Film collections
The Museum has a small but interesting collection of original films, most of which either accompanied donations of artefacts or photographs, or else were acquired for teaching and research purposes. Much of the material is unique and of significant historical importance, such as the films of Frederick Spencer Chapman made from the 1930s onwards in Tibet, Greenland and Africa, Beatrice Blackwood in Papua New Guinea in 1936 and Ursula Graham Bower in India in 1939.
In 2014 the Museum completed a major digitisation project on its film collections and you will find links below to many of the films that have so far been digitised.
Further enquiries: ms-photo.colls@prm.ox.ac.uk
Auguste François: Yunnan, China from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Bali Nyonga of Western Cameroon from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Apatani Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Naga Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Angola 1929/1930 Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Angola 1929/1930 Part 5 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 3 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 7 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 11 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 15 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Wanga smith (1970s) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Captured by Women (2011) Part 3 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Culture and Crafts in Manipur, northeast India (1939) - Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
HGW (Harry) Staunton, Tibet film #1 (1940-42) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #1 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #4 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #8 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ladi Kwali, Nigerian Potter from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Robert Rattray: Ashanti from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Apatani Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Naga Part 3 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Angola 1929/1930 Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Angola 1929/1930 Part 6 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 4 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 8 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 12 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ladakh (1939-45) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
People Apart: Cape Town Survey 1952. Photographs by Bryan Heseltine from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Captured by Women (2011) Part 4 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Culture and Crafts in Manipur, northeast India (1939) Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
HGW (Harry) Staunton, Tibet film #2 (1940-42) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #2 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #5 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #9 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Gallup Ceremonial 1939 Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Frederick Spencer Chapman: Northern Lights Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Apatani Part 3 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Naga Part 4 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Angola 1929/1930 Part 3 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 5 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 9 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 13 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Catching the Bull by the Horns (1970s) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Captured by Women (2011) Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Isukha Smith (1970s) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
The installation of Salama (1960s) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
HGW (Harry) Staunton, Tibet film #3 (1940-42) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #3 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #6 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Greenland (1934) & Tibet film #10 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Gallup Ceremonial 1939 Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Frederick Spencer Chapman: Northern Lights Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Naga Part 1 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Ursula Graham Bower: Naga Part 5 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Angola 1929/1930 Part 4 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 6 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 10 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Geological Expedition to Western Iran Part 14 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Excavations at Mount Carmel (1931) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Captured by Women (2011) Part 2 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Kamba drum making (1970s) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
A Stone Age People in New Guinea (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
HGW (Harry) Staunton, Tibet film #4 (1940-42) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
Lady Sybil: short reel of film by Frederick Spencer Chapman, 1936-7 from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #7 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
F. Spencer Chapman, Tibet film #11 (1936-7) from Pitt Rivers Museum on Vimeo.
