[Jonestown residents working in fields, aerial views of the Jonestown site], circa 1974

Item — Box: 44

Identifier: Series 6

Staff Only

[Jonestown residents working in fields, aerial views of the Jonestown site]

Scope and Contents

Film reel 10. Amateur movie recording early Jonestown settlers planting fields with local indigenous people and aerial footage of the Jonestown site. Films like this were recorded by Peoples Temple to promote the agricultural mission and encourage migration to Jonestown.

Dates

circa 1974

Conditions Governing Access

Sealed and closed until 2046: [Peoples Temple meeting], Thanksgiving meeting, Nov. 25, 1971, Reel 1, Video Tape 04, Box 43. [Peoples Temple meeting, Los Angeles], 11-27-71, #2, Video Tape 10, Box 43. [Peoples Temple meeting], Reel #3, 11/27/71, L.A. meeting, Video Tape 03, Box 43.

Sealed and closed until 2050: [Peoples Temple meeting], March 5, 1975, Wed nite, Video Tape 01, Box 43. [Peoples Temple meeting], 3/14/1975, Video Tape 02, Box 43. [Psychic surgery on unidentified woman's abdomen and neck], Film Reel 40, Box 44. [Peoples Temple meeting], L.A. Saturday, Video Tape 07, Box 43

Sealed for the lifetimes of the subjects: “Jim and Marcie respond to John Stoen suit from Jonestown,” Film Reel 01, Box 44 (Timothy Stoen and Grace Jones)