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SOUTHEAST ASIA PART I 1961

Illustrated title cards: “Bangkok, Thailand”: Traveling down river watching people barter, fish, travel. Floating market; houses along river. “Ankor Watt [sic], Cambodia”: ancient ruins, Helen Miller Bailey walking down temple steps, waving at camera. Local children riding bicycles. “Bali, Indonesia”: Village festival. Parade with drummers, music, fancy dress, decorated floats. Men in dragon costume. Elaborate costumes. Women performing traditional, ritualistic dance, storytelling, dragon dance. Women washing clothes in the sea, rice paddies. Helen Miller Bailey shopping at at street market, looking at fabric and figurines.

Title cards illustrated by Helen Miller Bailey.

 

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