Home Movie: 010260 (silent)

Description: Content warning: This film includes reenactments of the Antebellum South in Natchez, Mississippi, a center for cotton and sugarcane plantations that relied on slave labor.

Travel from Kansas City, Missouri to Natchez, Mississippi by railroad and bus. Includes brief images of a WPA project and disaster recovery efforts after what appears to be a hurricane or tornado. Also includes images of a family touring historic sites in Natchez.

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"Kansas City to Natchez"


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Subjects: 1940s, Natural disasters, Tourism, Poverty, People of African origin or descent, History, Children

Tags: American South; disaster recovery efforts (hurricane or tornado); crowds of people standing among rubble; debris; storm damage; filmed from train; wooden houses; children posing for camera next to train; African American railroad porters; Black railroad porters; Pullman porters; railroad car interiors; children riding train; shacks; train stations; low-income housing; Work Projects Administration (WPA) sign; Robert E. Lee Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi; approaching Jackson, Mississippi by rail; Tri-State Trailways bus; "Brookhaven - Home Seekers Paradise" sign; Bank of Franklin; Natchez bus; boy and girl standing on front bumper of bus; boy hanging off railroad car; passenger trains; train coaches; mother reading to children on train; "Broad Stripes and Bright Stars" book; books; gardens; Black domestic workers posing for camera; African American labor; historical costumes; 19th century costumes; Antebellum South reenactments; colonial architecture; Black woman dressed in antebellum costume; Longwood mansion; boy going down slide; playgrounds; white turkeys; view of the Mississippi River; goats; deer; storks; zoos; sheep; baboons; raptors; seals; Natchez Pilgrimage; porches; pink flowers; historical costumes; Spanish moss; waving at camera; posing for camera; curtsy; camellias; playgrounds

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1941

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Geographical Location: USA; Mississippi; Natchez, Mississippi; Jackson, Mississippi; Brookhaven, Mississippi; Mississippi River; Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Southern United States

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 307