Milking cobras at the Pasteur Institute, Bangkok, Thailand (ca. 1927)

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Milking cobras at the Pasteur Institute, Bangkok, Thailand (ca. 1927)

A 2:03 minute SILENT film clip from "John W.S. and Arthur D. Foster's World Travel Films" (ca. 1927), an incomplete edited amateur film documenting an around-the world trip. This clip from the black & white film shows men 'milking' cobras for their venom at the Pasteur Institute, Bangkok, Thailand. This film is from the collections of the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, search SOVA.si.edu for the R. Bryson Jones finding aid.

2 min 3 sec

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