Balinese Holiday

Clip 1: Java in the 1930s

1 min 6 sec

Taken from the home movie Balinese Holiday (c1933)

Original title classification not rated – this clip chosen to be G

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Please note: this clip is silent

This clip contains low-level nudity.

Curator’s clip description

Local Javanese and Europeans are gathered around two Rolls Royce vehicles which are loaded with the travelling party’s belongings. Javanese villagers are filmed walking along a road and washing at a water fountain. The tropical terrain is also shown.

Curator’s notes

A large family inheritance allowed Beckwith to travel extensively and in luxury throughout Asia and Europe in the 1930s. The motor vehicles in this clip were purchased, along with his camera equipment, before he embarked on this trip.

Lauren Williams, curator

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