KURU - Archive Film - Early Patrols

Archive footage from Kuru - The Science and The Sorcery.
Filmed by Carleton Gajdusek (1957-1962), these extracts from early research films form part of the collection of the Melanesian Film Archive. Filmed on 16mm Bolex and Arriflex cameras they capture the pioneering patrols that helped to define the boundaries of the kuru region. The footage shows locals carrying cargo and medical supplies through the rugged and mountainous terrain, climbing steep descents and crossing dangerous rivers beyond the immediate kuru region. Most of the film in this sequence is from a patrol from the South Fore in the Eastern Highland Province to Menyamya in the Morobe Province, which Michael Alpers and Carleton Gajdusek conducted shortly after first meeting. To their surprise (and the surprise of vulcanologists) when they reached the top of Mt Yelia, they made a new discovery: the mountain was in fact a volcano.
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