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SERIES: Helene Fischer Films

Abstract
This series is comprised of over 750 elements (mostly 16mm) related to Helene Fischer's filmography. Fischer, whose niece donated the films to Northwestern University after Fischer died, was a Swiss nature and travel photographer in the 1950s through '70s. Many of the elements (which include camera originals, prints, negatives, magnetic soundtracks, A&B rolls, trims and outtakes) were shot in the continents of Africa and South America and inside the state of Alaska. Images of Somalian, Ethiopian and Peruvian natural life, market places, villages, fishermen, soldiers and children are captured throughout her films. Other sites Fischer visited and filmed were the Galapagos Islands, Manitoba, Bohemia, Bali, and her home country of Switzerland. The collection is partially processed.
Inclusive Dates
circa 1958 – 1972
Series identifier
S.2015-08-0001
Extent
755 reels
Subject
Animals
Travel
Nature

Series Items

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Somalia: A New Vacation Paradise
Film
Somalia: A New Vacation Paradise
circa 1972
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