Vanishing American Arts

Duration: 10 min

Genre: Art

Creator: Universal

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: On an Indian Reservation in northern New York, a WPA project resurrects ancient arts and handicrafts. Making beaded garments, ropes, baskets and straps of bark, carving wooden toys and masks that prove Indians have keen sense of humor. "Behind Lattice Screens" fills out last third of reel.

Metadata Source:Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942