Film Record: Beyond Manila

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

William Hahn

Languages:

English

Length:

3 reels (900 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1938 - Best Color
Tenth Annual Little Movie Party, 1939

Description:

"Like the title, it is really 'Beyond Manila.' It takes the follower into a country that has been little photographed, one part of that territory being the land of the Igorrote, in Northern Luzon. There is much to be seen of the people, the way they dress and live and work. There's abundant scenic beauty in the Philippines. We see many evidences of it in the pictures here shown of mountain and plain—of stream and waterfall. The natives, too, are real workers, women as well as men." American Cinematographer, Jan. 1939, 16.

Resources:

Discussed in "Keen Competition Marks 1938 Contest" (American Cinematographer, Feb. 1939, 62), and "Setting 1938 Contest Winners to Music" (American Cinematographer, March 1939, 173).

Locations:

• Luzon, Philippines (Filming)

Subjects:

• Indigenous peoples
• Nature
• Work
• Asia

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened at the Tenth Annual Little Movie Party, 1939, Barbizon-Plaza Theatre: New York, NY
• Screened by the Indianapolis Amateur Movie Club in 1939: Indianapolis, IN
• Screened by the St. Paul Amateur Movie Makers Club in 1939: St. Paul, MN
• Screened by the Parkville Cinema Club in 1941: Parkville, MD
• Screened by the Los Angeles Cinema Club in 1942: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened by the Long Beach Cinema Club in 1942: Long Beach, CA
• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1943: Brooklyn, N.Y.

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