; horse-line
subject: pastoral camps, riding horses
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 14
Humphrey, Caroline
Khujirt (Ovorkhangai aimag). People walking; goat; bird; horse; residential area.
subject: aimag centres
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 15
Humphrey, Caroline
Archery competition, Naadam Festival, Ulaanbaatar. Close-up views of competitors and spectators.
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 16
Humphrey, Caroline
Milking mares; view of the herders’ camp; herder bringing milk into the ger.
subject: milking, pastoral camps
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 17
Humphrey, Caroline
Tsetserleg (Arkhangai aimag). View of the monument and road into town; boy herding cattle; the river; yaks; old man on horse; ovoo.
subject: aimag centres
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 18
Humphrey, Caroline
Erdene-Zuu (good)
subject: monasteries
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 19
Humphrey, Caroline
Gandan Monastery (under canvas)
subject: monasteries, pilgrims
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 20
Humphrey, Caroline
Flowers, landscape, bird, steppes
subject: rangelands
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 21
Humphrey, Caroline
Wrestling, horse race (crowd). Naadam Festival (Ulaanbaatar).
subject: Naadam, horse-racing, wrestling
Caroline Humphrey Mongolia Super8 film no. 22
Humphrey, Caroline
Officials drinking airag; exterior of the herder camp; ox carts; horses; milking mares.
subject: airag, pastoral camps