These 13 film items document the Board for Anthropological Research (BAR) expedition to Macumba, South Australia and Alice Springs, Northern Territory, during 30 December 1926 - 19 January 1927.

The expedition party made base camps at 'Ross Waterhole, on Macumba Station, and about 40 miles north-east of Oodnadatta; [and] Stuart Town, [Alice Springs] Central Australia.' Campbell, TD and Hackett, CJ. 'Adelaide University Field Anthropology: Central Australia.' No. 1. Introduction, descriptive and anthropometric observations.' Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 51 (1927), 65-75.

The cinematographer was FA Jeffery (AA 155). The original film shot during the Macumba, SA, & Alice Springs, NT, expedition was 35mm nitrate. With the knowledge of the instability of nitrate film all early expedition films were copied to 16mm safety film in 1937. In 1979 the South Australian Museum Archive (SAMA) deposited its nitrate film collection with the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) for cold storage. The history of the SAMA nitrate film deposit at NFSA in 1979 has been documented in Series Report (AA 346/9). See (AA 346/9/2/1 - AA 346/9/2/6, AA 346/9/2/8 - AA 346/9/2/11).

It should be noted that numerous SAMA Reels are contained within some of the NFSA Titles, for example 'NFSA Title No. 33492' contains SAMA Reels H, P and A. See: (AA 346/9/2/1). It was not always possible to identify SAMA Reels definitively with NFSA Titles, the exception to this is 'SAMA Reel C' which is a 16mm duplicate of 'NFSA Title No. 33110' (AA 346/9/2/7).

1. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL A' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
2. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL C' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
3. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL F' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
4. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL H' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
5. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL I' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
6. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL L' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
7. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL M' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
8. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL N' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
9. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL O' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
   Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
   
   
10. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL P' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
    Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
    
    
11. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL Q' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
    Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
    
    
12. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL S' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
    Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
    
    
13. MACUMBA, SA, & ALICE SPRINGS, NT, 1926-1927, 'SAMA REEL XX' DUPLICATE POSITIVE
    Characteristics: 16mm positive, B&W, silent. 100ft.
    
    

• Campbell, TD and Hackett CJ 'Adelaide University field anthropology: Central Australia.' No. 1. Introduction, descriptive and anthropometric observations.' Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 51 (1927), 65-75.
  
  
• Adelaide University Programmed 'Exhibition of Still and Motion Photography,' 'Pictures taken on the University Expedition to Central Australia January, 1927.' (AA 346/9/3)
  
  
• Film boxes with annotations, SAMA Reels A-XX, 16mm duplicate of the 35mm nitrates (AA 346/9/27/15)
  
  
• Film summaries, typed with annotations by NB Tindale (AA 346/9/27/1)
  
  
• BAR Anthropological Data Cards (AA 346/4/8)
  
  
• FA Jeffrey photographs (AA 155)