Bredin, Bruce 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
21 , 19$6 
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Wilffilrgtun, iel« 
Dear J|p. 
lijasMWcb. as tli® Darlbbefta BJcpeditlen Is &'bm 
©a Ifereh first, 1 tlieuglit yeu would 1b® later es ted 
the <s 0 aT«iit status «f th® 0©n^ ixpeKiltioa funds* frm tlte 
si^® of the steeks you left wi'Wi as jm know, |23# 
was realised* A total osf was wqpeaded la t 
and in preiwbratioa therefor, leavifl 
halaiKse of 15,1^.83* fhl®, hmmm» @a»at he ^a« 
Srm loanee, for a®!iiBSt it we wish to charge 
wdiits of the Murter fills that Dr* Sehsitt has 
m had lamped t© ■delirer th» ori^ml fll® to the lah»at©ry 
f * S* I3ei5ertffl®iit of igrloultare, the 
to last Monday, tot tto Ifetiomi 0#ogra|M© Society, 
kindly ha® un^rtakea the siddets^- and mam editing, lAH 
^le t® eoeqplete the sidici^ ■ befoxw neat fUestoy or 'Itoreday, 
We<bi«day toii^ a hdLtdiy# fto» will to a total of stout . h,000 
feet of lllat airailahto for pto^ectism. Ki# several reels ©one 
talnii^ this footage will ho seat yen as soon as Agricultore can 
coa^ste the oopies. tUth ttes w311 to soas ferief ^i^tes or 
eatiom itontil^ai the, episodes and sosie®s i^Mitopwfhod. 
tto proper sound retsordiiig equip- 
®®it in the lastltati^i. lore ^sis the (leop*a]^lo Society has_ 
pio^ised further assistanoe, tot l a» afraid w® shall 
to awall oorselres of this until after to® iJarihtoas 
returai, tocaus® eonsideiwhle editii^, tiaiiig, .and 
is Inri^ved, as w® wlto to hare tto sound sequ©«es in tto rl#i 
ord^ and of the j^opar lex^h* fto unused ato toe uaforbuiiirtiely 
fogged filffi totals about aissttor 5,000 fwt. Then there are 
three toadred feet of Dr. Otopia telli^ atout sons ©f hi® Ctoig© 
bird speclwj®, for which w® hare alto sound tope, tot editing 
be a mm® ecsaetii^ ®*sre will to sobss difficult 
wMag tape ©©rreapond to f ila, as again mm® iwtioas of 
tois file wwre fog^d. 
In addition, there are anottor 1,000 feet of Hlai relating 
