Home Movie: 000964 (silent)

Description: Description: Small town life in the Great Depression, captured through naturalistic portraits of the town's people, Black and white, young and old, across all walks of life, mostly in public places and engaged in the ordinary activities of leaving work, entering and leaving schools and stores, playing baseball, and traveling up and down the streets of the town. With groups of workers, school children, and people who appear to be comfortable as well as apparently impoverished community members wearing unmaintained clothing and with some children attending school barefoot. Extremely naturalistic photography gives this 1930s reel a contemporary feel. Likely part of a project by H. Lee Waters to document communities across the U.S. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s, Great Depression, Social classes, Rural life, Youth, Children, People of African origin or descent, Labor Tags: women walking toward camera; workers leaving workplace; sign Employees only; unidentified workplace; medical facilities; brick buildings; women in uniform; 1930s hair styles; 1930s fashion; men leaving workplace; women carring purses; women carring sweaters; spring; hiding from camera; women hide behind one another; man wearing overalls; women gazing from window; youth posing for camera; close-ups; children posing for camera; camera photographing townspeople; people gazing into camera; working-class people; main streets; people smiling at camera; affection; curiosity; wonderment; child in stroller; emulsion damage; gas stations; cars of the 1930s; African American women caregivers; African American youth smiling for camera; African American man smiling for camera while reading newspaper; sign Queen City Bus Station; teenagers ride bicycles toward camera; young children leaving school; Black man walking toward camera; older children notice camera; children spot camera as they leave school; children walk down school steps; 1930s children's fashions; teenagers leave school; teenagers spot camera; decaysia; men wearing overalls smile for camera; child laughing for camera; teenager riding scooter; townspeople pose for camera; Black man engages in janitorial labor; water towers; chain link fences; chain link gate; women and men exit gate; integrated community; man riding motorcycle out gate toward camera; horse-drawn wagons; baby carriages; sign Moretz & Co., Black residents; Black community members; Esso dealer; newborn baby; babies; sign State theater; cinema; mule teams in agricultural neighborhood; industrial neighborhood; manufacturing neighborhood; Rexall Drugs sign; man wearing straw hat; rainy days; women unfold umbrellas; man eating sandwich in car; Black man waving to camera; barefoot children leaving school; children attend school barefoot; film deterioration; locals; neighbors; people ooking into camera; Jughead hats; sticking tongue out at camera; overalls; scooters; playing baseball; whistling; smoking cigarettes; men using pickaxes; men with mules; boy handing out flyers possibly with information on where and when to view this film; Film Sponsor: Creator: H. Lee Waters Credits: Likely filmed by H. Lee Waters. Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; North Carolina Genre/Form: amateur, home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, original Color: b&w Color Process: Kodak Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: Edge Code: Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 567

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