Ethnographic video footage from the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collection
Metadata
identifier
57c14172-4420-4e08-9c2e-ffa95ae57c03
creator
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
type
Collection
coverage
Mongolia
description
Raw video footage from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Videos include interviews and observational footage from Ulaanbaatar and the nearby countryside, taken in summer 2000, as well as some archival footage. Videos were produced in association with the National Museum of Mongolian History (NMMH) in Ulaanbaatar.
date
2000
language
Mongolian
English
Items

LamaInterviewAndBuddhistMonastery
Penn Museum
Buddhist Monastery. Exterior shot; monks accepting money. Lama Interview.

Mongolia, Interview with Mongolian Teenager Erika: Part 1 of 2
Penn Museum
Interview with teenager Erika, daughter of Bat-erdene and Tsetseglen (filmed in Ulaanbaatar/in English)

Mongolia, Shaman Ceremony at Mother Rock
Penn Museum
Offerings, incense. Crowd, people (many NMMH staff members with family). [5:04] Pan up to Shaman. [6:19] Offering. [8:24] Shaman hits camera for blessing. [9:40] Shaman hits camera for blessing.

Mongolia, Interview with Old Woman Herder (Pensioner)
Penn Museum
(Grandparents of Tuya’s friend). Inside nice Ger (Pensioners’ ger). [22:55] B Roll, Hand sewing, man in foreground, details. [38:00] Getting into truck, (cute). [38:50] Power window on truck.

Mongolia, Tuv Aimag: Horse Racing, Girl Rider
Penn Museum
Shotlist: [0:00] Exterior of pensioners’ gers, twilight. Book of Poetry by old woman. [2:00] Naadam at Tuv aimag: Horses warming up . [3:45] Child sitting on rope.

Mongolia, R. Burmaa interview, NGO/women's org
Penn Museum
Interview with Burmaa - NGO/Woman’s Organization. B.Roll.

Mongolia, Interview with Mongolian Teenager Erika, Part 2; Zanaa Jurmed
Penn Museum
Erika Interview Part 2 of 2. B roll - Erika with younger sister Betty. Zanaa Jurmed Interview. Zanaa’s personal photos include some from 1990 hunger strike.

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Nightlife
Penn Museum
[0:00] Interior of apartment. [9:00] Couple holding hands. [10:00] Night club. [18:42] City at twilight. [19:51] Internet Café. [31:00] Disco.

Mongolia, Gandan Monastery, cont.
Penn Museum
[8:00] Construction work at monastery. Feeding Birds.

Mongolia; Tuv Aimag B-roll
Penn Museum
[0:00] Goat kill. [0:03] Fire with goat. [6:00] Goat and fire. [6:50] Horse grazing –with pull out to wide. [7:30] Mercedes Benz. [9:13] Truck moving across the land, horses.

Mongolia, Video Footage from the National Archives
Penn Museum
Archival video footage related to Mongolia’s political history. Feb. 18, 1990. [4:25] “Hunger Strike, March 7th- demand multiparty system”. [12:18] Leader of Woman Organization. [12:50] Chimid.

A dinner with Puji, a Mongolian business man, and Black Market
Penn Museum
Day 1: Dinner at Puji’s (a businessman) apartment. Puji’s son and friend at Computer in apartment. Day 2: [0:00] Ulaanbaatar’s Black Market. Walking shot. [3:54] Fabric on sale.