Home Movie: Dr. Samuel Massie Collection: 170242 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description: Description: At the home of a noted scientist, family members and friends gather for Christmas and New Year's holidays in a well-appointed living room, dressed up and enjoying cocktails and festive companionship, before a summer sequence shows extended family gathered on a front porch around a new baby and a pair of twins. This well-loved and oft-projected reel is marked throughout by projector burn points. Biographical profile of Dr. Samuel Massie: ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/samuel-p-massie-jr/ (accessed 6/5/2024) Lab stamp: "PROCESSED BY KODAK JAN 59" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, 1960s, People of African origin or descent, Black history and culture , Science, Celebrations and ceremonies, Holidays Tags: parties; fancy occasions; reflective wallpaper; well-dressed people; cocktails; underexposed; dark interiors; residential interiors; squinting at camera lights; living rooms; man with a cocktail and cigarette; living room dancing; children in pajamas; noted scientists; atomic scientists; nuclear scientists; Manhattan project scientists; Christmas trees; holiday parties; adults in party hats; fancy dress; ball gowns; New Year's Eve parties; dark frames; cocktail parties; posing for camera; pianos; Christmas songbook; mistletoe; florals; flower arrangements; spring; summer; extended family; new baby; twins; twin boys; porch time; front porches; 901 house number; family sitting together; home exteriors; wood frame homes; Dr. Samuel Massie; multigenerational families; Manhattan Project veteran; African American scientists; African American people; Black scientists; Black professionals; Black families; Film Sponsor: Creator: Dr. Samuel Massie Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Dr. Samuel Massie Collection PC-0523, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1959; circa 1963 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: positive Color: color Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle, square Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 232

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